The Butterfly Book: An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification, and Behavior
Language: English
Published by Little, Brown & Company, 1991
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.World of Books (was SecondSale)
AbeBooks seller since December 20, 2007
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 4.15
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Copiously illustrated with maps, line drawings, and full-color photographs, this large format paperback book contains the essential information that backyard nature enthusiasts want and need -- to attract butterflies to their yards.
Seller Inventory # CIN0316817805VG
- Title
- The Butterfly Book: An Easy Guide to Butterfly Gardening, Identification, and Behavior
- Author
- Donald Stokes
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Publication year
- 1991
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0316817805
- ISBN 13
- 9780316817806
This comprehensive guide, illustrated with more than 140 stunning color photographs, tells you all you need to know to attract butterflies to your yard, identify them, and understand their behavior. The Stokes Butterfly Book covers everything from the life stage of a butterfly to how to design a garden that will attract a multitude of different species.
The book also includes:
- Tips on identifying almost any backyard butterfly, caterpillar, or pupa
- Comprehensive lists of the plants that butterflies are drawn to and the plants that their larvae feed on
- Information on how butterfly colors and markings fool birds and other predators
- Instructions on raising butterflies at home
- Complete information on the behaviors of 63 of the most common North American butterfly species
- Two sample butterfly garden plans
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Dr. Ernest Williams, professor of biology at Hamilton College, has abundant field experience with butterflies and has studied and written about their ecology for many years.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
World of Books (was SecondSale)
Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since December 20, 2007
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Montgomery, IL U.S.A. 60538
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