This book is one of a natural history series which sets out to provide an introduction to the lives and behaviour of the different species on our planet. Detailed texts, photographs, line drawings and a handy format are features of the series. This 13th volume in the series covers the huge range of small creatures we simply call bugs - the Hemiptera. Frequently dazzling in their colouration, strange and intriguing in their lifestyles, the world's bugs play a vital role in eco-systems everywhere.