Bugs in Danger

Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles

by Mark Kurlansky

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Pub Date Nov 12 2019 | Archive Date Nov 11 2019

Bloomsbury USA Children's Books | Bloomsbury Children's Books

Children's Nonfiction | Middle Grade

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Description

By now you've probably heard that bees are disappearing--but they aren't the only species at risk. Populations of fireflies, butterflies, and ladybugs have all been declining in recent years, too. This middle grade nonfiction explains the growth, spread, and recent declines of each of these four types of insects. Exploring human causes, like the Baltimore electric company that collected fireflies to attempt to harness their phosphorescent lighting source, to natural occurrences, like the mysterious colony collapse disorder that plagues bee populations, master nonfiction storyteller Mark Kurlansky shows just how much bugs matter to our world.

By now you've probably heard that bees are disappearing--but they aren't the only species at risk. Populations of fireflies, butterflies, and ladybugs have all been declining in recent years, too...