Super Bug Encyclopedia: The Biggest, Fastest, Deadliest Creepy-Crawlers on the Planet (DK Super Nature Encyclopedias)

Incredible 3-D models with cross-sections and strip layers, let readers explore every essential detail of the world of insects in Super Bug Encyclopedia. Following on the success of Super Nature Encyclopedia and Super Human Encyclopedia comes Super Bug Encyclopedia a look at the 100 most amazing insects on the planet! Using macro photography and brand-new CGI artworks, Super Bug zooms right in to reveal the secrets of the most successful creatures on our planet. With incredible facts and stats for every bug, Super Bug showcases the superstars of the insect world. Find out which insect can snap a pencil in half, how a tiny moth can fly up to 70 miles an hour, and meet a dung beetle that can pull over 1,100 times its own body weight. Young readers will be wowed by what goes on inside the tiny world of ants, spiders, butterflies, moths, crickets, and other creepy crawlies. Lively, informative, easy-to-access text based on the latest discoveries and scientific research showcases incredible feats of endurance, defense, strength, and speed while graphic, dashboard-style panels provides information at a glance. Visualized with incredible 3-D models with cross-sections and strip layers, readers can explore every essential detail of the world of insects in Super Bug Encyclopedia. CONTENTS 4 6 SUCCESS STORY 6 8 WHAT IS A BUG? 8 10 TYPES OF BUGS 10 12 ON THE MOVE 12 14 GROWING UP 16 18 AMAZING ANATOMY 18 21 AFRICAN BOMBARDIER BEETLE 20 22 FIRE MILLIPEDE 22 25 GOLIATH SPIDER 24 27 MORPHO BUTTERFLY 26 28 HARVESTMAN 28 31 GIANT WETA 30 32 QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S BIRDWING 32 34 POND SKATER 34 36 FIREFLY 36 38 MALAYSIAN LEAF INSECT 40 43 GIANT STICK INSECT 42 44 HONEYPOT ANTS 44 47 GIANT EMPEROR MOTH 46 49 HERCULES BEETLE 48 50 GIANT CENTIPEDE 52 54 GLASSWING BUTTERFLY 54 57 STALK-EYED FLY 56 59 VINEGAROON 58 61 HORNET MOTH 60 62 NUT WEEVIL 62 64 VIOLIN BEETLE 64 66 FAIRYFLY 66 69 MORGAN’S SPHINX MOTH 68 70 GOLDEN CHAFER 70 72 ANIMAL ATHLETES 72 75 MONARCH BUTTERFLY 74 77 FROGHOPPER 76 78 HOVER FLY 78 80 JUMPING SPIDER 80 82 HUMMINGBIRD HAWK MOTH 84 87 HOUSE CENTIPEDE 86 88 TIGER BEETLE 88 91 TARDIGRADE 92 94 BUMBLE BEE 94 96 MOLE CRICKET 96 99 GIANT HOUSE SPIDER 98 100 FEARSOME HUNTERS 102 105 RUFOUS NET-CASTING SPIDER 104 106 VELVET WORM 106 108 ROBBER FLY 108 111 ORB-WEB SPIDER 110 113 ORCHID MANTIS 114 116 BEE ASSASSIN BUG 116 118 TRAPDOOR SPIDER 118 121 ICHNEUMON WASP 120 122 FLOWER SPIDER 122 124 TARANTULA HAWK WASP 124 127 EMPEROR DRAGONFLY 126 128 SPITTING SPIDER 130 133 GREAT DIVING BEETLE 132 134 TRAP-JAW ANT 134 137 EMPEROR SCORPION 136 138 TINY TERRORS 138 141 HOUSEFLY 140 142 SADDLEBACK CATERPILLAR 142 144 HARD TICKS 144 146 SYDNEY FUNNEL-WEB SPIDER 146 148 ANOPHELES MOSQUITO 148 150 KISSING BUG 150 152 COCKROACHES 152 154 LIFE STORIES 154 157 RUBY-TAILED WASP 156 158 SEXTON BEETLE 158 160 DUNG BEETLE 160 162 RED FLAT BARK BEETLE 162 165 TERMITES 164 166 PEA APHIDS 168 170 HONEY BEE 170 172 NAMIB DARKLING BEETLE 174 176 WATER SPIDER 176 178 LARGE BLUE BUTTERFLY 178 180 WILD SILK MOTH CATERPILLAR 180 182 ARMY ANT 182 185 PAPER WASPS 184 186 LEAF-CUTTER ANTS 188 191 DESERT LOCUST 190 192 THIN-LEGGED WOLF SPIDER 194 197 MAYFLY 196 199 PERIODICAL CICADA 198 200 GIANT WATER BUG 202 204 GLOSSARY 204 206 INDEX 206 208 www.ebook3000.com Come face to face with the most incredible insects on Earth, where you'll experience the microscopic world of bugs in mind-blowing depth and detail.Super Bug Encyclopedia showcases a huge variety of these tiny creatures at close range, making them millions of times bigger than their true size to give you the complete picture. From ants to wasps and centipedes to spiders, experience amazing anatomy and athleticism and find out who comes out on top for strength and speed. You'll meet the hawkmoth with the longest tongue of any insect and discover the velvet worm that squirts sticky slime to snare prey. Stand clear as the African bombardier beetle blasts out a sizzling hot chemical attack and race alongside the glorious green tiger beetle that lives life in the fast lane.This stunning visual feast incorporates jaw-dropping photography, at-a-glance facts, amazing statistics, dashboard-style profiles, and expert information to give you an unprecedented insight into the complex life of creepy crawlies.Did you know bugs are the most successful creatures on our planet? Or that insects took flight 150 million years before the first bird? Find out all this and much, much more inside as you become the ultimate bug hunter. Come face to face with the most incredible insects on Earth, where youll experience the microscopic world of bugs in mind-blowing depth and detail. Super BugEncyclopedia showcases a huge variety of these tiny creatures at close range, making them millions of times bigger than their true size to give you the complete picture. From ants to wasps and centipedes to spiders, experience amazing anatomy and athleticism and find out who comes out on top for strength and speed. Youll meet the hawkmoth with the longest tongue of any insect and discover the velvet worm that squirts sticky slime to snare prey. Stand clear as the African bombardier beetle blasts out a sizzling hot chemical attack and race alongside the glorious green tiger beetle that lives life in the fast lane. This stunning visual feast incorporates jaw-dropping photography, at-a-glance facts, amazing statistics, dashboard-style profiles, and expert information to give you an unprecedented insight into the complex life of creepy crawlies. Did you know bugs are the most successful creatures on our planet? Or that insects took flight 150 million years before the first bird? Find out all this and much, much more inside as you become the ultimate bug hunter. Profiles the worlds largest, strongest, and loudest insects, providing statistics and facts on each, from the honeypot ants of Australia and hornet moth of Europe to the golden chafer of Central America and the orchid mantid of Southeast Asia.-- Source other than Library of Congress