A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Gulf's Field Guide Series,) (Paperback)

by Bastiaan M. Drees (Author)

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Product Description
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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Gulf Publishing (June 25, 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: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #149,199 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	choyasgirl (arkansas) - See all my reviews

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Has had every bug I wanted to identify so far, November 21, 2007

By	Marilyn Jones (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

They say that everything in Texas either pricks, bites, or stings, and that isn't COMPLETELY true, but it's close. With this book in hand, you can identify your multi-legged assailant rapidly and accurately and decide whether you need hospitalization and an exterminator or just a Benadryl and a fly swatter. Besides, not all the bugs of Texas are bad bugs--they might still bite and sting, but YOU might not be the target species and the target species might be your enemy: look them up BEFORE you swat.