Insects /
[authors, John Woodward and Leon Gray].
- Redding, Conn. : Brown Bear Books, c2008.
- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
- Close-up .
"Discover a secret world under the microscope"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
On the wing -- Colorful scales -- Fly feet -- Compound eyes -- Sense of smell -- Aphid appetites -- Winged ones -- Insect vampires -- Liquid diet -- Caterpillar change -- Aphid explosion -- Ant colonies -- Woeful weevil.
Presents the thousands of tiny lenses found in a fly's compound eye, the feathery antennae that a moth uses to sniff out food, and many more microscopic marvels.