Margery Milne

An extensive use of color photographs makes this a fine guide for identifying insects. Spiders, bugs, moths, butterflies, beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other insects are detailed in more than 700 full-color photographs visually arranged by shape and color. Descriptive text includes measurements, diagnostic details, and information on habitat, range, feeding habits, sounds or songs, flight period, web construction, life cycle, behaviors, folklore, and environmental impact. An illustrated key to the insect orders and detailed drawings of the parts of insects, spiders, and butterflies supplement this extensive coverage.

Describes the horseshoe crab's appearance, its life cycle, and its history, including the many environments it has been a part of through more than 500 million years.

Sexual behavior in the animal kingdom and its significance to man--jacket cover blurb.

A discussion of man's crucial need to conserve, produce, and carefully utilize water in order to ensure plenty for future use.

A swan settles on a New England mill pond and sparks much interest, enthusiasm, and pride among the townspeople.