The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide by James A.

The Butterflies of North America by James A. Scott

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Description The field guide covers North American butterfly species, it is a complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological world of butterflies in general. Over 1,800 butterflies representing all 679 species and the various life forms in natural habitats are included.

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The only field guide to cover all North American butterfly species, this monumental work is also a complete natural history, fully describing the biological and ecological world of butterflies in general. It is without question the most important book on butterflies in several decades, and the most complete treatment of a major butterfly faun ever published.The book is written at several levels of detail, most of it accessible to anyone, and employs the minimum of technical terms necessary for ensuring scientific accuracy. Extensive introductory material—a book in itself—stresses butterfly biology and ecology: structure, flight, metamorphosis, hibernation, physiology, roosting, migration, mating, egg laying, intelligence, social behavior, larval and adult foods, enemies, mimicry, variation, evolution, habitats, distribution, and conservation. The main text is arranged in phylogenetic sequence, and characteristics or behavior common to all members of a family, subfamily, or tribe are discussed at those levels. The skippers, a large group often excluded, are treated in full.Several unique features make identification easier and more certain than with any other field guide. First, every species (and many subspecies) of butterfly ever recorded north of Mexico (or in Bermuda or Hawaii) is treated at length and illustrated in color. Over 1,800 butterflies representing all 679 species (males, females, uppersides, undersides, subspecies, etc.) are illustrated on 42 full-page plats. Another 136 color photographs illustrate the various life forms in natural habitat: eggs, larvae, pupae, and the more familiar and more spectacular adults.The author also provides a catalogue listing all known host plant genera and the specific butterfly larvae that eat them; techniques for collecting, raising, and studying butterflies; bibliographies of the most useful plant books and other sources to further the study of butterflies; and an index of all common and scientific butterfly names and all technical terms taken up in the text.In short, this book is indispensable for pursuing a hobby or scientific interest in butterflies.

Author Biography

James A. Scott has served on the faculties of Colorado State University and the University of California, Davis. He has written more than 60 scientific papers and contributed to four books on butterflies and grassland ecology.

Details ISBN 0804720134 ISBN-13 9780804720137 Title The Butterflies of North America Author James A. Scott Format Paperback Year 1992 Pages 584 Edition 1st Publisher Stanford University Press GE_Item_ID:137940467; About Us

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