Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America (Peterson First Guide (R)) [Paperback]

Christopher Leahy (Author), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor), Richard E. White (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Peterson First Guide (R)

A simplified version of the full-sized field guides makes it easy and fun to get started in the field.

 

Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.

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About the Author

Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world's greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. These editions include updated material by Michael O'Brien, Paul Lehman, Bill Thompson III, Michael DiGiorgio, Larry Rosche, and Jeffrey A. Gordon.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 2nd edition (February 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395906644
• ISBN-13: 978-0395906644
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 3.7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,376 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Science > Biological Sciences > Biology > Entomology
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best beginners' guide, December 11, 2005

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Dennis R. Mitton "tolstoy" (Eastern Washington, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America (Peterson First Guide (R)) (Paperback)

I have quite a few `bug' guides and the Peterson guides are always my favorite. The drawings are excellent, the writing is clear, and I like the behavioral and collecting notes added. There are more flashy guides with more pictures but they tend to be more limited - you can only put so many pictures in a book. They also usually cost much more. This is the book I would buy for someone wanting to learn more about the entire insect world and begin identifying the bugs they find. If their interest grows I would simply move up the full version of the same book.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the best field guide to the insects of North America, May 15, 2005

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Hallstatt Prince (MA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America (Peterson First Guide (R)) (Paperback)

This is a great book for both the beginner as well as those who are at the intermediate level of their study of insects.
It makes for a good first exposure to the taxonomic key. I professor who I knew who taught entomology at Loyola University in Chicago had this book as one of the course texts for his students. I am sure he is not alone. Illustrated with both line drawings and photographs it is the standard work on insects of North America.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I thought it was, November 2, 2007

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This review is from: Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America (Peterson First Guide (R)) (Paperback)

This is a great book for common name identification of a wide variety of insects. However, I could not find any scientific names; not even the names of the different orders or families.