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Insect Anatomy: The Curious World of Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, and Bugs

Insect Anatomy: The Curious World of Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, and Bugs

Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Bugging Out What Is a Bug? Insect vs. Spider Insect Orders What Is an Arthropod? The Exoskeleton These Creatures Are Not Insects A Timeline...

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Table of Contents:
Introduction

Chapter 1: Bugging Out
What Is a Bug?
Insect vs. Spider
Insect Orders
What Is an Arthropod?
The Exoskeleton
These Creatures Are Not Insects
A Timeline of Insects
Anatomy of an Insect
Inside an Insect
Wings and Things
Shapes of Insect Wings
Kinds of Wings
Types of Legs
Insect Eyes
Kinds of Antennae
What Do Insects Eat?
How Insects Eat
Insect Habitats
Beetlemania
Anatomy of a Beetle
Lovely Ladies
Insects Are Important
Climate Change

Chapter 2: Time Flies
Insect Eggs
Insect Growth
Anatomy of a Dragonfly
Life Cycle of a Dragonfly
Aerial Acrobats
Dragonfly vs. Damselfly
Anatomy of a CIcada
The Life Cycle of a Periodical Cicada
The Four Stages of a Moth or Butterfly
Anatomy of a Caterpillar
Is It a Moth or a Butterfly?
Anatomy of a Butterfly
Butterfly Chysalises
This Grows Into That
A Butterfly Showcase
A Moth Showcase
Monarchs' Journey
Mayfly Swarms
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Chapter 3: Hive Minded
Eusocial
About Ants
Anatomy of an Ant
Ant Antics
Ant Species
Leafcutter Ants
Termites
Anatomy of a Bee
Inside a Bee
Bee Species
Honey Bees vs. Yellow Jackets
And a Hornet?
Wasp Nests
Wasp Species

Chapter 4: Buzzworthy Features
Camouflage and Mimicry
Plants That Mimic Insects
Stick Insects
Bugs with Faces
On the Defensive
The Antlion Death Trap
Stingers
Insect Architects
Big Jumpers
Anatomy of a Grasshopper
Grasshopper Species
Grasshopper vs. Cricket
Crickets as Thermometers
Walking on Water
Diving Deep
Plant + Insect Collaborators

Chapter 5: Bee-yond Words
Waggle Waggle
Strike a Pose
Anatomy of a Mantis
Headshots
Lighting the Sky
Pheromones
Noisy Bugs
Courting and Mating
Lovebugs

Chapter 6: Best in Show
Weirdest
Most Colorful
Best in Black + White
Longest
Fastest
Loudest
Strongest
Biggest
Heaviest
Most Resilient
Cutest
Most Elegant
Brightest
Smallest
Longest-Living

Chapter 7: They Are Among Us
Sleep Tight, Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
Anatomy of a Mosquito
Good for the Garden
Bad for the Garden
The Elusive Spotted Lanternfly
Chirping in China
Insect Eaters
On the Menu
We Ate Insects!
Everyday Products Made with Insects
Beekeeping
Tiny Flies, Big Discoveries
Flies
Meet Dr. Sunday Ekesi
Insect Fossils
Critically Endangered
Five Things to Help Insects
Go on a Bug Hunt
Build a Bug Hotel
Plant a Butterfly Garden

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Biographical Note:
Julia Rothman is a highly acclaimed contemporary illustrator and author of many best-selling books, including Nature Anatomy, Farm Anatomy, Ocean Anatomy, Food Anatomy, Nature Anatomy Notebook, Wildlife Anatomy, Insect Anatomy, and Bird Anatomy. Her illustrated column, Scratch, ran for five years in the Sunday New York Times. Clients for her illustrations and pattern designs include Target, The Washington Post, MTA Arts & Design, and more. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.


Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer, whose projects are characterized by a fascination with extremely specific themes. His most recent project is a four-part book series that includes Unusual Creatures, Extraordinary People, Curious Constructions, and Unconventional Vehicles. Each book includes a companion album, and Unusual Creatures was also made into a PBS Digital series. Hearst is also a founding member of the band One Ring Zero and has performed and given lectures and workshops at universities, museums, and cultural centers around the world. He has toured with The Magnetic Fields, performed with The Kronos Quartet at Carnegie Hall, and appeared on such shows as NPR's Fresh Air, A+E's Breakfast With The Arts, and NBC's The Today Show.

Publisher Marketing:
Get a close-up look at the world of insects with a delightfully illustrated guide to the fascinating insects, bugs, arachnids, and other creatures that populate our planet by the billions.

Millions of species of insects fly, crawl, dig, swarm, and eat on every continent. Our very existence depends on them; without pollinators, we would have no food, and without decomposers, the world would be covered in decaying plant and animal material. With her signature style, Julia Rothman delves into this incredible world, uncovering amazing facts about bees, beetles, butterflies, and so much more.

Review Citations:

  • Library Journal 07/01/2025 pg. 73 (EAN 9781635868784, Paperback)


Author: Rothman, Julia
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2025-09-02
BISAC: Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders|Art / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals|Art / Individual Artists / Artists' Books|Science / Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology
Subjects: Insects|Anatomy
Weight: 1.3 lbs
ISBN: 9781635868784
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9781635868784

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