National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of Bugs
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION How to Use This Book CHAPTER ONE WONDERFUL BUGS 8 What Is a Bug 10 Complete Metamorphosis 12 Incomplete Metamorphosis 14 Let s Play a Game 16 20 26 28 CHAPTER TWO BUSY INSECTS Leaf cutter Ant Army Ant Ant Photo Gallery Honeybee Bee Photo Gallery Golden Paper Wasp Wasp Photo Gallery Let s Play a Game 30 36 38 40 42
CHAPTER SIX HOPPERS AND HUNTERS 84 Eastern Lubber Grasshopper 86 Snowy Tree Cricket 88 Praying Mantis 90 Mantis Photo Gallery 92 Let s Play a Game 94 CHAPTER THREE BAZILLIONS OF BEETLES 44 Beetles 46 Seven spotted Ladybug 48 Ladybug Photo Gallery 50 Common Eastern Firefly 52 Giraffe Weevil 56 Let s Play a Game 58 CHAPTER SEVEN HIDERS AND FLIERS 17 Year Cicada 98 Goliath Stick Insect Too Southern Hawker Dragonfly 102 Let's Play a Game 104 62 CHAPTER FOUR FANTASTIC FLIERS Which Is Which Blue Morpho Butterfly Butterfly Photo Gallery Isabella Tiger Moth Moth Photo Gallery Let s Play a Game 66 7 CHAPTER EIGHT BUGS NOT INSECTs 106 Orb Weaver Spider 108 Spider Photo Gallery Arizona Bark Scorpion 112 Deer Tick 114 Earthworm 6 Common Pillbug 8 Let s Play a Game 120 CHAPTER FIVE INSECTS THAT BUG US 74 Common Housefly 76 Dog Flea 78 Tiger Mosquito 80 Let s Play a Game 82 122 Parent Tips Glossary Credits 124 125 Index 126
INTRODUCTION his book introduces a selection of insects and a few other kinds of bugs It answers questions from What is an insect and How do bees make honey to Are spiders insects and Where do cicadas live The first chapter introduces the topic of insects Each of the next six chapters features insect species that share behavioral or anatomical characteristics The last chapter highlights a few bugs that are not insects such as spiders and earthworms NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC S LITTLE KIDS FIRST BIG BOOK OF BUGS IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT CHAPTERS CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER SIX begins the book with a look explores the world of beetles takes readers leaping hopping at what makes a bug an insect From ladybugs to fireflies and crawling with grasshop Sequences of photographs beetles represent the largest pers crickets and mantises show examples of insects group of insects and this chap CHAPTER SEVEN going through complete and ter celebrates the huge variety introduces cicadas stick incomplete metamorphosis CHAPTER FOUR A fun photo game that insects and dragonflies shimmers with butterflies reinforces topics in the CHAPTER EIGHT chapter wraps up this and moths and their caterpillars treats readers to a few each subsequent chapter Colorful photo galleries and popular bugs that are a game reinforce the wide not insects Fascinating CHAPTER TWO range of species spiders other arachnids introduces social insects including ants bees and wasps CHAPTER FIVE and the familiar earthworm touches on of the roly poly bring readers a few more and Readers will get inside views to the end of the book of a ant nest and leaf cutter annoying pesky insects flies honeybee hive Photo galleries fleas and mosquitoes show a few of the many other species of ants bees and
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Colorful PHOTOGRAPHS FACT BOXES for each featured species give the illustrate each spread supporting the text young reader a quick overview including range diet Galleries showcase the diversity of species number of young predators its type of metamorphosis for several groups of insects and its size compared with a five year old child s hand BEETLES SEVEN SPOTTED LADYBUG Ladybugs are beetles Farmers like seven spotted ladybugs because they eat aphids Aphids are insects that cat crops the plants that farmers grow A ladybug lays her eggs LADYDGs near aphids or other are also called LADY BEETLES plant eating insects When the larvae LADYBIRDS hatch they start eating the aphids around them When attacked by a predator such as a bird a ladybug releases a liquid that tastes bad The next time that bird goes after a Ladybug the insect bri reminder Leave me alone I taste bad APHID Have you ever been to a farm 48 Interactive QUESTIONS in each section POP UP FACTS sprinkled throughout encourage conversation related to the topic provide added information about bugs featured in each section MORE FOR PARENTS In the back A GAME at the end of each chapter of the book you will find parent tips with fun reinforces concepts covered in that section activities that relate to bugs and a helpful glossary
