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Reviewed on December 1, 1986
Gr 4-6 Patent uses labeled magnified photographs and short segments of text to demonstrate the physical characteristics of this familiar insect pest. The transparent body of the larva in its watery home, the pupa, and the flying nectar and blood-consuming adult are shown enormously larger than life. The magnification provides a close-up view of fine body parts, but is so extreme that all semblance of reality is lost; these distorted giants are dramatic, but actual size is never shown nor adequa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More