Field Guide to the Insects of America North of Mexico (Peterson Field Guides) - Softcover

Borror, Donald J.; White, Richard E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395185238 ISBN 13: 9780395185230

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1974

Synopsis

Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guides —their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time. Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of each insect. A helpful glossary explains the technical terms of insect anatomy.

About this title

About the Author

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. These editions include updated material by Michael O'Brien, Paul Lehman, Bill Thompson III, Michael DiGiorgio, Larry Rosche, and Jeffrey A. Gordon.

Synopsis

Comprehensive, thoroughly illustrated guide to the collection, preservation and study of over five hundred families of North American insects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1974
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395185238
• ISBN 13: 9780395185230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416