Nick Baker's Bug Book
Discover the World of the Mini-Beast!
1st Edition
Published on 26. February 2015
128 pages
978-1-4729-2210-6 (ISBN)
Description
We are all fascinated by, and often wary of, the tiny animals 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?
Nick Baker's Bug Book encourages our understanding of all types of bugs by providing practical information and fun activities. 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, informative illustrations and close-up photography, this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages.
Nick Baker's Bug Book encourages our understanding of all types of bugs by providing practical information and fun activities. 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, informative illustrations and close-up photography, this book is essential reading for budding entomologists of all ages.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (Digital)
Target group
Interest Age: From 10 to 13 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-2210-6 (9781472922106)
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Book
02/2015
Bloomsbury Natural History
€36.08
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Person
Nick Baker has presented a number of wildlife programmes including The Really Wild Show, Nick Baker's Under the Skin, Weird Creatures with Nick Baker and most recently Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Nick has also written a number of well-received books, including The RSPB Nature Tracker's Handbook and Nick Baker's British Wildlife. Nick lives in Devon with Dartmoor on his doorstep and is Vice President of Buglife.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Copyright
- Title
- The Wildlife Trusts
- Contents
- Introduction
- About this book
- The Essential Bug-hunting Kit
- Making a bug restrainer
- Making a pooter
- Worms
- Experiment: Making a w ormery
- Slugs and snails
- Experiment: Slime surfing
- Experiment: Watch 'em chomp!
- Woodlice
- Experiment: Stinky pigs
- Experiment: Give 'em a choice
- Centipedes and Millipedes
- Arachnids
- Experiment: Feel the vibe
- Web spinning masterclass
- Experiment: Making a 'tegenarium'
- Experiment: Finders keepers
- Introducing the insects
- Butterflies and moths
- Experiment: Hatching moths
- Experiment: All sweetness...
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Experiment: The stick trick
- Experiment: Hatching your own
- Crickets and grasshoppers
- Experiment: Rearing nymphs
- Wasps
- Bees
- Ants
- Experiment: Making a formicarium
- Bugs
- Experiment: Bubble bum
- Beetles
- Experiment: Raising ladybirds
- Experiment: Making a pitfall trap
- True flies and look-alikes
- Experiment: Catching water babies
- The little 'uns
- Experiment: Making a Tullgren funnel
- Further reading
- Useful addresses
- Index
- Acknowledgements
