Field Guide to Beetles of California (California Natural History Guides)
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| Rating | : | 4.13 (750 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0520246578 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 362 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With perhaps 8,000 different species, beetles are easily the largest group of animals in California and can be found virtually everywhere in the state. The informative, accessibly written species accounts include information on beetle identification, natural history, and distribution.* Features 300 color photographs, 110 drawings, and 2 maps* Covers 569 species in 56 families* Lists California’s sensitive, threatened, and endangered species* Provides resources and web sites for further study of California beetles. Written and designed for amateur naturalists, students, and field biologists, it is chock-full of what every beetle watcher wants to know, including suggestions for finding beetles, starting a beetle collection, and keeping beetles in captivity. But until now, there was no single resource for identifying the most commonly encountered beetles in California’s mountains, valleys, and deserts. They grapple over flower heads, lurk in pantries, paddle through pristine mountain streams, amble over dunes, and buzz about porch lights on warm evenings. This valuable field guide, a companion volume to Introduction to California Beetles published in 2004, identifies more
From the Inside Flap"This crisply written guide belongs on the shelf of all who have an interest in the natural history of the Golden State."—Dr. Rosser W. Garrison, coauthor of Dragonfly Genera of the New World
Field Guide to Beetle of California rebugging This book supplements and increases my ability to identify California beetles and their life style. It contains interesting descriptions of many families and photographs of representative species. It also describes important facts about the appearance and ecology of the life stages of described species as well as the appearance of similar species. The b. This is a wonderful book. I use this for my entomology study. This is a wonderful book.. "Field Guide to the Beetles of California" according to Yellowjacket. Nothing else like it. If you like to know what kind of beetle you're looking at, and live in California this is it. A handy field guide with a lot of color photos.Pros Lots of photos convenient size Good line drawings to illustrate pointsCons Cover is not as Robust as some other field guides Photos could be larger, but this is a quibble.A good addition