Super Bug Encyclopedia [Hardcover]

A look at the 100 most amazing insects on the planet!

Using macro photography and brand-new CGI artworks,Super Bug Encyclopediazooms right in to reveal the secrets of the most successful creatures on our planet. With incredible facts and stats for every bug,Super Bug Encyclopedia showcases the superstars of the insect world. Find out which insect can snap a pencil in half, how a tiny moth can fly up to 70 miles an hour, and meet a dung beetle that can pull over 1,100 times its own body weight. Young readers will be wowed by what goes on inside the tiny world of ants, spiders, butterflies, moths, crickets, and other creepy crawlies.

Lively, informative, easy-to-access text based on the latest discoveries and scientific research showcases incredible feats of endurance, defense, strength, and speed while graphic, dashboard-style panels provides information at a glance.

Visualized with incredible 3-D models with cross-sections and strip layers, readers can explore every essential detail of the world of insects inSuper Bug Encyclopedia.

This installment of the Encyclopedia series followsSuper NatureandSuper Human, both of which were crowd-pleasers. —The Florida Times-Union

[A] visual feast with engaging content. —School Library Journal (Starred Review)

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