Product Description

Identifying butterflies in the field has never been so easy. This book is an excellent guide for both experienced and novice lepidopterists who wish to identify, attract, raise, and photograph butterflies.

Butterflies of Oklahoma, Kansas, and North Texas focuses on one hundred butterfly species common to the southern plains, a crucial crossroads region of the central United States. Each species is illustrated with one to four color photographs of butterflies in free flight and other natural settings. These candid shots are a welcome departure from the dried-and-pinned specimen photographs of some field guides. Photographs are placed alongside each butterfly's physical description and natural history, eliminating the need to flip between galleries and text. Other unique features include:

• modern terminology that general readers will understand
• descriptions of twenty prime butterfly spotting sites in the tri-state region
• information on how to raise butterflies from larval to adult stages
• an extensive bibliography of additional resources.

With increasing interest in butterfly gardening, many readers will appreciate practical how-to chapters for planning, installing, and maintaining a custom butterfly sanctuary in their own yards.

More conservationists are recognizing the importance of butterflies to the ecosystem-as plant pollinators and examples of natural mimicry and coloration. The authors of this guidebook hope that a deeper understanding of these intriguing insects will lead to their protection and to preservation of their habitat.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #255987 in Books
• Published on: 2004-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

About the Author
John M. Dole is Professor of Floriculture at North Carolina State University. He is a professional horticulturalist and avid plantsman. Walter B. Gerard, a native Oklahoman, is a retired teacher and administrator for Tulsa Public Schools and a former butterfly monitor for the Nature Conservancy. John M. Nelson is Professor of Biology at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa.

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Customer Reviews

Nice, portable field book
A well put-together book, small enough to be carried to the field. Has excellent photos and the range maps are very useful. Information provided on each species is well written and very useful. The second half of the book has a wealth of information covering a diversity of butterfly subjects such as photographing them, raising them, gardening for them, and a wealth of other useful information.