Super Bug Encyclopedia: The Biggest, Fastest, Deadliest Creepy-Crawlers on the Planet

by D.K. Publishing

Come face to face with the most incredible insects on Earth, where you’ll experience the microscopic world of bugs in mind-blowing depth and detail.

Super Bug Encyclopedia showcases a huge variety of these tiny creatures at close range, making them millions of times bigger than their true size to give you the complete picture. From ants to wasps and centipedes to spiders, experience amazing anatomy and athleticism and find out who comes out on top for strength and speed. You’ll meet the hawkmoth with the longest tongue of any insect and discover the velvet worm that squirts sticky slime to snare prey. Stand clear as the African bombardier beetle blasts out a sizzling hot chemical attack and race alongside the glorious green tiger beetle that lives life in the fast lane. 



This stunning visual feast incorporates jaw-dropping photography, at-a-glance facts, amazing statistics, dashboard-style profiles, and expert information to give you an unprecedented insight into the complex life of creepy crawlies.



Did you know bugs are the most successful creatures on our planet? Or that insects took flight 150 million years before the first bird? Find out all this and much, much more inside as you become the ultimate bug hunter.

Genres: Animals, Nonfiction, Childrens

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 19, 2016

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[H (trying to keep up with GR friends) Balikov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Do you know that there is a butterfly twice as big as your hand? Are you interested in how far the biggest jumping spider can jump? Spead your fingers and imagine the bug that has its eyes on stalks that wide!

Yes, I loved the subject matter, the format and the quality of illustrations in this book. But, this is only my opinion. My little girls have so far combined quick peeks with overcoming the “ick factor.” Review from their perspective will be forthcoming.

[Linden Seaman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had amazingly intricate, blown up macro images of the different arthropods, arachnids, bugs and insects. Visually this is something you’d never really get to witness otherwise and I love how it was broken up into sections and how each creature had at least 2 full pages of information. Would definitely recommend others to check this out or share with littles in their lives interested in bugs

[Mrs. DL · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horrifying in the best possible way - made me see many bugs in a different light. They´re fascinating, extremely succesful individuals.

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

The most fun reading-to-the-kid experience to date. My kid loves it and asks lots of questions. It has spurred much curiosity and debate. The consistency of formatting even helped because he loved that he could call out how long bugs lived and ask similar questions about each new bug (what does it eat, what does its jaws look like, etc) and know they'd be answered. We just finished last night and he wants to read it all over again.

[MK · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a Visual Encyclopedia that explains bugs, insects in detail.

You can clearly see that insects have very small bodies and very complex structures.
I learned a great deal.

Bugs and insects are always treated as troublesome and nuisance by humans.
Humans make disgusted faces when they get bitten by a mosquito on their skin, or when you see a fly on the table.

The cruel humans take the magazine on the table and hit the insect with all their might to kill it. You might argue that you're just getting rid of a small nuisance bug.

However, all living things do not want to die.
Insects want to live desperately.
Whether it's a cricket or a cockroach, they don't want to die anyway.

The fact is that you have killed one life in this world and cannot bring it back.

If you find a cockroach in your home or restaurant, you can gently release it outside.
"This is human property, so please leave. Take care. Bye-bye."

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book for anyone that can read! Very interesting and great pictures.

[Angelika Fish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome book. Very fun and the pictures our beautiful.

[Hayden Parrish · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned a lot

[Avi Dinsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of favorites. Excellent images and descriptive details about different species of insects. It's something you can keep on your bedside and read a few things here and there at time to time. Loved it.

[Ietrio · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was fun! Large colorful pictures and lots of information. Not very scientific.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous photography and interesting facts. A fun book to dip in and out of. Enlarged photographs bring the bug close up to examine. A great one for kids who love National Geographic Bug-opedia.