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Murder hornets are big! They are the largest hornet on Earth. Also called Asian giant hornets, these fierce insects will eat bees and wasps. Young listeners will enjoy learning all the facts about murder hornets.

What’s that buzz? Bees! Young listeners will get the fast facts about these busy insects, including bee body parts, habitats, life cycles, and why they are important to the environment. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts.

What’s that jumping by? Meet the grasshopper! Young listeners will get the fast facts on these long-legged insects as they learn about grasshopper body parts, habitats, and life cycles. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts!

It’s good to be a queen bee! The queen bee lets the other bees in the hive feed and care for her. What does she do? She lays eggs! A queen bee can lay more than 1,000 eggs a day! Learn all about the social structure inside a bee hive and the important role the queen and the female worker bees play.

Say hello to tiny but mighty ants! Young listeners will get the fast facts on these hardworking insects, including ant body parts, habitats, and life cycles. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts.

Birds have wings to fly somewhere warm in winter. But worms don’t have wings or even any legs. Where do they go? You will learn all about worms and how they survive when the weather turns cold.

Have you ever heard of an invertebrate that spends its whole life inside another animal? What about a beetle that spends most of its life underground? Young listeners will learn all about lancet flukes, Hercules beetles, and other invertebrates with unusual life cycles.

Smelly trash, rotting food, and piles of poop are disgusting! But not to flies! Why? You have questions, and this book has the answers. Find out all about flies, including their body parts, young, food, and behavior.

Zip! Something darts through the air. It’s a dragonfly! Young listeners will get the fast facts on these speedy insects, including their body parts, habitats, and life cycles. Along the way, they also will uncover surprising and fascinating facts!

Skitter, skitter! A cockroach scurries by in a flash. Young listeners will get the fast facts on these tough insects, including cockroach body parts, habitats, and life cycles. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts!

Hi, there! I'm a monarch butterfly. You’ve probably seen me fluttering around, but have you ever stopped to think about where I came from? Learn more about my life cycle and how I went from a tiny little caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly.

Las tarántulas usan sus fuertes mandíbulas para atrapar a su presa. Pero estas grandes arañas no son tan peligrosas como se cree. ¡Algunas hasta pueden ser mascotas!

Get ready to laugh from the ant farm to the beehive with these silly bug jokes! Laugh-out-loud jokes to keep young listeners engaged.

Do you spy a silky web? A spider must be nearby! Young listeners will get the fast facts on these eight-legged critters, including spider body parts, habitats, and life cycles. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts!

Dung beetles are the world’s strongest animals. They are famous for rolling animal poop around. Their gross job is important to the world. Find out more facts about these strong insects.

Tarantulas use strong jaws to catch their prey, but these big spiders aren't as dangerous as some people think! Some can even be pets! Get caught up in all the details about these hairy, silk-spinning creatures.

Jumping spiders aren’t like other spiders. They don’t need spider webs to trap prey. They just jump on them!

Der zehnjährige Max hat ein Problem. Er muss seiner Lehrerin beweisen, dass es Marienkäfer auch mit acht Punkten gibt. Klar, dass Fritz Fuchs ihm hilft. Doch dabei kommen ihm die Rosen von Nachbar Paschulke in die Quere. Die edle Blumenzucht ist völlig verlaust. Und Fritz soll auch noch schuld sein. Doch er hat schon einen Verdacht. Hoffentlich vergisst er nicht seine Mission Marienkäfer.

Honeybees are in the honey-making business. These insects turn nectar collected from plants into honey and then store it in honeycombs. In this book, young kids will job-shadow honeybees working hard in their hives.

The insect world is a fascinating place. You may not think so. You may think insects are gross. Or scary. Or dangerous. But there’s so much more to insects than what meets the eye. Told through hilarious prose and packed full of jaw-dropping facts, Brenna Maloney’s first-person narrative presents the big picture on bugs. Insects play a critical role on our planet—as pollinators, garbage collectors, artistic muses, research partners, and even as “dinner.”