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Handbook For Butterfly Watchers

by Robert Michael Pyle, Sarah A. Hughes, Sarah Anne Hughes
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Overview

This essential handbook covers where to find butterflies; how to observe and photograph them; their behavior, biology, ecology, and life histories; butterfly gardening; butterfly rearing; identification; and conservation.

This essential handbook for the popular activity covers where to find butterflies, how to observe and photograph them, their behavior, biology, ecology, life histories, butterfly gardening, rearing, identification, and conservation. Features a foreword by Roger Tory Peterson. 200 illustrations.

Synopsis

This essential handbook covers where to find butterflies; how to observe and photograph them; their behavior, biology, ecology, and life histories; butterfly gardening; butterfly rearing; identification; and conservation.

Booknews

Where to find butterflies; how to observe them and photograph them; their behavior, biology, ecology, and life histories; butterfly gardening; butterfly rearing; identification; and conservation. Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated (drawings by Sarah Anne Hughes). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Author, Robert Michael Pyle

ROBERT MICHAEL PYLE is the author of fourteen books, including Chasing Monarchs, Where Bigfoot Walks, and Wintergreen, which won the John Burroughs Medal. A Yale-trained ecologist and a Guggenheim fellow, he is a full-time writer living in southwestern Washington.

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From the Publisher

"Pyle is America's butterfly guru. Here's a thorough butterfly guide—the first to emphasize watching, not collecting and possessing." Whole Earth Review

Booknews

Where to find butterflies; how to observe them and photograph them; their behavior, biology, ecology, and life histories; butterfly gardening; butterfly rearing; identification; and conservation. Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated (drawings by Sarah Anne Hughes). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Book Details

Published
June 1, 1992
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages
300
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780395616291

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