Ordered according to moments in the life cycle--birth, juvenile behavior, courtship, mating, feeding and hunting, aging, and death--the poems depict mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, and arachnids.
(the poems; depict; mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, and arachnids)
the poems
depict
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, molluscs, crustaceans, insects, and arachnids