Do you know your pollinators?
- 40 insect pollinators including bees, butterflies, flower flies, beetles, moths, wasps, hoverflies, and more, each with its own full-page spread
- Fun and fascinating facts including appearance, behavior, flight season, habitat, and nectar sources
- High-quality full-page photo of each pollinator and type, showing their distinctive look and markings
- Compact 5x7 pocket size is easy and fun to flip through to get interesting info fast
- A must-have for gardeners and for anyone interested in attracting more pollinators to your backyard
Did you know there are over 20,000 different kinds of bees? Or that the Western Honeybee isn't native to the U.S., but was instead imported to North America in 1622? How about that there's a type of butterfly called a Peacock? Impress friends and family with interesting facts about 40 types of insect pollinators!
From the most unusual to the most beautiful, inside Know Your Pollinators is everything you need to know to identify the helpful insects you might find in your garden. You'll discover loads of cool facts about pollinating insects from ladybugs, moths, and beetles to bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies, including their appearance, length, flight season, habitat, and nectar sources.
Inside this fascinating guide, you'll also learn important details that will help you attract each pollinator to your garden or backyard: From the Common Buckeye, who is attracted to thistles and sunflowers, to the Rose Chafer who, after spending two years of its life as an underground grub, transforms into a brilliantly iridescent, fast-flying beetle that is drawn to brambles and dog rose!
Honeybees have been domesticated for around 9,000 years. It is often said that without bees, humans would become extinct within only four. Today, with certain species on the edge of extinction, we need to know about more about our pollinators than ever.
The perfect gift for any aspiring gardener or those interested in attracting pollinators to their backyard, or even for kids who are fascinated by bugs, this small format paperback is designed for any age and provides a fun and informative overview of a diverse group of important insects.
This fun and engaging pocket guide will turn everyone both young and old into bee, moth, and beetle enthusiasts, and you'll soon be able to say you Know Your Pollinators!
Tim Harris has written books about nature and the environment for both children and adults, including the award-winning Migration Hotspots: The World's Best Bird Migration Sites. He has been fascinated by all aspects of the natural world since a young age. After studying Norwegian glaciers at university, his quest for wildlife has seen him explore the giant dunes of the Namib Desert, climb the slopes of Popocatapetl in Mexico, camp in the Sumatran rainforest, and search the frozen Sea of Okhotsk for sea-eagles. He lives on the edge of Epping Forest in London, England.
