Great Lakes Butterflies & Moths
An Introduction to Familiar Species
Kavanagh, James
Leung, Raymond
Paperback
$3.87 + $1.99 USPS S/H
$0.19 of your order (5%) will be donated to the school of your choice.
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Butterflies and moths belong to the second largest order of insects with approximately 170,000 species worldwide.
Learn the key markings of some of the Great Lakes region’s more visible species of butterflies and moths, and their favorite food sources.
The laminated Pocket Guides are unique and appealing reference tools that offer exceptional value and utility.
· Affordable price
· Map-sized when folded, the page-like panels make the guides easy to carry and use outdoors;
· Each nature guide has full color illustrations and highlights the most easily distinguished markings or behaviors of species to aid novices in nature identification.
AUTHOR BIO
James Kavanagh has written more than 250 guides to nature and travel in North America and around the world. An avid naturalist and traveler, his background in zoology and travel writing provides a unique perspective in creating Waterfords guides to nature and culture.
BOOK REVIEWS
Waterford Press offers . . . different titles such as Backyard Birds and Birds of Prey . . . although these contain only simple listings of the most common types in your area, its amazing how many species they pack into these inexpensive heavy duty cards. An added benefit is that they can be folded to create a book-like spine for easy display.
-- Birding Business, Trends in Books
There are dozens of these stunningly illustrated pocket guides to nature. They easily fit in a shirt pocket with space left for note paper and pen. While you wont want to discard your bulky bird, flower, tree, etc. books, these are ideal casual identification guides. In addition to the illustrations, there is enough descriptive material on each species to key in on and then follow- up when it is convenient to scour the books for greater details and confirmation. If we ran a store that catered to outdoor enthusiasts, wed sure have some of these in the rack.
-- Shep, Bookshelf
Nature lovers may want to look into an expanding series of pocket guides form Waterford Press. The Pocket naturalist series has something for everyones backyard. The laminated foldouts feature p to 150 items per guide on topics such as urban wildlife, backyard, birds, pond life, the night sky, and wildflowers. There are also regional, state and city guides for even more specific information. Each water-and-dirt-resistant guide sells for $5.95.
-- Garden Ideas and Outdoor Living
Submit a book reviewFOR RELATED BOOKS
Nature Books :: Butterflies & Moths Books
Travel Books :: United States Books :: Midwest Books :: East North Central (Il, In, Mi, Oh, Wi) Books
Travel Books :: Special Interest Books :: Ecotourism Books
MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1583553703
ISBN(13-digit): 9781583553701
Dewey Decimal: 917
Book Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 12
If you like this book, you may also enjoy:
 | |
 | |
 | |
| Butterfly Gardens | |
A World of Butterflies | |
National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Butterflies | |
| Lewis, Alcinda (EDT)/ Buchanan, Steve (ILT) | |
Cassie, Brian/ Sandved, Kjell Bloch (PHT)/ Pyle, Robert Michael (FRW)/ Sandved, Kjell Bloch | |
Pyle, Robert Michael | |
