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Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America (Peterson First Guides (R))
Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America (Peterson First Guides (R))
Author: Christopher Leahy
Creators: Richard E. White, Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 reviews
Sales Rank: 21834

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 128
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 3.7 x 0.2

ISBN: 0395906644
Dewey Decimal Number: 595.70973
UPC: 046442906647
EAN: 9780395906644
ASIN: 0395906644

Publication Date: February 20, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Over 600,000 Feedbacks Posted!!! Great Buy!!!*** Never Used*** May Have a Publisher's Mark~We have over 3,500,000 Books Sold!!!

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  • Turtleback - Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Bugs in your pocket   November 8, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Like to know what knid of insect that was but all those big heavy books are a pain to carry. This little book is just the thing for your walk or trip. It is easy to look up an insect with over 200 common insects of North America inside. It makes a great gift too, kids or adult will all enjoy this handy little book. Don't get just one!


4 out of 5 stars Not quite what I thought it was   November 2, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great book for common name identification of a wide variety of insects. However, I could not find any scientific names; not even the names of the different orders or families.


4 out of 5 stars Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America   January 28, 2007
 3 out of 9 found this review helpful

All the Peterson Guides are well known as field guides and always useful.


4 out of 5 stars Best beginners' guide   December 11, 2005
 12 out of 12 found this review helpful

I have quite a few `bug' guides and the Peterson guides are always my favorite. The drawings are excellent, the writing is clear, and I like the behavioral and collecting notes added. There are more flashy guides with more pictures but they tend to be more limited - you can only put so many pictures in a book. They also usually cost much more. This is the book I would buy for someone wanting to learn more about the entire insect world and begin identifying the bugs they find. If their interest grows I would simply move up the full version of the same book.


5 out of 5 stars Perhaps the best field guide to the insects of North America   May 16, 2005
 16 out of 19 found this review helpful

This is a great book for both the beginner as well as those who are at the intermediate level of their study of insects.
It makes for a good first exposure to the taxonomic key. I professor who I knew who taught entomology at Loyola University in Chicago had this book as one of the course texts for his students. I am sure he is not alone. Illustrated with both line drawings and photographs it is the standard work on insects of North America.


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