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A Field Guide to Western Butterflies
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 566

A Field Guide to Western Butterflies

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.

Moths of Western North America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 516

Moths of Western North America

"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 fro...

The Complete Book of North American Butterflies
  • Language: en

The Complete Book of North American Butterflies

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011
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  • Publisher: Unknown

The ultimate reference guide to all species of butterflies in North America. Get to know these delicately serene creatures inThe Complete Book of North American Butterflies, a fascinating book filled with stunning full-color photographs and interesting facts. * Includes an entire chapter devoted to the resilient migrating Monarch. With its vibrant orange and black markings, it is possibly the most recognizable of all butterflies. * Explores the phenomenon of mimicry, a survival mechanism butterflies use to trick predators into thinking they are inedible--or perhaps an entirely different organism all together! * Migration is essential to the survival of butterflies. Learn about migration patterns, how butterflies source food and distribution of different species throughout the U.S. * Includes information on average life cycles (anywhere from 4 days to nearly one year) and the largest of all U.S. species (the Giant Swallowtail--its wingspan can be four to six inches). * Comprehensive guide features some of the most easily recognized butterflies from coast to coast. * Filled with full-color photographs showing butterflies in extraordinary detail.

Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Peterson First Guide to Butterflies and Moths

Contains brief descriptions and color illustrations of 183 common butterflies and moths of North America, covering their size, markings, diet, and geographic range.

Butterflies East of the Great Plains
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 376

Butterflies East of the Great Plains

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1984
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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California Insects
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 420

California Insects

What is that creature that just landed on my arm? What will that funny-looking caterpillar turn into? What do lady-bugs eat? This book will help you to answer such questions (and many more) about your local insects. - From inside cover.

Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 132

Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America

A simplified field guide to the common insects of North America.

The World We Used to Live In
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

The World We Used to Live In

In his final work, the great and beloved Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used To Live In, a fascinating collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores everything from healing miracles and scared rituals to Navajos who could move the sun. In this compelling work, which draws upon a lifetime of scholarship, Deloria shows us how ancient powers fit into our modern understanding of science and the cosmos, and how future generations may draw strength from the old ways.

Fish and Wildlife News
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 28

Fish and Wildlife News

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1992
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Phenology and Seasonality Modeling
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 443

Phenology and Seasonality Modeling

The pulse of life with the seasons is a classic theme of biology, equally cap turing every man's curiosity about early and late milestones of every year's cycle and the critical physiologist's inquiry into life's subtle signals and responses. Natural historians of ancient and renaissance time as well as today have charted the commonsense facts behind inspired traditions of poetry and practical rules for growing food and fiber. This volume brings together several ways of organizing the basic principles of phenology. These find order in the otherwise overwhelming mass of detail that captures our fleeting attention, like the daily newspaper, and then tends to fade into the overstuffed archives ...