For use in schools and libraries only. Provides information about the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of various insects and tells how to catch and keep them for observation.

Insects can be wonderful pets, if you don't mind that they usually live a short life and that they do things the way nature wants them to do things. They are great fun to watch, they can actually get to know you, and come when you call them, and they are easy to manage. They never need a license, and they won't disturb the neighbors. Yes, you must be careful where you walk with any insect pets around...your pet praying mantis might have the run of the house...but insects are fascinating to keep. They are cheap, and their food is usually free. Insects are common pets in many parts of the world. This book might get you started.

Presents a guide to keeping insects as pets, covering topics such as selection of species, legal issues, appropriate housing, temperature, decorations, health issues, feeding, water, mixed-species terrariums, spiders, beetles, and long-legged bugs, and possible dangers.

Darkus and his friends continue their unforgettable adventure in this final installment of the Beetle Boy trilogy. The final installment in the Beetle Boy trilogy!Cruel beetle fashionista Lucretia Cutter is still at large with her yellow ladybird spies. And now that she's brainwashed Darkus's father to stay by her side -- he, Virginia, and Bertolt are determined to stop her... once and for all. The final installment in the Beetle trilogy flies readers to Lucretia's secret Biome hidden in the Amazon rain forest. If they can't stop Lucretia, she will release her hoard of giant Frankenstein beetles, and the planet will never be the same again...Hope rests on an army of beetles and three determined children. Can Darkus and his friends, human and beetle alike, find it before it's too late?

From gerbils, lizards, and snails to spiders, fish, and frogs, this is the coolest guide for kids to learn how to take care of the coolest pets! With 39 pet profiles that describe origins, behaviors, cage installation plans, food, maintenance, and more, this book contains all the general and fun information for a variety of easy-to-care-for animals that kids will love. Also included are the author’s observations based on his very own pet collection throughout, as well as anatomical diagrams, high-quality photography, helpful illustrations, and easy-to-read informational blurbs.

Looking after Australian invertebrates in captivity.