Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right and Other Bugdacious Tales

by Tom Turpin

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If you want to get downright buggy, pick up this wonderful collection of insect tales from the ""Bug Bowl"" guru, Tom Turpin. After you're through, you'll know more about the six-leg kingdom and its occupants than any bookworm that you run across. How does insect suturing work? Which insect did the ancient Egyptians worship as a god? What did Ogden Nash have to say about termites? Which insect produces ""Turkey Red"" dye? What bug has survived for 300 million years? How does a horse fly manage to fly without its head? Each tale is easily accessible, provides fun and scientific facts, and is self-contained. Juveniles through adults will be fascinated with the world of Turpin's bugs. The nicely illustrated collection won't give you ants in your pants, but just might put a flea in your ear.
  • ISBN13 9781557534170
  • Publish Date 30 July 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Purdue University Press
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 248
  • Language English