Product Description

We are all fascinated by, and often wary of, the tiny creatures that creep and crawl in our gardens or lurk in the dark corners of our homes, but how much do we really know about insects and their relatives? For instance, could you identify the larvae of a ladybird, which each eat 50 aphids a day? And did you know that some species of snail are hairy? This book aims to encourage our understanding of all types of bugs that can be found in our back gardens and beyond - worms, snails, ants, woodlice, centipedes, flies, grasshoppers, beetles, bees, wasps, spiders and butterflies (to name but a few) - by offering practical information and fun activities for the whole family. Learn how to determine the sex of a spider, how to look after ants in a home-made formicarium and even how to rear your own dragonflies! Packed with details on essential equipment for bug watching and collecting, clear annotated diagrams on bug anatomy and amazing full-colour close-up photographs, as well as astonishing facts on insect behaviour and identification, this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134209 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
Nick Baker is the popular presenter on BBC's top-rated Really Wild Show and his own BBC2 investigative natural history series such as Nick Baker's Rattlesnakes and Nick Baker's Antarctica. In the United States, Nick presents regularly on National Geographic's Explorer. He is also a regular columnist and contributor to BBC Wildlife Magazine. Other television credits include Tomorrow's World, Wild Under the Skin and Channel 5's Nick's Quest and Nick Baker Down Under. He is Vice President of Wildlife Watch, the junior division of the Wildlife Trusts. He lives on Dartmoor in Devon.

Customer Reviews

erm...I AM REVIWEING! I have spelt that very wrong...
It's excellent! Even if you aren't an avid naturalist this book is easily one of the most useful things you could own. You don't need to be a book addict either, it's easy going and good fun. With brief but informative bits and pieces on what's happening in the world of nature every month. It's well illustrated too, and Nick's style of writing is great, he's obviously in the know and yet he doesn't bore you to tears with a slow and dull writing style, it's genuinly interesting and I recommend it to anyone with even a vague interest in wildlife.