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Author: Paul A. Opler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 566
ISBN-13: 9780395791516
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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.
Author: Arthur Shapiro
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2007-06-05
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780520249578
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe California Tortoiseshell, West Coast Lady, Red Admiral, and Golden Oak Hairstreak are just a few of the many butterfly species found in the floristically rich San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley regions. This guide, written for both beginning and experienced butterfly watchers by one of the nation’s best-known professional lepidopterists, provides thorough, up-to-date information on all of the butterfly species found in this diverse and accessible region. Written in lively prose, it discusses the natural history and conservation status for these butterflies and at the same time provides an integrated view of butterfly biology based on studies conducted in northern California and around the world. Compact enough for use in the field, the guide also includes tips on butterfly watching, photography, gardening, and more. * Discusses and identifies more than 130 species * Species accounts include information on identifying butterflies through behavior, markings, and host plants * Beautiful full-color plates illustrate top and bottom views of wings for easier identification * Includes a species checklist and a glossary
Author: Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 1981-07-12
Total Pages: 934
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the butterflies of North America and includes scientific names, physical description, related species, life cycle and habitat.
Author: Thomas J. Allen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005-06-02
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780198034131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJeffrey Glassberg's acclaimed Butterflies through Binoculars guides have revolutionized the way we view butterflies. Now there's a field guide in the same practical format, and with the same emphasis on conservation, to identify caterpillars. Caterpillars are as varied, fascinating, and often as colorful as the adult butterflies they become. This is the most comprehensive guide to these creatures available. It contains all the information necessary to find and identify the caterpillars of North America--from Two-tailed Swallowtails, some of the largest butterfly caterpillars at just over two inches when fully grown, to tiny Western Pygmy-Blues. Caterpillar seekers will learn how to distinguish between butterfly caterpillars and moth caterpillars, where and how to find caterpillars, and the visual differences between young and older caterpillars. Each species section describes how to identify the caterpillar, complete with brilliant photos--many published here for the first time. To make for easy field use, each caterpillar's key physical features, abundance, habitat, and major hostplants are listed on the same page as its photo. The book also contains a special section on butterfly gardening, offering valuable information on how to set up a butterfly garden and raise healthy butterfly caterpillars, and provides a thorough list of the plants butterflies most like to feast on. From the concerned gardener who wishes not to kill caterpillars that may one day become beautiful butterflies to the serious butterflier wishing to take the hobby to the next level, this remarkable guide will provide all of the information necessary for an enriching caterpillar experience.
Author: Jeffrey E. Belth
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 0253009553
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis field guide to Indiana's rich butterfly fauna covers all 149 species of butterflies and their close relatives, the skippers. Belth also offers an introduction to the natural history of butterflies --
Author: Jerry A. Powell
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 0520251970
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Two of North America's most prolific and respected specialists on moths--particularly those of the West--have combined over a century of experience and scholarship to introduce western moths of all families authoritatively to both the amateur and the experienced professional entomologist. This biologically oriented and beautifully illustrated treatment of a quarter of all known western moth species fills a long-needed void, and does it superbly."--Charles V. Covell Jr., author of A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America "This work sets a new high water mark for North American lepidopterology. Considering the authors' century of combined studies of western Lepidoptera, it is clear from the outset that no other team could have delivered a work so rich in taxonomic and life history information, much of it being original and appearing in the literature for the first time. I will read my copy more like a novel than a reference work, casting about the accounts and repeatedly flipping through the 2300 color images to better familiarize myself with our continent's rich and handsome diversity of moths. Moths of Western North America will serve as both gateway and catalyst for the study of moths for decades, and especially for microlepidopterans--for whom no like work exists in the New World."--David L. Wagner, author of Caterpillars of Eastern North America "Recent years have seen a surge of interest in moths, with growing appreciation of their amazing diversity and their great ecological importance. Information on western moths has been scattered and scarce, however, so this new volume is a tremendous step forward. Jerry Powell and Paul Opler bring a vast amount of knowledge and experience to the subject, and their Moths of Western North America is a landmark publication, instantly indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in Lepidoptera."--Kenn Kaufman, coauthor of Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America
Author: Robert Michael Pyle
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2018-04-03
Total Pages: 463
ISBN-13: 1604698616
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdeal for birders, hikers, and foragers, the Timber Press Field Guides are the perfect tools for loving where you live. Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest is a comprehensive field guide to the region’s most common and distinctive butterflies. Profiles include preferred common name for both genus and species, conservation status, the look and distinguishing traits of each butterfly, habitat, and range, and much more. Additional information includes a brief introduction to how butterflies work and details on ecology and conservation. Covers Washington, Oregon, western Idaho, northern California, and British Columbia Describes and illustrates 200 of the most common and distinctive butterflies 712 spectacular photographs, 200 range maps, and 17 illustrative plates for comparing and identifying species Clear color-coded layout
Author: David Beadle
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2012-04-17
Total Pages: 635
ISBN-13: 0547727437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere are thousands of moth species in the northeast of North America, and while it might seem that they are all drab grays and browns, there is actually a startling variety. They come in a rainbow of colors, from brilliant oranges and pinks to soft greens and violets. There are moths with colorful leopard-like spots, and ones that look more like B-movie aliens; some that are as large as your hand, and others the size of a grain of rice. With helpful tips on how to attract and identify moths, range maps and season graphs showing when and where to find each species, and clear photographs that use the unique Peterson arrow system for easy identification, this guide provides everything an amateur or experienced moth-watcher needs. Sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation and the Roger Tory Peterson Institute.
Author: Jaret C. Daniels
Publisher: Adventure Publications
Published: 2004-04-06
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781591930075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIdeal for backyard or field use, this guide features full-color photos, plus illustrations that point out key identification marks. 350 photos.
Author: Paul A. Opler
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1998-02
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780395906651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContains brief descriptions and color illustrations of 183 common butterflies and moths of North America, covering their size, markings, diet, and geographic range.
