Insects. An amazing little world. Grimaldi P.

insects and spiders inhabit the planet Earth for many millennia. They are camouflage champions and skillful architects. They are able to crawl, fly, dig, sting and secrete poison. Their life cycle is filled with incredible metamorphoses, and communities are distinguished by a complex social organization. Dragonflies and ants, spiders and beetles - this book is full of legends, curious stories, traditions and unusual facts about the amazing, unexplored world of insects. You will learn that crickets, for example, can serve as thermometers, that the African peoples consider the Mother of God a deity that gave fire to a person, and no one can surpass the construction of huge impressive nests.

for children of middle school age.