Bugs Save the World

Find out why bugs are so important - to humans, animals and the survival of our planet

Our amazing bugs are in trouble. Without bugs, plants would not be able to make flowers or fruit. If bugs disappeared, so would strawberries, apples, beans and tomatoes, and even chocolate. Without them, we couldn't grow enough food to feed us all.

If we lost bugs, we would also lose creatures who depend on them for survival, such as songbirds, badgers, bats and fish.

Did you know that one in three mouthfuls of our food depends on insect pollination? Or that honey, oranges and silk would not exist without invertebrates? Ninety per cent of wildflowers would become extinct if there were no bugs were pollinating them.

This book shows the reasons why bugs are so important, to humans, animals and the survival of our planet. You can also discover what you can do to help protect bugs.

Find out how bugs really can save the world and do your bit to help them, too!

Written by the charity, Buglife, the Invertebrate Conservation Trust

Supports science work in schools by looking at different animals, adaptation, food chains, life cycles, habitats and climate change

About the Author

Buglife is the Invertebrate Conservation Trust, a charity dedicated to conservation, education and policy change to protect insects, bugs and invertebrates. Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates, actively working everything from bees to beetles, worms to woodlice and jumping spiders to jellyfish. Steve Backshall is Buglife's President, with Nick Baker, Gillian Burke, Maya Leonard, Alan Stubbs and Edward O. Wilson as Vice Presidents.

About the Illustrator

Qu Lan was born and raised in China and has been living in France after graduation from the China Academy of Art. She works as freelance illustrator & designer and collaborates with numerous major publishers. Her artwork has been exhibited regularly and she has received worldwide awards.