Nick Baker's Bug Book
Discover the World of Mini-beasts!
Nick Baker(Author)
New Holland Publishers Ltd
Published on 1. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-84330-149-3 (ISBN)
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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.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
125 colour photographs plus 175 colour artworks
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 215 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84330-149-3 (9781843301493)
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05/2011
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08/2002
New Holland Publishers Ltd
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Person
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.