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Beetles squeak and beetles glow. Beetles stink, beetles sprint, beetles walk on water. With legs, antennae, horns, beautiful shells, knobs, and other oddities—what’s not to like about beetles? The beetle world is vast: one out of every four living things on earth is a beetle. There are over 350,000 different species named so far and scientists suspect there may be as many as a million. From the goliath beetle that weighs one fourth of a pound to the nine inch long titan beetle, award-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins presents a fascinating array of these intriguing insects and the many amazing adaptations they have made to survive.

凯迪克大奖得主詹金斯精心打造的这本《奇妙的甲虫》，延续了他一贯的风格，采用高超的拼贴技艺，展示了77种甲虫的惊人秘密。甲虫别具一格的生理结构、令人眼花缭乱的品种和外形、出人意料的自卫绝招、鲜为人知的沟通手段，在这本书中一一呈现。你也许会爱上勇往直前的犀金龟战士，也许会迷恋宝石一般熠熠生辉的吉丁虫，又或者惊叹森林火险探测员森林火吉丁，也可能被泰坦甲虫惊艳；你可能被那些伪装大师骗过，被化学武器携带者攻击过，被光影高手糊弄过，而它们将在这里无所遁形，任君采撷。任何阅读了这本科普绘本的读者，都会对地球上这个庞大的昆虫种群惊叹不已。