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Books on North American Butterflies, Mammals, Herps, Natural History &
Conservation
Including Mexico, Belize & Guatemala
 Rick
Cech and Guy Tudor. Butterflies of the East Coast: An
Observer's Guide. New paperback edition with corrections,
better color printing, and a cover photo by RC. Princeton
University Press 2007. 336 pages.
Special WorldTwitch Award - Best Butterfly Book to Date. 234
full-page species accounts and accompanying range maps. 735
color photos of butterflies and caterpillars. 215 photos of
individual host plants and habitats. Covers the eastern US &
Canada.
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JPHardcover edition (2005):
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JP |
| Charles V. Covell, Jr. A Field Guide to the
Moths of Eastern North America. Reprint of the Houghton
Mifflin edition with a new introduction that updates
classification and nomenclature. Some plates are not reproduced
as well as in the HM edition. Virginia Museum of Natural History
2005.
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JP |
 Arthur
M. Shapiro & Tim Manolis. Field Guide to Butterflies of the
San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Valley Regions. 392 pages.
University of California Press, June 2007.
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| Jeffrey Glassberg. A Swift Guide to the
Butterflies of Mexico & Central America. Illustrates nearly
all butterflies and skippers known to occur in Mexico and more
than two-thirds of the species that occur in Costa Rica. 3,250
color photos. 272 pages. Sunstreak Books. April 2007. ISBN:
1424309158.
Details. |
| Kim Garwood & Richard Lehman. Butterflies of
Northeastern Mexico: Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas: A
Photographic Checklist. 2nd edition 2005. 157 plates with
more than 1200 color photos.
Details. |
| Thomas J. Allen, James P. Brock & Jeffrey
Glassberg. A Field Guide to Butterfly Caterpillars.
(North America). Oxford University Press 2005.
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| Marc C. Minno, Jerry F. Butler & Donald W.
Hall. Florida Butterfly Caterpillars and Their Host Plants.
341 pages. University of Florida Press 2005.
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| David L. Wagner. Caterpillars of Eastern
North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History.
Covers more than 700 species of butterflies and moths. 496
pages. Princeton University Press 2005.
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CA |
 John
L. Capinera, Ralph D. Scott &
Thomas J. Walker.
Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids & Crickets of the United
States. 280 pages. Cornell University Press 2004.
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CA |
 Karen
S. Oberhauser & Michelle J. Solensky. The Monarch Butterfly:
Biology and Conservation. 256 pages. Cornell University
Press 2004.
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| Carla M. Penz. Heliconius Butterflies and
Their Relatives. Interesting family of slow-flying
Neotropical butterflies whose larvae feed on highly toxic
passion vines and which are often confused with numerous mimics.
Princeton University Press. Forthcoming 2007.
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UK |
| Jim P. Brock and Kenn
Kaufman. Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides).
Houghton Mifflin 2003. 384 pages. This guide shows that
digitally-enhanced photos can be an effective solution in
butterfly books.
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UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg.
Butterflies Through Binoculars - The East. Covers the
eastern US & Canada. The essential butterfly book for the
region. 416 pages. 72 plates with 630 color photos, mostly of
wild butterflies. Oxford University Press 1999.
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UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg. Butterflies Through
Binoculars - The West. Covers the western US & Canada. The
essential field guide for the region. 352 pages. 1,052 color
photos, mostly of wild butterflies. Oxford University Press
2001.
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UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg, Marc C. Minno & John V.
Calhoun. Butterflies Through Binoculars - Florida. The
essential field guide for Florida butterflies. 336 pages. Color
photos, mostly of wild butterflies. Oxford University Press
2000.
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UK |
| Jeffrey Glassberg. Butterflies Through
Binoculars. Covers the Boston - New York - Washington, D.C.
region of the eastern US, where butterfly watching took off in
the 1980s. 256 pages. 321 color photos, mostly of wild
butterflies. Oxford University Press 1993.
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UK |
| Robert Michael Pyle. The Butterflies of
Cascadia: A field guide to all the species of Washington, Oregon
and surrounding territories. 420 pages. Color photos.
Seattle Audubon Society 2002.
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UK |
| Crispin S. Guppy & Jon H. Shepard.
Butterflies of British Columbia, including Western
Alberta, Southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington,
Northern Oregon, Northern Idaho & Northwestern Montana. 408
pages. 8 1/2 x 11". Covers 187 species and 264 subspecies. More
than 1,200 color photos. 50 line drawings.
University of British Columbia Press 2001.
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UK |
| Bob Stewart, Priscilla Brodkin & Hank Brodkin.
Butterflies of Arizona - A Photographic Guide. 414 pages.
557 color photos. 333 species. West Coast Lady Press 2001. The
photos are of varying quality from excellent to mediocre. Some
common species cannot be identified with this book alone. A
supplement to but not a substitute for Glassberg - West.
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| Thomas Allen. The Butterflies of West
Virginia & Their Caterpillars. Useful in much of eastern
North America, and the best source of caterpillar photos. 350
pages. Color photos. University of Pittsburgh Press 1997.
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UK |
| John W. Brown, Herman G. Real, David K.
Faulkner. Butterflies of Baja California: Faunal Survey,
Natural History Biology, Conservation. Lepidoptera Research
Foundation, 1992.
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UK |
| James A. Scott. The Butterflies of North
America. CD-ROM. Much better than Scott's book.
Hopkins Technology 1997.
US |
| Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M.
Collins. The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A natural
history of the Saturnidae of the United States & Canada. 264
pages. Cornell University Press 1996.
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UK |
| Claude Lemaire. The Saturniidae of America.
Volume 4: Hemileucinae. 3 volumes, 972 pages. 126 color
plates of adults and 14 color plates of caterpillars. Covers 670
known species in 49 genera. Reviewed in Journal of the
Lepidopterists' Society 57(2): 157-158 (2003).
Goecke & Evers
2002.
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UK |
| Richard S. Peigler & Stephan Naumann. A
Revision of the Silkmoth Genus Samia. University of
the Incarnate Word, 2003. 227 pages. 146 color and 82 b/w
illustrations. Covers 19 species, including S. cynthia,
which was introduced to North America. Reviewed in Journal of
the Lepidopterists' Society 57(2): 159-160 (2003). Available
for $36 + $4.00 shipping (US) from: University of the Incarnate
Word, Attn: Margaret Preston, 4301 Broadway, San Antonio, TX
78209-6397. ISBN: 0972826602. |
 Giff
Beaton. Dragonflies & Damselflies of Georgia and the
Southeast.
Details. 355 pages. This is the best dragonfly field guide I
have seen. It includes multiple color photos of most species and
detailed identification notes. The plates and text are large and
easy to use. University of Georgia Press 2007.
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| Timothy D. Manolis. Dragonflies and
Damselflies of California. 295 pages. 40 color plates.
University of California Press 2003.
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UK |
| Sidney W. Dunkle. Dragonflies Through
Binoculars. Covers the US & Canada. 352 pages. Color photos.
Oxford University Press 2000.
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UK |
| Don E. Wilson. Mammals of North America.
Princeton University Press 2002.
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UK |
| Don E. Wilson & Suff Ruff (eds.) The
Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals. 816 pages. Color
photos. Smithsonian 1999.
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UK |
| Fiona Reid. A Field Guide to the Mammals of
Central America & Southeast Mexico. 334 pages. 48 fine color
plates. Oxford University Press 1997.
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UK |
| Julian C. Lee. A Field Guide to the Reptiles
and Amphibians of the Maya World: The Lowlands of Mexico,
Northern Guatemala & Belize. Cornell University Press 2000.
448 pages.
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UK |
| Richard S. Felger, Matthew B. Johnson & Michael
F. Wilson. The Trees of Sonora, Mexico. Covers 270
species of native and introduced trees. Oxford University Press
2001. 55 halftones & 223 line illustrations. 336 pages.
US |
UK |
| Steffen Förster. The Dragonflies of Central
America exclusive of Mexico and the West Indies. A Guide to
their Identification. Covers 378 species. Numerous b/w
illustrations.
Color illustrations may be in the (presently inaccessible)
archive.org copies of Steffen Förster's now dead website. 2nd
edition, 2001. Available from
International Odonata Research Institute. |
| Tim Flannery. The Eternal Frontier: An
ecological history of North America and its peoples. 432
pages. Grove Press & Vintage. 2002.
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UK |
| Mexico Tourist Road Atlas. 127 pages.
Guía Roji, 1999.
US |
| Lawrence Newcomb, Gordon Morrison
(illustrator). Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Covers the
eastern US & Canada. The best available flower guide. Little
Brown 1989 (1977).
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UK |
| Paul Martin Brown. Wild Orchids of Florida,
with references to the Gulf & Atlantic Coastal Plain.
Details. 117 species. 447 color photos. 135 drawings by Stan
Folsom. 256 pages. University of Florida Press 2002.
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