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SPIDERSSPIDERSRELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

What's Inside:
  • Comparing Spiders and Insects
  • A Spider Up Close
  • Spider Webs
  • Catching Their Prey
  • Dangerous Spiders
  • Spiders as Prey
  • Spiders as Help
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"Talk about creepy. You're walking along, and suddenly you feel a spiderweb stretch across your face. Wiping frantically, you try to get it all off while looking for the spider. Is it down your shirt? Is it crawling up your neck? Is it big? Many people are afraid of spiders. Yet it's hard to understand why. Most spiders are helpful. They eat insects, such as locusts and mosquitoes, that damage crop. . . "
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INSECTSINSECTS
"No one knows for sure how many different kinds of insects there are. But based on their discoveries of new species in rain forests, scientists think there may be as many as three million insect species worldwide. Insects are found almost everywhere on the planet, except in the ocean's salty waters. They are successful because they adapt to almost any environment. Some also have a unique feature th. . . "
BUTTERFLIES & MOTHSBUTTERFLIES & MOTHS
"Butterflies and moths are the movie stars of the insect world. Most other six-legged creatures seem drab compared to these colorful, graceful aviators. Though they may look fragile, butterflies and moths are actually quite tough and not entirely harmless. The distinctive colors of some tell predators: Warning! I'm poisonous to eat. The acrobatics of others keep them away from hungry jaws and beak. . . "
BEESBEES
"On a hot day in the middle of the summer, bees are buzzing, mosquitoes whining, butterflies flitting, and houseflies and dragonflies darting here and there. It’s easy to believe that insects are taking over the world. And indeed, of all the animal species on Earth, more than eight out of every ten are insects. Insects are divided into 31 orders, or categories. Bees (and wasps) belong to the..."
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • I Didn't Know That Spiders Have Fangs.  By Claire Llewellyn, Aladdin Books, 1997.
  • Outside and Inside Spiders.  By Sandra Markle, Bradbury Press, 1994.
  • Spiderology.  By Michael Elsohn Ross, Carolrhoda Books, 2000.
ADULT BOOKS
  • The Book of the Spider: From Arachnophobia to the Love of Spiders.  By Paul Hillyard, Random House, 1994.
  • That Natural History of Spiders.  By Ken and Rod Preston-Mafham. Crowood Press, 1996.
WEBSITES
  • National Biological Information Infrastructure: Teacher Resources
    http://www.nbii.gov/education/index.html
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Orkin Insect Zoo (Washington, DC):
    http://www.mnh.si.edu/education/insectzoo.htm