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 Best buy for bug guide October 6, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
A frequent question is why another popular guide on arthropods. There is no doubt that there are a number of excellent examples on the market, but there are so many fascinating species to explore, and when a new guide like Arthur Evans' appears, it is just too good to resist. In fact, I purchased four copies (at Amazon's great price of $13.57 each, and of course shipping was free), just to give as gifts to budding and experienced entomologist friends. I have several books on insects by Arthur Evans, and have learned to acquire anything this scientist publishes. He has mastered the art of natural-history interpretation for lay people.
About 940 species of arthropods are described (names, classification, measurements, field marks, habitat, and many other life-history facts), backed by 1600 high-quality color photographs. The introductory and supplementary chapters, and order synopses are the best I have seen, and I cannot think of any topic that has been left out.
I took this guide on a recent 15-state, arthropod-collecting trip (from Manitoba to Texas, Mississippi to Minnesota) and many of the hundreds of species we captured were readily identified at some level by using this field guide. The author, photographers, National Wildlife Federation, Chanticleer Press, and Sterling Publishers have produced a wonderful guide which will fuel the enthusiasm of a generation of naturalists fascinated by insects and other small creatures of land and water. I only wish there were guides like this one when I was a child. Dr. Robert Wrigley
Book Order October 1, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The book I ordered was in stock and arrived in a day or two with standard shipping.
 Great color pictures September 8, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
I was really impressed with the wonderful color photographs of the insects, just like you see them in your own back yard
FIELD GUIDE TO INSECTS OF NO AMERICA July 20, 2007
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
GREAT PICTURES TO HELP IDENTIFY, WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON SUBJECTS AND COULDN'T IDENIFY A FEW INSECTS, NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
BUT OVER ALL I AM VERY HAPPY WITH THE BOOK
Decent Guide Depending on what you are looking for. July 12, 2007
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
After reading this guide through three times I rate it as a decent insect guide, but not my first reccomendation. I have been studying and collecting insects for 18 years now, and usually collect a speciman to identify even if I just to release it after a good observation. This guide does a decent job with photographs and does provide good data on the species covered. Since I live in Indiana I prefer guides that focus on the Eastern United States. This guide covers sporadicly over the whole continental US and I think that causes any guide on insects to severly truncate included species. This book did provide many specific species names to insects I was never able to identify past genus.
Each species has a color photo with range, size and some special marks listed. Included some chapters on other arthropods which was quite nice. Arranged by insect order so it makes refinding a species easier. The dragonfly section I also found very helpful, but don't have a dragonfly book yet.
I still rank Peterson's Guide as superior. It has a much more in-depth data as to what really seperates one order from another.
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