The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and SpidersSpiders, bugs, moths, butterflies, beetles, bees, flies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and many other insects are detailed in more than 700 full-color photographs visually arranged by shape and color. Descriptive text includes measurements, diagnostic details, and information on habitat, range, feeding habits, sounds or songs, flight period, web construction, life cycle, behaviors, folklore, and environmental impact. An illustrated key to the insect orders and detailed drawings of the parts of insects, spiders, and butterflies supplement this extensive coverage. |
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Lots of info for the money
User Review - servantofgod4 - Christianbook.comWe are studying insects in science. My 4 year old found a caterpillar in the book that we had seen a week before I received the book. It is that easy to use. My 6 & 13 year olds love using this book ... Read full review
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User Review - billsearth - LibraryThingOf the three insect guides I own, I believe this one is the best. It has what I want; lots of insects, a good layout with clear pictures keyed to the page the text is on, more text on the insect than ... Read full review
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
Key to the Color Plates | 32 |
Glossary | 939 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders A Chanticleer Press edition Audubon Society field guide series Borzoi Book Series |
| Author | Lorus Johnson Milne |
| Contributor | Margery Joan Greene Milne |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf, 1980 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 28 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 0394507630, 9780394507637 |
| Length | 989 pages |
| Subjects | › › Nature / Animals / Insects & Spiders |
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