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Butterflies through Binoculars: The East A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America (Butterflies Through Binoculars Series) [Paperback]

Jeffrey Glassberg (Author)
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0195106687 978-0195106688 January 1999
This magnificent field guide greatly expands on Butterflies Through Binoculars: The Boston-New York-Washington Region--identified by Defenders of Wildlife Magazine as "the first to focus on netless butterflying" and called " a clear winner" by the Audubon Naturalist. Glassberg here shows us how to find, identify, and enjoy all of the butterflies native to the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. This guide:
*Combines the immediacy and vividness of actual photographs of living butterflies with the traditional field guide format
*Emphasizes conservation over collection
*Includes 630 color photographs, arranged on 72 color plates, of butterflies in the wild
*Provides adjacent color maps that show where each species occurs in a given locality and for how much of the year
*Supplies entirely new field marks for butterfly identification
*Demonstrates how to identify subjects by way of the key characteristics butterflies are likely to display in their natural settings
*Shows how species can be recognized both from above and below
*Explains how to differentiate between males and females.
For butterfly enthusiasts, for bird watchers who want to add a new dimension to their hobby, for anyone who is simply interested in exploring the wilds of their own back yard, this new field guide offers hours of delightful help and instruction.

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"The life blood of Dr. Jeffrey Glassberg's new field guide are the superb photographs of living butterflies. Over 300 species of butterflies occurring in the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada are covered. The uniformly high quality of the photographs is instantly obvious....Glassberg and all those who helped him are to be commended on having produced a truly state of the art field guide."--News of the Lepidopterists' Society


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Dr. Jeffrey Glassberg is President of the North American Butterfly Association and editor of American Butterflies magazine. He lives in Morristown, New Jersey.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (January 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195106687
  • ISBN-13: 978-0195106688
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,927 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Field Guides!, May 17, 2000
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An absolute must have! Glassberg, who is president of the North American Butterfly Association, shares his knowledge of these delicate creatures and makes identifcation easy and fun. Includes 625 color photos (most by Glassberg) of free-flying butterflies. The first butterfly guide to use plates showing correct size relationships among species. Also features sections on binoculars, photography, biology, conservation, and gardening. You won't be sorry you purchased this fine book!
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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Butterfly id book!, August 5, 2001
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Without comparison, this is the best butterfly id book around. It is really easy to navigate and find specific butterflies quickly, even for the novice. It has maps as well as larval foods for the different butterflies. Quite complete. I keep it sitting right here on my desk so that when I see a butterfly flitter by I can run outside and id it. Its also has tips on identifying butterflies that may look similar which is helpful. I'd buy it again for sure!
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The best butterfly reference for the eastern US, August 20, 1999
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Glassberg has the ability to share his passion about butterflies while providing excellent field marks to look for. This book sets the standard for future butterfly books but may be hard to top except by Glassberg himself. Even the description of butterfies contains thought-provoking or entertaining tidbits that make them a joy to read. Great photographs (except for one), information on habitat, flight period, host and foodplants, and range; just about everything you need to know. More importantly, Glassberg, who is president of North American Butterfly Association, employs the NABA checklist for common names. This is critical if you participate in a 4th of July Butterfly Count. If you have an older field guide, throw it out and buy this one. I have no plans on butterflying in the western US but I will be the first to buy such a book if Glassberg writes it.
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subapical white spots, postmedian band, postmedian line, postmedian area, caterpillar foodplants, immigrant northward, postmedian spots, subapical spots, submarginal spots, silvered spots, antennal clubs, greater fritillaries, skippers lack, blend zone, small pale spots, submarginal band, rare stray, trailing margin, black stigma, brown ground color, leading margin, many butterfly species, brown elfin, tropical hardwood hammocks, cell spot
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New York, North Carolina, Pearl Crescent, West Indies, Little Wood-Satyr, American Lady, Tawny-edged Skipper, Little Yellow, North Dakota, Eastern Tailed-Blue, West Virginia, South Dakota, Black Swallowtail, New Jersey, Least Skipper, Great Spangled Fritillary, Spring Azure, Wild Indigo Duskywing, North America, Clouded Sulphur, Cloudless Sulphur, Florida Keys, Melissa Blue, Mourning Cloak, Eastern Comma
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