A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Texas Monthly Fieldguide Series) [Paperback]

Bastiaan M. Drees (Author), John A. Jackman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Texas Monthly Fieldguide Series | Publication Date: March 1, 1998

Meet the wild world of common Texas insects with this colorful and thorough introduction. Now you can identify that critter that just crawled under your bed or landed in your backyard. This extensive guide is packed with 384 color photos, thousands of facts and figures and dozens of illustrations. Discover more about the most common and diverse animals in the state and on the planet. From Ants to Zopherus nodulosus haldemani (the ironclad beetle), this field guide gives you an intriguing glimpse into the lives of Texas insects.

Editorial Reviews

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...extensive information...especially useful for introducing...the great diversity of insects and their truly fascinating lives...I am not aware of any other field guide on insects that covers this subject so thoroughly. (Horace R. Burke, Ph.D., Professor )

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877192634
• ISBN-13: 978-0877192633
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,821 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #84 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Animals > Insects & Spiders

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30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Field Guide to Texas Insects, May 4, 2000

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an aspiring entomologist (College Station, Tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Texas Monthly Fieldguide Series) (Paperback)

I found this book to extremely useful for quick field identifications. The pictures are great, as is the accompying descriptive text. The book is well organized so looking up a particular insect is easy. Also the book not only describes various insects but also gives vital information about them, such as their life cycles, impact on man and the enviroment, where they can be found, and what they eat.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars High-quality resource, July 12, 2007

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J. S. Chapman - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Texas Monthly Fieldguide Series) (Paperback)

I was impressed by the overall quality of this book. I wanted an easy-to-use resource book to identify the hundreds of insects I routinely see at my central Texas home, and that's what I got and more! The book was clearly organized with well written description of insects, and in center of book were 63 pages of beautiful, high-quality color photos of the 381 most common insects found in Texas. My only constructive suggestion would be that the "Life Cycle" commentary did not always provide the life expectancy of specific insects.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful, April 28, 2006

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choyasgirl (arkansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Texas Monthly Fieldguide Series) (Paperback)

This book is very helpful in identifying common Texas insects. Our children love to look up bugs in this book. The only bad thing is having to flip back and forth from the color pictures to the description of the insect. Otherwise, a good book.