A Field Guide to the Insects America North of Mexico.

Borror, Donald J. and Richard E. White:

ISBN 10: 0395074363 / ISBN 13: 9780395074367

Published by Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company,, 1970

About this Item

404 Seiten, more than 1300 illustrations representing 579 families of insects. (= Peterson Field Guide Series, 19). Kaum Gebrauchsspuren, guter Zustand. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 450 19 x 12 cm, ill. OLeinenband mit ill. Schutzumschlag.

Seller Inventory # 18844

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Field Guide to the Insects America North of Mexico.
• Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company,
• Publication Date: 1970
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395074363
• ISBN 13: 9780395074367
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Gut
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 450 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Lexika / Nachschlagewerke / Enzyklopädien

About this title

Synopsis

Find what you're looking for with Peterson Field Guidesâ their field-tested visual identification system is designed to help you differentiate thousands of unique species accurately every time.

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Detailed descriptions of insect orders, families, and many individual species are illustrated with 1,300 drawings and 142 superb color paintings. Illustrations - which use the unique Peterson Identification System to distinguish one insect from another - include size lines to show the actual length of each insect. A helpful glossary explains the technical terms of insect anatomy.

About the Author

Richard E. White is a research entomologist at the United States National Museum in Washington and the author of articles and research papers chiefly in his special field of beetles. As an artist he is most experienced in portraying insects, but he also illustrates general biological subjects.