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1) Fire ants
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Simple text and color photographs depict the behavior, habitat, and life cycle of fire ants. Includes color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
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For more than 80 years, the Solenopsis Invicta ant species has been on a ceaseless march across the United States, racking up six billion dollars every year in crop damage, equipment repair, and pest control. They have conquered more than 530 000 square miles in 13 U.S. states and killed at least 80 people. Emboldened, they continue their global invasion. Now, scientists are cracking the ants' ancient secrets to success, enlisting crime scene forensics...
8) Fire ant
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Discover how these invasive fire ants have spread to many places around the world and why they are a threat to wildlife, human beings, and economies.
10) Lethal insects
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Describes the world's most dangerous insects, including Africanized honeybees, fire ants, and tsetse flies. Features photographs, fact boxes, a glossary, index, and resources for further research.
12) Nasty bugs
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A whimsical tribute to naughty and mischievous insects features sixteen pieces by children's poets.
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Engaging text and photographs introduce young readers to ants, including some of the coolest ants from around the world. Fans of augmented reality will love to march two by two beyond the printed page with upclose ant videos, accessible via the Capstone 4D app or on your web browser.
14) Ants
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Introduces readers to different types of ants such as venomous, biting, jumping, trap-building, super colony, and invading.
15) MicroPlanet
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Microscopic insect photography brings to life a vibrant world within our own, teaming with diversity and all around us but never seen. From the multi-colored snouted snail to the ghost shrimp, this documentary beautifully depicts how little things live.
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In the animal kingdom, there's no shortage of creepy, bizarre creatures who crawl on this planet. They range from horned lizards, who shoot blood from their eyes in self-defense to creatures that raise their offspring in the carcasses of dead animals. Some creatures are so bizarre they defy imagination. Komodo dragons use a sixth sense, a 'smell-o-vision' from the roof of their mouth, to seek out prey and cannibal black widow spiders sense movement...