基本信息出版社：Collins
页码：224 页
出版日期：2007年12月
ISBN：0060891475
条形码：9780060891473
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：The Extreme Wonders Series

内容简介 "Extreme Bugs" takes a magnifying glass to the tiny world of insects, revealing the outrageously icky, ingenious, colorful, adaptable, hungry, stinky, and just plain weird bugs that you would never want to find in your bed! This book includes a section on insect world record holders in categories like fastest flyer, longest body, and deadliest to humans, as well as close ups on unique bug body parts like stingers, exoskeletons, and antennae, and chapters on unbelievable defense mechanisms, mating habits, communication methods, and camouflage abilities. The biggest, strangest, and most remarkable extreme wonders on the planet are finally exposed and explained! "Extreme Wonders" is a new dynamic full-colour series covering the amazing creatures, technology, and events that surpass the ordinary. Each title explores the most thrilling and awesome occurrences of a specific topic, with exciting tales of the natural world, scientific discovery, and beyond.
作者简介

Leslie Mertz, Ph.D., is a field biologist, educator, and science writer. She has authored numerous books and articles on the natural world and science.