my favorite insects

It's a pretty and easy insect illustration book, like a picture book. We selected and loaded insects that can be easily seen near the house. Unlike other encyclopedias, it is thin and light, but contains 128 species of insects. The artist, a mother of two sons, collected and observed together with her children and painted them in warm miniature paintings. There are also many interesting insect stories told by entomologist Dr. Taewoo Kim. It's a good book to put in your bag on summer vacation or when you go to the mountains or the water.

Common insects that live near your home
It contains 128 species of common insects that live near homes. All kinds of insects live just outside the apartment yard, and there are many that live inside the house. If you count the number of ants living on Earth, they say there are far more than people. Insects live diligently in the ground, in the water, and in the grass, even though people do not pay attention to them. Look with warm eyes at the creatures that have lived by our side for a long time.

small and light book
Although it is an illustrated book, it is thin and light like a picture book. You can easily take it with you when you go outdoors during summer vacation. Put it in your bag when you go to a relative's house in the country, go on a picnic to the park, or go camping. When you encounter an insect, you can find it right away and check it right in front of your eyes.

Dense and vivid detailing
It's really fun to look at common insects like flies and ants. Beautiful wing patterns, slim body... … . There are no random insects. Each insect's body changes to fit where it lives. Some children find it gross and dislike it, but once they learn how insects' bodies adapt to their environment, they will fall in love with observing them. I recorded it in detailed drawings so that the characteristics of the insects could be clearly revealed.

Beautiful insects drawn by a mother artist
The artist in this book is a mother with two sons. Together with her children, she collected insects herself, observed them with her warm eyes, and drew them. Although she drew it as is, the insects in this book are cute and affectionate, like a child. I can feel how pretty the insects that live near us are. It's a detailed illustration book that's like a bright and beautiful photo book.

Easy and fun insect story
When crickets get angry, they fight by headbutting. A wart is a urinary tract that urinates when touched. It is said that stink bugs faint when they smell their own scent. Listen to interesting insect stories told by entomologist Dr. Taewoo Kim.

■ Collected insects

Striped mayfly / spiny ant / gnat / riverine larvae / river mayfly larvae / ants / leeches / goose bugs / crab larvae / earwigs / clown stink bugs / chimney flies / crickets / street flies / hoverflies / tortoiseshell ladybugs / humpbacked flies / Red-bellied dragonflies / Bees / Banded dragonflies / Flying larvae / Indigo meadow warblers / Tortoise-ridden ladybugs / Yellow-striped dragonflies / Yellow-banded blue-wings / Green tits / Late fireflies / Daurian stag beetles / Moon-winged ladybugs / Tsushima beetles / German cockroaches / Soybean dragonfly / Back parasitic fly / Striped damselfly / Groundhog fly / Dung fly / Cicada / Wasp / Ink-banded dragonfly / Mayfly / Waterfly / Waterfly / Waterfly / Waterfly / Chestnut aphid / Chestnut weevil / White beetle / Bell bug / Cabbage white butterfly / Bee tiger / Rice locust / Rice planthopper / Impatiens aphid / Bujeon butterfly / Fire ants / Red mountain lily / Red house mosquito / Horned dung beetle / Stag beetle / Musk swallow butterfly / Mountain wheel / Coral butterfly / Three sky snail / Water strider / Pine beetle / Pine swimmer / Forest mosquito / Sheep fly / damselfly larvae / Rice weevil / Thrami / Asian damselfly / Ainu marsupial / Ring-whiskered stink bug / Red-bellied fly / Common firefly / Red-tailed beetle / Summer dragonfly / Long-spotted ladybug / Jade-colored long-tailed silkworm / tadpole / king goose beetle / king cricket / king wave moth / king weevil / king mantis / king dung beetle / dragonfly / king fly / king beetle / milkweed cicada / black chestnut moth / spotted beetle / dysentery cockroach / India Convex aphid / Japanese leafhopper / Japanese monarch ant / Japanese beetle / rhinoceros beetle / mantis / earwig / scarlet long-winged planthopper / cicada / striped fluttering butterfly / aphid / oak leafhopper / cicada / dragonfly / fruit fly / seven-star ladybug / Chameleon-striped beetle / Large-spotted beetle / Large grasshopper / Large twenty-eight-spotted ladybug / Large-striped stink bug / Large-backed stink bug / Taegeuk moth / Hairy cicada / Saw-legged stink bug / Saw-legged stag beetle / Saw-toothed beetle / Lacewing / Planaria / Sky beetle / Horned beetle / Red beetle / Red leafhopper / Red silk stink bug