Butterflies Through Binoculars: A Field Guide to the Boston-New York-Washington Region
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (691 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195079825 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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Jeffrey Glassberg is President of the North American Butterfly Association and editor of American Butterflies magazine. Calhoun is Research Associate at the Florida State Collection of Arthropods.. John V. Minno is a former Co-editor of the News of the Lepidopterists' Society. Marc C
"The Butterflies through Binoculars series may do for butterflies what Tory Peterson's landmark handbooks did for birds in the 1930s."--The Village Voice
It provides field marks for identification, demonstrates how to identify subjects by means of key characteristics, and lists butterfly-watching areas near major urban centres.. This is an illustrated guide to the 160 species of butterfly that inhabit the Boston-Washington corridor
I love butterflies Victor M Valdes This is a great book if you love butterflies and want to learn more about where to find them and study them. "Simply Superb" according to Michael Suttkus II. This is one of the best presented field guides I have ever seen. Each and every species of Florida butterfly is pictured and described. Most butterfly guides I've seen use pictures of preserved specimens in a collection. This can be confusing because parts of the wings normally hidden are exposed when the collected specimen is mounted. This book avoids this problem by using only pictures taken in the wild (except for a few rare species). Best field guide for butterflies of the northeast If you are looking for a filed guide to the butterflies of the northeastern United States, this is THE book to get. Written for a relatively small geographical area, the book contains only those butterflies likely to be seen in the regioonunlike other guidebooks which offer many photos of butterflies not native to the regioon you are in. Excellent photos and the reduced subject area result in quick identifications. Although written for