Lonely Planet Kids World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies 1
Enter the weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies. Our animal experts have unearthed 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature's seriously strange characteristics and the unusual ways they hunt, eat, or defend themselves.

They're sometimes hard to spot, but there are a mind-boggling 10 billion billion bugs on the planet. Inside World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies, discover the tiny terror that blows itself up to save its friends, a creature so well disguised even its own species can't see it, and a giant spider the size of a dinner plate. And with our 'strange-o-meter', compare each animal based on its creepiness, fight factor, and superpowers!

Creepy-crawlies include:

  • Elephant beetle
  • Hickory horned devil
  • Happy-face spider
  • Zombie snail
  • Leafcutter ant
  • Froghopper
  • Spiny devil katydid
  • Goliath birdeater spider
  • Giant weta
  • Asian giant hornet
  • Scorpion
  • Death's-head hawkmoth
  • Bird-dung crab spider
  • Exploding ant

Other titles in the series include:

- World's Strangest Predators

- World's Strangest Places

- World's Strangest Ocean Beasts

About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humor and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.

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Lonely Planet Kids World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies 1
Enter the weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies. Our animal experts have unearthed 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature's seriously strange characteristics and the unusual ways they hunt, eat, or defend themselves.

They're sometimes hard to spot, but there are a mind-boggling 10 billion billion bugs on the planet. Inside World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies, discover the tiny terror that blows itself up to save its friends, a creature so well disguised even its own species can't see it, and a giant spider the size of a dinner plate. And with our 'strange-o-meter', compare each animal based on its creepiness, fight factor, and superpowers!

Creepy-crawlies include:

  • Elephant beetle
  • Hickory horned devil
  • Happy-face spider
  • Zombie snail
  • Leafcutter ant
  • Froghopper
  • Spiny devil katydid
  • Goliath birdeater spider
  • Giant weta
  • Asian giant hornet
  • Scorpion
  • Death's-head hawkmoth
  • Bird-dung crab spider
  • Exploding ant

Other titles in the series include:

- World's Strangest Predators

- World's Strangest Places

- World's Strangest Ocean Beasts

About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humor and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.

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Lonely Planet Kids World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies 1

Lonely Planet Kids World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies 1

by Lonely Planet Kids
Lonely Planet Kids World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies 1

Lonely Planet Kids World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies 1

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Overview

Enter the weird and wonderful world of creepy-crawlies. Our animal experts have unearthed 40 of the planet's most bizarre species and ranked them in order of their oddness! With jaw-dropping facts and amazing photos, we reveal each creature's seriously strange characteristics and the unusual ways they hunt, eat, or defend themselves.

They're sometimes hard to spot, but there are a mind-boggling 10 billion billion bugs on the planet. Inside World's Strangest Creepy-Crawlies, discover the tiny terror that blows itself up to save its friends, a creature so well disguised even its own species can't see it, and a giant spider the size of a dinner plate. And with our 'strange-o-meter', compare each animal based on its creepiness, fight factor, and superpowers!

Creepy-crawlies include:

  • Elephant beetle
  • Hickory horned devil
  • Happy-face spider
  • Zombie snail
  • Leafcutter ant
  • Froghopper
  • Spiny devil katydid
  • Goliath birdeater spider
  • Giant weta
  • Asian giant hornet
  • Scorpion
  • Death's-head hawkmoth
  • Bird-dung crab spider
  • Exploding ant

Other titles in the series include:

- World's Strangest Predators

- World's Strangest Places

- World's Strangest Ocean Beasts

About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let's start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humor and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place - inspiring children at home and in school.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787012981
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Publication date: 08/21/2018
Series: Lonely Planet Kids Series
Pages: 80
Product dimensions: 7.20(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range: 5 - 8 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Creepy-crawlies #40-31

Elephant beetle 8

Millipede 10

Caddisfly 12

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing 13

Fairyfly 14

Jewel Beetle 16

Hickory Horned Devil 17

Giant Gippsland Earthworm 18

Hot-Pink Slug 20

Happy-Face Spider 21

Quiz 22

Creepy-Crawlies #30-21

Zombie Snail 24

Lesser Water Boatman 26

Weaver Ant 28

Mirror spider 30

Leafcutter Ant 31

Froghopper 32

Globe Skimmer 34

Honey Bee 35

Goliath Beetle 36

Spiny Devil Katydid 38

Quiz 40

Creepy-Crawlies #20-11

Goliath birdeater 42

Giant Weta 44

Mound-Building Termite 46

Asian Giant Hornet 47

Locust 48

ASP Caterpillar 50

Scorpion 52

Puss Moth Caterpillar 53

Thorn Bug 54

Firefly 56

Quiz 58

Creepy-Crawlies #10-1

Eastern Dobsonfly 60

Death's-Head Hawk Moth 62

Leaf Insect 64

Glasswing Butterfly 66

Bird-Dung Crab Spider 67

Giant Silkworm Moth Caterpillar 68

Assassin Bug 70

Brazilian Treehopper 72

Devil's Flower Mantis 74

Exploding Ant 76

Quiz 78

Glossary 80

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