Everything you ever wanted to know but were too scared to find out is covered in this fascinating book on the Camel Spider. All you ever need to know about these fascinating creatures is covered in detail. Can these Spiders really reach speeds of up to 30 mph and chase people? Do they scream and grow to the size of dinners plates? The book has been written in a way which is very easy to read. Many topics are covered including, their size, speed, breeding and bite. There are also some fascinating stories from soldiers who have come across these spiders whilst in Afghanistan. Hathai Ross has covered many interesting details about these fascinating creatures. The Camel Spider or Wind Scorpion book is brimmed full of information including colour pictures for anyone who is interested in Spiders

In the spring of 2013 the cicadas in the North Eastern United States emerged from their seventeen year cycle - the longest gestation period of any animal. In listening to cicadas, as well as other humming, clicking, and thrumming insects, Bug Music is the first book to consider the radical notion that we humans got our idea of rhythm, synchronization, and dance from the world of insect sounds that surrounded our species over the millions of years over which we evolved. Completing the trilogy he began with Why Birds Sing and Thousand Mile Song, David Rothenberg explores a unique part of our relationship with nature and sound - the music of insects that has provided a soundtrack for humanity throughout the history of our species.

Does the current honeybee (Apis Mellifera) Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) cause you to experience sleepless nights filled with fear and worry? Do you wonder what will happen when all the bees are gone? Put those powerful thoughts and concerns into motion with a practical action plan. Let's create a year-round Bee garden in 10 easy steps. Why? Because when you create a garden for bees, you will feel the excitement, experience confidence and turn powerful emotions, like worry, fear or just curious musings into a meaningful day-to-day practice. The results will manifest as life-long pleasures pure as honey gold. Invite beauty in colorful visual forms, sensual smells, tastes, and gain true wisdom from daily adventures into your garden. Do you yearn to know how it feels to be empowered with confidence and true knowledge? Allow the warrior within to hero a worthy cause and make a meaningful difference in the world. Bees live in a balanced environment, a life sustaining wild habitat with certain natural occurring elements like (Nectar, populus and pollen bearing) trees, flowers and plants, and water. Take the first step practice the ancient wisdom and basic principles of balance, and bliss. Okay, why a year-round Bee garden? Bees are 'At risk' year-round. How can I grow a year-round Bee garden I live in an apartment? A year-round Bee garden can be grown anywhere: Urban settings, suburban landscapes, in the forest and/or grow a bee garden on your organic farm. This unconventional book invites mystery and excitement, glamour and originality into your world through the eyes of a bee. Connect to a special and unique point of view, see life in a new and beautiful way, call forth inner harmony and joy: Follow the way of bee. Now, let's get started...

Susan Will holds a Master's Degree in special education. She is an elementary school special education teacher in Davison, Michigan with twenty-five years of experience. As a veteran teacher, she recognized the need for a catchy way to teach the classic insect characteristics to elementary school students. By incorporating music, text, and illustrations she created a fun, easy way to teach the identifying traits of most insects. In her book she includes both groups of insects, those that follow the characteristics and those that don't. Sing along with the free music download or read as a book. Teachers, students, and parents will love the familiar tune, colorful photographs, and cartoon illustrations.

Count to thirteen with this beautifully illustrated book by Mary C Sullivan. Great for all ages, this book is full of rhyming texts and whimsical illustrations about bugs

This coloring book explores the world of insects, spiders and other arthropods It's perfect for kids of all ages. Read it to your little one and as they grow they will be challenged by the scientific descriptions and glossary in the back. This book is written and illustrated by Kristie Reddick and Jessica Honaker, entomologists who love to teach about arthropods.

A new view of the life cycle of a monarch butterfly Bicky always says, "I don't want to " at each step of change. Beautifully illustrated with a splendid blending of actual photographs and illustrations. The text is lyrical. The top text is for easy reading (and short good night storytime). For longer reading, there is additional text at the bottom of each page. Fun and factual with a two-page summary of the butterfly life cycle that is sure to become a classroom classic.

Capture the delicate beauty of the great outdoors with this enchanting collection of stickers. Page after page of this book is packed with beautiful vintage drawings of creatures that soar, flutter, and glide. Get creative! Adorn your personal items with more than a thousand bird- and insect-themed stickers, create gorgeous artwork and stationery, or simply enjoy this book as an exquisite keepsake.

Everything you need to know about eating insects and more. Guaranteed to answer all your questions, this book is a must have for anybody passionate about eating or breeding insects. The author, Elliott Lang tried eating insects for the first time on holiday in Thailand and loved them. He couldn't find any good book about it and decided to write a book himself and so started to explore the world of eating insects. Edible insects and bugs, insect breeding, most popular insects to eat, cooking ideas, restaurants who serve insects and where to buy insects all covered. Including which insects are most popular to eat and tips on preparing insects for cooking The book is written in an easy to read and understandable style.

Information on the biology of ants and various techniques for studying ants is included. An extensive chapter on ant identification forms the bulk of this handbook with keys to worker ants, queen ants and male ants accompanied by colour and b/w plates. A quick-check field key is also included for use in the field. This is a digital reprint of the 1996 first edition (ISBN 0-85546-305-8).

Into The Wildflowers is a photographic exhibit of the diverse wildlife that thrives in a naturally-occurring Central Alabama wildflower field. Award-winning photographer Matt Zeigler reveals this exciting expose with one hundred images of several butterfly species, including Variegated Fritillary, Viceroy, Gulf Fritillary, Buckeye, Little Yellow, Monarch, Checkered Skipper, American Lady, Mottled Dusty Wing, and Pearl Crescent; plus the Polyphemus Moth. Zeigler also features images of grasshoppers, bees and other creatures that flourish in a flower patch, as well as the plants that sustain them.

Colony Collapse Disorder, ubiquitous pesticide use, industrial agriculture, habitat reduction-these are just a few of the issues causing unprecedented trauma in honeybee populations worldwide. In this artfully illustrated book, Heather Swan embarks on a narrative voyage to discover solutions to-and understand the sources of-the plight of honeybees. Through a lyrical combination of creative nonfiction and visual imagery, Where Honeybees Thrive tells the stories of the beekeepers, farmers, artists, entomologists, ecologists, and other advocates working to stem the damage and reverse course for this critical pollinator. Using her own quest for understanding as a starting point, Swan highlights the innovative projects and strategies these groups employ. Her mosaic approach to engaging with the environment not only reveals the incredibly complex political ecology in which bees live-which includes human and nonhuman actors alike-but also suggests ways of comprehending and tackling a host of other conflicts between postindustrial society and the natural world. Each chapter closes with an illustrative full-color gallery of bee-related artwork. A luminous journey from the worlds of honey producers, urban farmers, and mead makers of the United States to those of beekeepers of Sichuan, China, and researchers in southern Africa, Where Honeybees Thrive traces the global web of efforts to secure a sustainable future for honeybees-and ourselves.

With mystical beauty and delicate grace, butterflies amaze and mesmerize us. They decorate our gardens with vibrant color and assist other insects in the pollination of flowers. Do you wish you could attract more of these beautiful creatures to your yard? You can Easily and quickly, you can transform a small portion of your lawn into a butterfly paradise. Rose Franklin has been invested in, and possibly obsessed with, butterfly gardening for 20 years. She has rated and ranked hundreds of plant species for their attractiveness to butterflies, and then compiled a list of plants that are irresistible to them. This book beautifully illustrates and describes the top ranking plants. It also intimately introduces you to some of the butterflies you will likely see in your newly-created butterfly garden.

This is the story of how we started and developed our butterfly garden. It started first with flowers popular with the various butterflies in our area and progressed into our 140 sq. ft. screened in breezeway. The process was unbelieveably entertaining, delightful and sometimes, even heartbreaking. Everything from hand-feeding butterflies to giving them medical attention. It's an unbelievable story you are sure to enjoy reading along with learning about these wonderfully beautiful creatures of nature, the butterflies.

If you have a taste for honey or an adventurous side, maybe you have thought of becoming a beekeeper. What would you really be in for, though? Is it really a job or is it a fun way to get your own honey? Well, it's really both. Being a beekeeper is a lot of work, but it also has a lot of benefits. Anyone can do it, as long as they are prepared. You can't just wake up one day, decide to be a beekeeper and start immediately You have to know what you are doing - and that's why I have written this book. Within its pages, you?ll discover the tools you need to be a beekeeper, what to expect from your hive, how to harvest your honey, and how to protect the hive from various problems and invaders. I'll teach you what types of bees are best to keep, the jobs of each bee in the hive, how to choose and position your hives, and more. When I started keeping bees, I spent a lot of time and money on a lot of books before I was sure that apiculture was going to be right for me. This easy to read beginner's book summarizes the essential information I have learned over the years, and will help you decide if beekeeping could be part of your life. All the very best, Frank

"Delicate Tapestries: A Step By Step Guide To Raising Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies" explains, through easy to understand text and compelling photographs, each stage of the butterfly's life cycle, from egg through flight. Both the butterfly enthusiast and those who want to try and raise their own Eastern Black Swallowtail Butterflies will find "Delicate Tapestries" to be elegantly informative and delightfully interesting.