by Amy Stewart
This was a very interesting read, but I had a hard time finishing it because I would start itching and imagining all of these bugs crawling on me and had to stop. Do not read this if you are afraid of insects!
Ew, gross, ick, I hate creepy crawlies! This didn't help me not hate bugs. But at least it was funny! And the pictures were very cool. At the very least I have an appreciation for how diabolical these lil buggers can be!
A quick survey of lots of truly creepy bugs, with great illustrations. I'm giving this 2 stars because I would have liked more depth and detail. Do not read if you are at all squeamish about this sort of thing.
A quick survey of lots of truly creepy bugs, with great illustrations. I'm giving this 2 stars because I would have liked more depth and detail. Do not read if you are at all squeamish about this sort of thing.
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Wicked Bugs follows on Stewart's Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother & Other Botanical Atrocities and mirrors its format: short (2-3 page) essays about a variety of subjects - in this case, "bugs." And I don't fault her for defining "bug" loosely. As she writes, "This is by no means...
A great book for browsing, interesting facts that will gross you out. A nice companion book to her Wicked Plants.
I enjoyed this, even though I kept saying, "Ick. Oh, yuck. Really? Gross!" all the way through. Guinea worms and bot flies and parasitic wasps and killer hornets... and even more. I was mesmerized and horrified and bemused and educated. Just the thing I needed.
Rating: too busy scratching to give it one.The Book Report: Amy Stewart, perpetratrix of Flower Confidential (a book I loathed), has given us bite-sized bios of horrible, horrible, horrible little creepy/crawly or fly-y/stingy horrible things with lots of horrible legs and horrible, horrible ways of...
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