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| A Field Guide to Insects | 
| Creators: Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
List Price: $19.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 24590
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.5 x 1
ISBN: 0395911702
Dewey Decimal Number: 595.70973
UPC: 046442911702
EAN: 9780395911709
ASIN: 0395911702
Publication Date: April 15, 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
Good November 11, 2006
It is a pretty good field guide, and pratically more powerful than the regular textbooks for the general insect taxonomy course, although it is an old edition and some taxa have been changed a lot.
 A Good Place to Start with Insect Identification October 29, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a good field guide to have on hand to get a general identification of an insect. The illustrations are large, clear drawings with a center section of ones in color.
Just today I was amazed to spot a five-inch walkingstick. With a quick flip through the book, I matched it with the general shape of the insect. The book told me the family name and gave a general description.
With that info, I was able to do an internet search on Phasmatida + Florida + photo. That led me to the exact insect and several articles about its behavior, food, and other useful information.
guide to insects July 9, 2006
book is full of information, and easy to read, plenty of pictures also.
The best field guide to North American insects May 3, 2006
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
"In this century," according to ecologist Paul R. Ehrlich, "no one has done more to promote an interest in living creatures than Roger Tory Peterson, the inventor of the modern field guide." Peterson's "Guide to the Birds" - "the first modern field guide" - was published in 1934. Its pioneering approach was to use visual characteristics rather than technical data to identify species. This was achieved by grouping similar species together on a plate, using clear, two-dimensional illustrations, and pointers to key field marks as well as succinct text, a combination known as the Peterson Identification System. That revolutionary style was later applied to a host of field guides covering anything from the night sky to moths and geology to mushrooms and including the present volume.
Here we have Number 19 in the Peterson Field Guide Series, published in 1970 and still in the original edition. Borror, an entomologist and well-known sound-recordist, is the author and contributed line-drawings. The main illustrations, in colour and monochrome, are by Richard White.
With over 90,000 species of insects in America north of Mexico, a field guide to the insects must choose between being highly selective or else providing an overview to enable the user to identify major taxonomic groups. This guide achieves the latter aim admirably, allowing the reader to identify most insects to family level for 579 families. Apart from the systematic text, there are introductory chapters on collecting insects, studying live insects and basic insect biology as well as a handy Glossary.
Because of the mammoth diversity of insects, a single volume work cannot be expected to allow the reader to identify insects to species by using colour plates. Indeed, many insects are simply not identifiable without a specimen. So, by the very nature of the subject matter, this may not be a book to be used by the unprepared casual observer. However, serious amateur naturalists have for decades enjoyed it as an invaluable aid to insect identification. Indispensable!
Field Guide to Insects October 12, 2005
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have used this book many times in my entomology courses. This time, I ordered 2 copies to give as gifts.
As usual, your Amazon.com service was excellent. Keep up the good work for us satisfied customers.
Dr. Daniel J. Sullivan
Professor - Dept. Biological Sciences
Fordham University
Bronx, NY 10458
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