80 pages. Name on FFEP Backyard Bugs is crawling with gorgeous photographs - up close and in full color - of the amazing bugs we see around us every day. Resting on your windowsill, c ircling your porch light, crawling through the grass in your backyard, bugs are everywhere - and they are beautiful. Robin Kittrell Laughlin's vivid photographs capture the kaleidoscopic colors, fascinating details, and amazing facial expre ssions (yes, expressions) of these underappreciated creatures. From common pillb ugs to exotic dragonflies, tiny orange mites to green-fanged spiders, these outr ageously ordinary critters will surprise you with their glorious looks. Accompan ied by a foreword by noted naturalist and bug-lover Sue Hubbell, the author's ou trageous stories of how she photographed these forty bugs, amusing literary quot es, scientific information about the bugs and their habitats, and a glossary of bug terminology, Backyard Bugs will make you look again at our tiniest neighbors .

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Title

Backyard Bugs

Publisher

Chronicle Books

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0811809072

ISBN 13

9780811809078

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Good

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Crawling with full-color, larger-than-life photographs, Backyard Bugs depicts the amazing bugs we see around us every day in an altogether new light. From common pill bugs to exotic-looking dragonflies, tiny orange mites to green fanged spiders, Robin Kittrell Laughlin's vivid photographs capture the kaleidoscopic colors, fascinating details, and amazing facial expressions (yes, expressions) of these underappreciated creatures. With a witty homage to bugs by best selling author Sue Hubbell, scientific information about the bugs and their habitats, amusing literary quotes, and a glossary of bug terminology, Backyard Bugs is sure to capture the imagination of nature lovers, gardeners, and kids all ages.

About the Authors

Robin K. Laughlin is a photographer and bug lover who lives in a small town outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Sue Hubbell is a noted naturalist, devoted beekeeper, and author of several best-selling books, including Broadsides from the other order: A Book of Bugs. She lives in Washington, D.C.

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