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The Butterflies of Cascadia: A Field Guide to All the Species of Washington, Oregon, and Surrounding Territories

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This field guide is well organized with beautiful photos. Each butterfly listed has a key for recognition, variations, life history as well as habitat range and the time of year you are likely to see this butterfly on the wing. A particularly nice feature is is the list of names for each as butterflies often have akas (also known as.)Dr. Pyles broad knowledge of nature allows him to include additional information about the history of butterfly study. This book will supplant other field guides whose scope intends to include the entire continent. The beautiful durable cover will look good on your desk and will function well in your field pack.
The tremendous amount of data collected in these pages reflect a dedication to the study of butterflies that is inspiring to the amateur and professional naturalist.

I spend my summers hiking to watch butterflies in the Cascade mountains. This book is essential to me--it is my definitive reference book for butterfly watching in the Pacific Northwest. Pyle shares a plethora of information on each species, and I have made color copies of the plate pages for quick & light references to take with me on the trail.

I have two copies of this book.

It opened my eyes to things I had never seen wandering the Coastal Range and Cascade Mountains of Oregon and SW Washington.