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A laugh-out-loud all-ages guide to common bugs, in a pocket-size package bursting with fun facts and photos.Bugs: They are beautiful, mind-bending, adorable, strange, silly, and essential to life as we know it. These wondrous creatures are neighborhood treasures and offer endless adventure. They are also often misunderstood, but Pat Stadille can help you make friends with them!
Bugs in Your Neighborhood introduces readers of all ages to a dazzling range of dragonflies, hoppers, flies, beetles, butterflies, and many more fun critters. Find out about the music of grasshoppers and katydids, the special senses of wasps, and the weird eating practices of giant water bugs. Featuring over 400 bugs and over 1,000 photographs and drawings,
Bugs in Your Neighborhood packs a wealth of information into a friendly, pocket-size format. This book is the perfect companion for anyone who wishes to know their bug neighbors a little better.
List of contents
Introduction
Entomology 101
Order Odonata—Dragonflies and Damselflies
The Insect Grab Bag—Many Smaller Orders
Aquatic Orders—May, Stone, and Caddisflies
Order Orthoptera—Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Friends
Order Hemiptera—Hoppers and True Bugs
Superorder Neuropterida—Neuropterans and Friends
Order Coleoptera—Beetles
Order Lepidoptera—Butterflies and Moths
Order Diptera—Flies
Order Hymenoptera—Wasps
Conservation
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
Patrick Stadille is the author of
Spiders in Your Neighborhood and holds a degree in zoology from the University of California, Berkeley. He is also a retired middle school science and drama teacher, a San Francisco Giants fan, ukulele player, and rockhound when he's not out looking for bugs, spiders, birds, or other interesting creatures. He and his wife live in Pacific Grove with their cat, Noonie.
