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| National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Insects and Spiders (National Audubon Society Field Guides) | 
| Author: National Audubon Society
Publisher: Knopf
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 11439
Media: Imitation Leather
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 992
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 3.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0394507630
Dewey Decimal Number: 595.7097
EAN: 9780394507637
ASIN: 0394507630
Publication Date: November 12, 1980
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| Customer Reviews:
 I have had this book for years January 13, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I first got this book when I started college, for horticulture, while the study only became a hobby in my later years, this book has been with me the whole time.
Every time I see a new bug or insect in my habitat, I run to the house and bring out this book. 80% of the time I can ID it by only using the plates. 15% of the rest I can figure it out by the description pages and the last 5% I usually have enough information to go look on the Internet to find out exactly what I am looking at. I think that it must say something to say I have had this book for 19 years and still use it every summer. And yes it is the same book- I looked at the screen shots Amizon.com so nicely provides and the contents and index is identical. And so are the pages I saw including the page #'s
This is a very good book to get you on the road to entomology and as a reference after that, one you too will keep a long time!
 Too General Too much is missing July 2, 2003
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you really want to ID insects in your yard or garden, I dont think that this is the book to use. It is way to general containing insects from desert, the south and the north, it omits many families and includes many exotics that are unique but not likely to be found. A more regional focus would help and a more complete key would also help. It just seems that they tried to do to much with the pages they had. As far as an alternative, I am still looking for a better key/field book.
 Disappointed May 31, 2002
4 out of 11 found this review helpful
It didn't included the one spider I was looking for that prompted me to buy it in the first place.
 Another book with significant false statements October 24, 2001
21 out of 23 found this review helpful
Perhaps a rich abundance of information resides in this book, but unfortunately the abundance is soiled with incorrect information, making the reader responsible for the job of sorting the facts from the garbage.
Yes, the photographs are lovely, but the lovliness of the photographs make the situation all the worse because more readers are attracted to this book.
For example, the book states that although "tarantulas" of the SW United States are harmless, they are related to "deadly" ones in South America. Completely, 100% untrue. Maybe the author wanted to make this book exciting, injecting it with lies to spook the reader (no tarantula, from America to Asia, has been determined to be "deadly). I don't justify these false facts by calling them mistakes--this is more than an honest mistake based on misconception. Entomologists should know what they are writing about!
Limited Selection September 22, 2001
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I didn't find this book very helpful at all. It dosn't have a wide selection of spiders. I was looking for a picture of a Brown Recluse and it wasn't even mentioned. However the book did contain really good pictures.
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