1,014 full-color identification photographs show living butterflies, caterpillars, and chrysalises in their natural habitats. 600 species covered in full detail.
War weary after writing a book about Iraq, Peter Laufer joked before an audience that his next book would be about butterflies. The result: an invitation to a butterfly preserve in Nicaragua. From there he stumbled into a theater of intrigue full of strange and nefarious characters - all in pursuit of one of nature's most delicate creatures. Set ...
This field guide, covering the butterflies of the eastern United States to a western boundary running from the eastern Dakotas to east Texas, identifies butterflies in their habitat, and includes information on unique field marks and flight patterns, ranges, seasonal abundance and food plants. It is illustrated with 72 colour plates with ...
Using digital images as the basis for the illustrations, BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA catalogues the various species native to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Including a pictorial table of contents, range maps locating where each species might be found, and commentary from Brock, a noted butterfly hunter, this edition speaks to the lepidopterist in ...
Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
These "Eyewitness Handbooks" are pocket-sized reference books. This particular guide looks at butterflies and moths, with annotation highlighting distinguishing features of each example. For easier reference, at-a-glance information panels, illustrations and photographs are provided for each entry. Text provides information on key characteristics, ...
This newly designed field guide features descriptions of 524 species of butterflies. One hundred color photographs as well as 348 color range maps accompany the species descriptions. The 541 exquisite color paintings clearly show even the most minute field marks. Introductory chapters include information on butterfly gardening, habitats, and ...
Fully illustrated and easy to use, this convenient guide features non-technical language and up-to-date range maps for a wide variety of butterflies and moths. Illustrations.
This all-new edition includes information on more than 590 species, illustrated in lifelike positions in 44 beautiful color plates. 110 color photos. Line drawings & maps.
Using digital images as the basis for the illustrations, BUTTERFLIES OF NORTH AMERICA catalogues the various species native to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Including a pictorial table of contents, range maps locating where each species might be found, and commentary from Brock, a noted butterfly hunter, this edition speaks to the lepidopterist in ...
Interspersing fieldwork observations with reverent lyrical descriptions, a naturalist describes his quest to track the monarch butterflies' winter migration.
The annual migration of monarch butterflies from the east coast of North America to Mexico is the subject of Sue Halpern's investigation. Interviewing scientists and lay experts, she tries to discover the secrets of this amazing migration: exactly how it happens, and why.
Veteran nature writer Russell examines the varieties of butterflies around us as well as the ways in which they have populated our imaginations. With topics ranging from the butterfly's role in myth and folk tale to its centrality in theories of protective mimicry, AN OBSESSION WITH BUTTERFLIES paints a vibrant picture of this ephemeral insect.
Providing extraordinary, full-color images of these elusive creatures, this visual gallery is photographed by Thomas Marent, who has dedicated nearly half his life to recording butterflies across five continents.
New England Butterflies and Moths is a portable reference guide featuring over 70 species of birds found in the New England area. This richly illustrated and detailed guide is printed on durable material and folds for easy handling. It is an indispensable resource to identify species in your backyard or out in nature.
Over three dozen butterflies grace the pages of this book as Lerner shows families how to lure the winged beauties into their gardens. Her lush illustrations feature flowers and plants that attract hungry butterflies, and the clear text explains how butterflies grow from caterpillars to full-grown fliers. Full-color illustrations.
This field guide to butterflies of the western United States, west of the Mississippi River, completes Jeffrey Glassberg's large project to develop a set of photographic field guides to butterflies that actually Uwork as field guides, for positive identification of butterflies from observation in the field. This guide and its companion volumes ...
In a place where art, science and technology meet, Joseph Scheer's images of moths emerge. These ubiquitous creatures are often considered drab-coloured poor relations of the beautiful butterfly. By using a high-resolution scanner, recently developed digital printing technology and an artist's sensibility, Joseph Scheer, in this book, brings out ...
Nabokov's biographer, Brian Boyd, and lepidopterist Robert Michael Pyle have compiled Nabokov's writings on the subject of butterflies, a collection that includes poems, letters, journal entries, and bits of stories. Nabokov was as accomplished a lepidopterist as he was a writer; during the 1940s, at Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology, he ...
This book features exquisite full-page pictures of 200 butterflies from around the world, accompanied by text that is informative and engaging, including essays on butterfly migration, butterflies and the environment, gardening and watching and collecting butterflies. The selection of butterflies is arranged by location, from the Arctic ...
The colorful splendor of butterflies is captured here in this gorgeously illustrated and informative guide. Butterflies from Asia. Europe and the Americas are featured.
For every person who has ever watched and marvelled at the magic as a butterfly emerges from a chrysalis, this book is a treasure chest of amazing butterfly transformations. Readers are invited to explore and experience the life cycles of 22 common butterflies, in this unique collection of stunning full-colour, up-close photography, all taken in a ...
Offering a vivid color portfolio of 40 of North America's most treasured and colorful garden butterfly varieties, including swallowtails, sulphurs, gossamer wings, metalmarks, snouts, whites, and skippers, this glorious book also presents natural history vignettes of the individual butterflies and information on how to design gardens and yards to ...
Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, each of these large-format (8 1/2 x 10 7/8) paperback books contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract, identify, and understand birds and butterflies, and to grow and identify beautiful wildflowers at home.
"Dragonflies and Damselflies of the West" is the first fully illustrated field guide to all 348 species of dragonflies and damselflies in western North America. Dragonflies and damselflies are large, stunningly beautiful insects, as readily observable as birds and butterflies. This unique guide makes identifying them easy - its compact size and ...
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