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The Field Guide to Butterflies
This beautifully illustrated and updated edition of a time-honored classic, revised by expert lepidopterists and photographers, will bring nature lovers closer to a wealth of breathtaking, colorful butterflies than they ever imagined possible. Extraordinary photos reveal the minutest details of these exceptional creatures, including their large and remarkable wings, renowned for the beauty of their brilliance and markings. The Monarch, Eastern Tailed Blue, Frosted Elfin, Bronze Copper, and many other species come to life on the pages. There’s information on the place of butterflies in the animal kingdom; butterfly anatomy; butterfly life history, from eggs to chrysalis to winged insect; classification and more.
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224 pages, Spiral-bound
First published September 1, 2003
About the author
William J. Holland
58 booksAKA William Jacob Holland.
William Jacob Holland was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished zoologist and paleontologist, as well as an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Holland appears to have been a difficult man to work with. Despite maintaining a prime interest in lepidoptery, he did manage to train himself as a competent paleontologist when the directorship of the Carnegie Museum was thrust upon him. As director of the Carnegie Museums, Holland achieved international renown for supervising the mounting of several casts of the sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus, a donation by Carnegie to natural history museums throughout Europe.
Holland was America's great popularizer of butterflies and moths in the first half of the twentieth century. Holland's The Butterfly Book (1898) and The Moth Book (1903) are both still widely used. Holland donated his private collection exceeding 250,000 specimens to the Carnegie Museum .
William Jacob Holland was the eighth Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh (1891–1901) and Director of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. He was an accomplished zoologist and paleontologist, as well as an ordained Presbyterian minister.
Holland appears to have been a difficult man to work with. Despite maintaining a prime interest in lepidoptery, he did manage to train himself as a competent paleontologist when the directorship of the Carnegie Museum was thrust upon him. As director of the Carnegie Museums, Holland achieved international renown for supervising the mounting of several casts of the sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus, a donation by Carnegie to natural history museums throughout Europe.
Holland was America's great popularizer of butterflies and moths in the first half of the twentieth century. Holland's The Butterfly Book (1898) and The Moth Book (1903) are both still widely used. Holland donated his private collection exceeding 250,000 specimens to the Carnegie Museum .
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May 21, 2020
What I love about the guide:
I love the varied photos of both the adult and larval form. The photos are amazing and help you correlate to the butterfly you see when using this in the field.
I like the descriptions and the information provided for each butterfly.
What I wish was different:
I wish this was organized by color for the ametuer butterfly enthusiast.
I wish this used the common name in the header as opposed to the latin name.
I love the varied photos of both the adult and larval form. The photos are amazing and help you correlate to the butterfly you see when using this in the field.
I like the descriptions and the information provided for each butterfly.
What I wish was different:
I wish this was organized by color for the ametuer butterfly enthusiast.
I wish this used the common name in the header as opposed to the latin name.
October 10, 2015
A basic butterfly guide.
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews