Insects and Bugs

by O'Neill, Amanda

• ISBN13: 9780753454664
• ISBN10: 0753454661
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-15
• Publisher: Kingfisher

Summary

The enticing questions -- Why do glowworms glow? Which insects wear armor? Why do bees dance? -- will amaze, amuse, and inspire any child who is fascinated by bugs.

Author Biography

Amanda O'Neill has worked in education since 1976 and has been a freelance writer and editor since 1986. She has written books on a wide range of subjects and wrote both I Wonder Why Spiders Spin Webs, and Cats. Amanda has never lived without cats - her current feline friend is rescue-cat Jess, a seven-year-old part-Burmese. Amanda lives in Leicestershire, England, with her family and a whole host of reptiles, bugs, and other creatures.

Table of Contents

Which is the biggest creepy-crawly?	4	(1)
Which is the smallest creepy-crawly?	5	(1)
What is an insect?	6	(1)
When is a fly not a fly?	6	(1)
What is a bug?	7	(1)
Are spiders insects?	7	(1)
Why do spiders spin webs?	8	(1)
How do spiders make thread?	8	(1)
When do spiders fly?	9	(1)
What does an insect feel with its feelers?	10	(1)
Which insect tastes with its toes?	11	(1)
Which insect listens with its legs?	11	(1)
Why do caterpillars change into butterflies?	12	(2)
Which insect makes the best mother?	14	(1)
What hatches out in a vase?	14	(1)
Which insect is the laziest parent?	15	(1)
Which insects wear armor?	16	(1)
Which beetle fires a spray gun?	16	(1)
What digs graves then robs them?	17	(1)
Why do moths flutter around lamps?	18	(1)
Why do glow-worms glow	18	(1)
How do grasshoppers play the violin?	19	(1)
How do mosquitoes hum?	19	(1)
Why do bees live in hives?	20	(1)
Why do bees dance?	20	(1)
Why do bees carry brushes and baskets?	21	(1)
Which ants live in a tent?	22	(1)
Whose house has a trap door?	22	(1)
Whose nest is paper thin?	23	(1)
Which dragon lives under water?	24	(1)
Which bug does the backstroke?	25	(1)
When is a flower not a flower?	26	(1)
When is a leaf not a leaf?	27	(1)
Which insect has a fierce bottom?	27	(1)
What has a sting in its tail?	28	(1)
Can spiders kill people?	28	(1)
What kills more than a million people a year?	29	(1)
Which killing machine has 120 million legs?	29	(1)
Are creepy-crawlies good for people?	30	(1)
Are people good for creepy-crawlies?	31	(1)
Index	32