Insects Spiders category: 384 books
by George M. L. La Branche
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2012
Originally published in 1914, “The Dry Fly and Fast Water” is a complete guide to fly fishing, with simple instructions and helpful tips from a life-long fly fisher. A charming handbook interwoven with personal anecdotes and expert insights, this vintage book will be of considerable value to both...
by J. G. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
In the following pages will be found short and simple descriptions of some of the numerous objects that are to be found in our fields, woods, and waters.
As this little work is not intended for scientific readers, but simply as a guide to those who are desirous of learning something of natural...
by Jake D Yarish
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
What Do Honeybees Do? is an educational picture book that is designed for the elementary school age child, but is for children of all ages and anyone who is interested in the amazing honeybee.
It is a book that introduces the fundamentals of the hive, the honeybee and the work that honeybees...
Butterflies of the British Isles
With Accurately Coloured Figures of Every Species and Many Varieties also Drawings of Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis, and Food-plant
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
Butterflies of the British Isles
With Accurately Coloured Figures of Every Species and Many Varieties also Drawings of Egg, Caterpillar Chrysalis, and Food-plant
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTORY.
THE BUTTERFLIES...
by Michael Chinery
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The ideal portable companion, the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look and updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for nature enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly seen butterflies and moths in Britain and northern Europe. Authoritative text, beautiful...
by Richard Lewington
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016
Presented in an accessible, easy-to-use format, this is an ideal guide for both beginners and more experienced enthusiasts. It includes more than 600 superb illustrations of all the life stages of each species, together with beautiful artworks of the butterflies in their natural settings and pertinent...
Britain's Day-flying Moths
A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain and Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2013
This concise photographic field guide will help you identify any of the 100 or so day-flying moths found in Britain and Ireland. Combining stunning photographs, authoritative text, and an easy-to-use design, this book makes a perfect traveling companion--one that will increase your enjoyment of these...
Moth Catcher
An Evolutionist'S Journey Through Canyon And Pass
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2007
***The memoir of a scientist and the wild silk moths he studies***Biologist Michael Collins has been studying wild silk moths since he was a boy. This family — which includes the largest and most colorful of the North American moths — led Collins into a long career as a scientist, and has provided...
The Exquisite Butterfly Companion
The Science and Beauty of 100 Butterflies
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
This exquisite set, created with the American Museum of Natural History, is the perfect gift for lovers of Lepidoptera! Tucked inside a case with an organza ribbon closure, you'll find a field guide with information on 100 species of butterfly and moth, plus an envelope with 100 sheets of paper, each...
Butterflies of Indiana
A Field Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
This field guide to Indiana’s rich butterfly fauna covers all 149 species of butterflies and their close relatives, the skippers. Over 500 color photographs illustrate the undersides and uppersides of most species and highlight the variations found among them, both seasonally and between males and...
Thirteen Years of Hell in Paradise
An Account of the Caribbean Amblyomma Programme
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
After leading a regional office in Africa that studied ticks and tick-borne diseases, Rupert Pegram received a call in 1994 that changed his life. His higher ups wanted him to lead a new program in the Caribbean. The Caribbean Amblyomma Program, known as the CAP, sought to eliminate the Amblyomma...
by Glenn Wiggins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1996
Caddisflies are one of the most diverse groups of organisms living in freshwater habitats, and their larvae are involved in energy transfer at several levels within these communities. Caddisfly larvae are also remarkable because of the exquisite food-catching nets and portable cases they construct...
Natures Way Fun & Simple
To Suit All Ages
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
My garden friends, such a delight, never knowing what goes on through the night. Beautiful swallows, birds, bees, garden hedge, moth, mother goose, kitten, mouse, sun, rain, insightof poems to suit all ages.
Dragonflies: Q&A Guide
Fascinating Facts About Their Life in the Wild
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Got a question about dragonflies? This book has answers. Dragonflies: A Q & A Guide is a lively, illustrated guide for anyone looking to learn more about dragonflies and their lives in the wild.