Water Beetles
by Dorothy Childs Hogner Author, Nils Hogner Illustrator
This beautifully written book for the young naturalist describes how water beetles live and eat and reproduce. There are detailed and carefully illustrated accounts of the different beetle families. One section tells how to collect water beetles, and another gives instructions on making an aquarium in which to keep them. Black and white illustrations throughout.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- Print Status
- Out of Print
- Lessons
- 21
- Pages
- 55
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 5th
- Publisher
- Thomas Y. Crowell Company New York
- Copyright
- 1963
Lessons
- 1 On the outside, p2
- 2 On the inside, p8
- 3 Water beetle's birthday, p10
- 4 The new look, p13
- 5 Water beetle families, p15
- 6 Whirligigs, p18
- 7 Diving beetles, p22
- 8 Beatle garbage collector, p27
- 9 Long-horned leaf beetle, p31
- 10 Rifle beetle, p34
- 11 Crawling water beetles, p36
- 12 Round sand beetles, p38
- 13 The rice water weevil, p38
- 14 A rare river beetle, p40
- 15 Beaver beetle, p 41
- 16 Cousins, p 42
- 17 Beetle watching, p 44
- 18 Going after whirligigs, p 49
- 19 Warning, p50
- 20 Care of the acquarium, p 51
- 21 Now to enjoy, p 54
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