Wildlife: Butterflies, Other Insects & Spiders

A surefire hit with young backyard diggers and bug-watchers, Basic Illustrated Guide to Frogs, Snakes, Bugs, and Slugs combines detailed illustrati...

A witty and informative account that busts the myths about Britain's most captivating butterfly species.When summer is at its zenith and the sallow...

The fully revised and expanded second edition of the ground-breaking book that made the fascinating micro-moth group accessible to the general natu...

The fully revised and expanded second edition of the ground-breaking book that made the fascinating micro-moth group accessible to the general natu...

Insects are everywhere. There are millions of species sharing the world with humans and other animals. Though literally woven into the fabric of hu...

Few insects are more important than bees, wasps, and ants. They maintain the garden’s biological balance, fertilize vegetables, fruits, and flowers...

When the first birds appeared on earth about 150 million years ago, the insects were here to greet them. Inevitably the two groups came to exploit ...

The Exclamation Damsel, Bison Snaketail, Powdered Dancer, Black Meadowhawk, and Sedge Sprite are just a few of the dragonflies and damselflies iden...

This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifyi...

This engaging and easy-to-use natural history guidebook provides a thorough overview of native and honey bee biology and offers tools for identifyi...

At a time when night-singing insects have slipped beyond our notice—indeed, are more likely to be heard as NatureSounds than in a backyard—John Him...

Imagine beetles ejecting defensive sprays as hot as boiling water; female moths holding their mates for ransom; caterpillars disguising themselves ...

Walter Tschinkel's passion for fire ants has been stoked by over thirty years of exploring the rhythm and drama of Solenopsis invicta's biology. Si...

Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes—from the low hum of tens of thousands of insects and the pungent smell of honey and...

Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a m...

A water strider darts across a pond, its feet dimpling the surface tension; a giant water bug dives below, carrying his mate’s eggs on his back; hi...

Flies that have any direct effect on Man are only a small proportion of the eighty to one hundred thousand species which constitute the Order Dipte...