An accessible visual guide to the top 150 insects and spiders, this guide combines readable text, representative photographs, and explanatory illustrations to highlight key features of body shape, life cycle, and behavior. Organized by scientific taxonomy, the book offers navigational devices for quick identification and practical information about attracting—or repelling!—these creatures. Noted entomologist Arthur Evans has selected the top 150 creatures of interest, from luna moth and ladybug to black widow spider, Rocky Mountain tick, and millipede. Backyard Guide to the Insects and Spiders of North America introduces them all with enthusiasm and authority.
With the handy size, logical organization, and visual richness, this volume will prove a valued title in the backpack or home library of every nature lover and outdoor enthusiast.
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ARTHUR V. EVANS is an entomologist, author, lecturer, photographer, and broadcaster. He has written and cowritten many books, including An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles, The Field Guide to Beetles of California, Beetles of Eastern North America, and National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Insects and Spiders of North America. He holds a doctoral degree in entomology and works as a research associate at the Smithsonian Institution. He explores the human-insect relationship on What's Bugging You?, a weekly radio feature on Richmond, Virginia's NPR station and on his Facebook page, Dr. Art Evans, Entomologist.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. This companion to National Geographic's best-selling Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America provides an authoritative overview of the 150 most common, important, and interesting insects, spiders, and other crawling creatures of U.S. and Canadian households, backyards, and parks. For amateur naturalists, outdoors enthusiasts, and aspiring biologists young and old.An accessible visual guide to the top 150 insects and spiders, this guide combines readable text, representative photographs, and explanatory illustrations to highlight key features of body shape, life cycle, and behavior. Organized by scientific taxonomy, the book offers navigational devices for quick identification and practical information about attracting-or repelling!-these creatures. Noted entomologist Arthur Evans has selected the top 150 creatures of interest, from luna moth and ladybug to black widow spider, Rocky Mountain tick, and millipede. Backyard Guide to the Insects and Spiders of North America introduces them all with enthusiasm and authority.With the handy size, logical organization, and visual richness, this volume will prove a valued title in the backpack or home library of every nature lover and outdoor enthusiast. This companion to National Geographic's best-selling Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America provides an authoritative overview of the 150 most common, important, and interesting insects, spiders, and other crawling creatures of U.S. and Canadian households, backyards, and parks. For amateur naturalists, outdoors enthusiasts, and aspiring biologists young and old. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9781426217821
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