Super-Size Bugs [With Super-Size Poster] Hardback - 2008

More than HALF-A-MILLION Life-Size books have been soldand kids are sure to go buggy over this new and super-sized vision of the insect world!
Bugs: they re the most successful animal group on earth andin most casesby far the ugliest. But that s what makes them so compelling to look at. In this new spin on the best-selling "Life-Size" series, the teeming bug kingdom comes into view, bigger than ever and enlarged to staggering proportions. That s because the book is packed with highly detailed electron microscope photographs, along with occasional real-size insect images beside them to give readers a true sense of scale. Children will get an amazing and up-close perspective on such creatures as the voraciously hungry caterpillar; the vividly colored Calleta Silkmoth, with blue-and-black spikes covering its body; a Swallowtail Butterfly emerging from its chrysalis; a bright orange Queen Hornet; and a deathly praying mantis, with its luminescent wings and killer pincers. Everything a kid loves is here: crushing mandibles, quivering antennae, hairy hooked legs, and intricate compound eyes. Plus, the back jacket turns into a 42 x 14 inch poster! You ll feel as if you re getting a privileged glimpse into an entirely different universe, and the scientific information accompanying the spectacular images is equally phenomenal.
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