Customer Reviews

A World Of Butterflies

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Photography is simple and elegant, image is right faced page layout, text explanation of the image left face layout. This was purchased for it to be a gift. I believe it is high quality. The image definitions, colours, and natures detailed designs are clear to behold and appreciate. Better still if you are at that place in life for being able to learn and be grateful for the things we take for granted. Great for designers -from fashion through to structural engineers. Regardless of where you are at, it's a stunning book to have on the coffee table or amongst your library

Received this book as a birthday gift and I couldn't be more happy! It is very thoughtful and gorgeous for the true butterfly lover in your life. Very compact with the beautiful jacket shown. It is a wonderful coffee table book and will surely get a lot of viewing time.

My daughters love to glance during commercials and ask many questions. The images are truly breathtaking and there is information provided as to where you would see these beauties. On a typical page, you will find this info:

*Information of the name and species and interesting little facts in a small paragraph.

*Description: The colors, markings etc.

*Habitat: Where they like to live or stay.

*Range: Location; as in where in the world.

*Wingspan: Self-explanatory

Highly recommend to butterfly and nature lovers in general!

I found the book very interesting.The pictures were very clear.I would recomend it to other people.

The pictures in this book are beautiful. The clarity and colors are unbelievable. The explanations of the different butterflies and moths are concise but still informative.

The pictures in this book are marvelous. It makes me want to travel the world and see all these gorgeous creatures.

This is a book of photographs of butterflies from all over the world, arranged for the artist's eye; it has been quite helpful to me as I design pottery, wooden boxes, drawings. I have been working on a series of colored rice paper drawings and this book has inspired better work by being able to consider different butterflies to include in the images.Easier for me to use than a computer in that context. I find butterflies, just rarely, not enough for what I am doing. So here is a solution to allow me flight into art.

I think it is true, and read it here, that a small map showing the locations visually over verbally, would be a good addition. Actually though for the most part I do know the names and global placement having had geography in school. But seeing the range is pretty effective. That is a fair suggestion on re-issue. Also a CD with these images might be a most appreciated extension.

This book is placed in my home in a bowl and from it guests seem to gather attention to something worth looking at. I love books that show us the world, some aspect, photographed, explained, collected. It's small, a hand full, chubby. I open it randomly to predict the day ( particular to me) and mean to use it as a poetry exercise. Mean to. The photographs are just so clear, color vibrant. I used it in San Diego to identify a large butterfly that stayed beside me a long while, Nymphalis antiopa, The Mourning Cloak, out sunning on that day in the warmth of a particularly clear brilliant path of light. So it has proved useful to me identifying though I think it's clearly gathered more as an artistic tribute.

I found some lovely typo's "due" for "do", things that made the volume dearer.

Some books are meant for reference, and some are meant for research. Some are meant to educate, and some are entertaining. This one is just beautiful.

After a brief introductory to the world of lepodiatry which includes an overview of all the subspecies and anatomical makeup, you are treated to a brief yet concise coverage of butterflies in stunningly well-taken photographs. Each photograph comes with an accompanying page that--in very plain English--explains to you both the habitat, rarity, location and pertinent details of each specimen.

The beauty of this book is its simplicity in language for the beginner. I had a burgeoning interest in bubberflies (as my four-year-old calls them) and after going through several field guides which were a bit baffling with their scientific language, I found this one absolutely perfect for my beginning interest. However, with the gorgeous photography, the experienced butterfly enthusiast would love this book as well, especially with the guidance it provides for finding certain specimens.

So if you are experienced or just moderately interested in butterflies, then this is the book for you, or perfect as a gift for the lepodiatry enthusiast. A real treat.

I went to a butterfly farm and was so fascinated that I immediately purchased this book upon the completion of the tour. I think it is great for beginners because the pictures are STUNNING (what made it even better was that I was able to identify many of the butterflies I saw in the farm).

What I did not like is that there was not enough information about the individual species. I'd like to know if any of the species were endangered, the approximate lifespan, some additional FYI information. But, I think it is great for the library.

A World Of Butterflies

June 8, 2011
FIRST: This is a small but thick book. It is approx. 6 1/4 inches wide, a little over 4 1/2 inches tall. It has 420 pages. Therefore, it would fit in a purse or backpack.
----- AND: it is a book on butterflies of the world & can therefore be a good resource book for many countries.

..........WHAT THIS BOOK DOES COVER:
Parts of the butterfly (good pix, good description of said part)
Butterfly life cycle
Migration, Food, Reproduction, Puddling, & more

I agree with the other reviewers that the pix are beautiful. However, the book seemed to have no organization or was haphazardly organized. The butterflies of different countries are located all over this book. I recognize this is because many butterfly habitats overlap. However, I do believe that this could have been organized better, thus facilitating the observer's ease in identification. There is an excellent index in the back for locating specific butterflies --- but one must know the name first. Since many butterflies share similar colors, flipping through the book for colors takes time but eventually will pay off.

The information on the specific butterfly is categorized on the opposite page of the 4" X 6" pix: Habitat, Wingspan, Description, Range. Sadly, this information is not located in the same area on each page therefore requiring extra time for the observer to locate. As we know, butterflies do not stay in one place very long so speed in identification is essential.

OVERALL: I found this to be an interesting book for resource purposes. I was especially interested in the butterflies of other countries. However, if you are wanting a quick aide for identification purposes, this may not be it. For identifying butterflies in the USA, I think Stokes has the best that I have found so far.

book was a gift and arrived a few days after placing order in brand new condition. This book is destined to be a classic - if not already. recommend for the casual nature lover or professional. Beautifully photographed.