Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780307244130
ISBN number: 030724413X
Label: Golden Books Publishing Company
Manufacturer: Golden Books Publishing Company
Quantity: 1
Printing Date: 1977-12
Publishing house: Golden Books Publishing Company
Sale Popularity Level: 2558492
Studio: Golden Books Publishing Company
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Text and illustrations identify numerous butterfly and moth species found in North America. Includes a brief description of the life cycle, defenses, and enemies of these insects.
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I bought this book as my very first book to begin designing my own crocheted butterflies and possibly some moth designs, and I wanted a basic coverage of butterfly and moth shapes without a great deal of scientific and technical detail. This book fills the bill admirably with good pictures of butterflies and moths. According to the forward, they "...included all the more common, widespread, important, or unusual kinds..." of North America. They also have range maps for many of the examples. The illustrations are beautiful--incredibly detailed drawings (paintings?) by Andre Durenceau. I wish I could capture their full beauty in crochet, or even beadwork! Perhaps some day.... Anyway, this book will provide many, many design ideas for me. I believe you could identify most any butterfly or moth pictured in this book because the illustrations are superb. The very first half of the book is given to butterflies, the second to moths.
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This little book's awesome. It's a great beginner's book, and even if you're not a beginner, chances are you'll find it useful. It's good for an intro to species, and since there are few moth books around, I find the moth section very helpful. For such a small book, obviously you won't have a whole lot of species, but it's got some of the most conspicuous, common, and interesting ones. Also, it's got animals from the major families, so at least if you see an unfamiliar animal, you have an idea of what family it's in and what it's related to. The information on spreading boards alone was worth the purchase, as I'd had no idea how to preserve lepidoptera before this book. And to the reviewer who said this taught you sick murdering techniques, the book recommends you collect sparingly IF you collect at all, and that you not take protected species. I've successfully preserved a butterfly I found dead, and was able to humanely kill and preserve a moth someone had stepped on, because of what I read in this book. So there.
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I live in the country where there are a lot of moths. I thought it would be neat to buy a book so that we could identify them. This book was such a good price that I chose it thinking that even though it is not fancy that it would serve my purpose. Well it didn't. Not only is there no real information on the moths in this book: the moth pictures are all illustrated. I have caught some moths that are so unique looking that I figured I could recognize them from a drawing. Well I couldn't. I have not been able to identify a single moth that we have caught. It is upsetting to my son who gets the book each time hoping that we will be able to put a name to the latest catch and release. If you like to murder moths and put them on display, it does give some directions in how to do this. I personally think that is sick so I didn't even read that part. Anyway, I am now going to have to buy one of the more expensive books on moths, so I didn't end up saving any money with this book. I have spent more since I did buy this book. I would suggest looking at the other books on moths and forget about this one.
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The Book is perfect. Just what I needed. I already see more butterflies on my three acres. They seem to know this is a friendly place. If people don't stop killing caterpillers and destroying their food supply there wont be any more butterflies or moths. All of Golden's guide books are very plain and to the point. I find them easy to use.
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I bought this, along with several others, to supplement my daughter's science and language curricula. The best feature is the portability - it fits right into her coat or pant pocket!
I've seen better guides, but they are much larger and cost up to 4x more. We're quite pleased and recommend the book to others.
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