Learn why bees make honey, how to identify insects, why leafcutter ants build underground nests, and how mosquitoes spread disease with Eyewitness Insect. Discover how a wasp's compound eyes work, which insects have ears on their knees, how a butterfly can smell with its wings, and much, much more!

Table of Contents

• The parts of an insect
• What is an insect?
• The first insects
• Wings and flight
• Through an insect's eyes
• Touch, smell, and hearing
• Legwork
• Mouthparts and feeding
• Battling beetles
• Complete metamorphosis
• Incomplete metamorphosis
• Beetles
• Flies
• Butterflies and moths
• Bugs
• Wasps, bees, and ants
• Other insects
• Living with plants
• Hide and seek
• How to avoid being eaten
• A watery life
• Building a nest
• Insect architects
• Social ants
• Honeybees and hives
• Helpful and harmful
• Looking at insects
• Did you know?
• Insect classification
• Find out more
• Glossary
• Acknowledgments