Insect Day
Erica McAlister
"An hourly guide that follows twenty-four insects as they find food, mates, and safety from predators. In this short book, celebrated scientist Erica McAlister leads readers on a worldwide field trip in search of insects. Each chapter of Insect Day introduces a single insect during a single hour, highlighting how twenty-four different species spend their time. Early in our day, we meet a cold Arctic bumblebee, basking among poppy flower petals to warm itself. Even when the world around it is very cold, it can produce temperatures of up to one hundred degrees Fahrenheit by vibrating. Near midday, there is enough sunlight for the blue-winged helicopter, a damselfly, to navigate the forests for its prey. When our insect spots a spider web, it looks for the creator-one vicious hunter eyeing up another. The giant damselfly backs away from the web and then launches into an attack, grabbing on to the spider with its forelegs. If successful (ma
Insect Day
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