Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America (Kaufman Field Guides)
by Eric R. Eaton, Kenn Kaufman
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Author: Eric R. Eaton, Kenn KaufmanBrand: Peterson Books
Edition: Turtleback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-28
ISBN: 0618153101
Number of pages: 392
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Book Review: Curious about North American insects? This is the essential guide
Summary: 5 Stars
A decade ago, at least 90,000 species of insects had been recorded north of Mexico and tens of thousands remained undescribed. Clearly a comprehensive field guide is out of the question. The only other one-volume guide to North American insects on my shelves is the Peterson Field Guide by Borror & White which, having been published in 1970, is getting rather long in the tooth. Nevertheless, it has done a stalwart job and remains the only guide to give a detailed systematic overview of North American insects, relying on concise text and monochrome and coloured plates to achieve this. Although the chances of putting a specific name on your given insect are slim, this guide will usually get you to the correct order - often family.
The Kaufman Guide comes as a welcome refresher with a slightly different philospohy. The authors use an approach which is slightly less rigid and much more visual. They follow Kaufman's previous guides (Birds, Butterflies) in using digitally-enhanced photographs - 2,350 of them! - to illustrate their subject. The user will either flick through the book, or use the 4-page "Pictorial keys" at the beginning to find the type of insect they are dealing with, hopefully keying in on a specific matching photograph to identify it. A short text on the facing page should confirm identification and may provide additional information on natural history.
This is definitely the guide beginners will want to acquire, but it should find a place on every naturalist's bookshelf. Highly recommended.
Chris Sharpe, 5 May 2008. ISBN: 0618153101
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