Looks at flying insects, describing their physical features and defense mechanisms, and including such creatures as bumblebees, paper wasps, shorthorn grasshoppers, and blowflies.
Describes how the abilities of some insects have helped them to survive for 400 million years, including the group behavior of ants, the scavenger habits of cockroaches, the adaptations of weevils, and the defensive capabilities of beetles.
Looks at poisonous spiders, describing their physical features, habitats, ability to make silk, and the various ways they hunt their prey, including spinning webs, setting trapdoors, biting, spitting, camouflage, and mimicry.
Some of the most powerful creatures are also the smallest! The world is full of tiny creepy crawlers, including the indestructible tardigrade, ticks that taste with their toes, and many more tiny-but-tough customers.