Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars of North America

Informationen zum Autor Amy Bartlett Wright has contributed to the Peterson Field Guide series, and her illustrations have been exhibited at the Smithsonian's Ripley Center.   ROGER TORY PETERSON, one of the world’s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and conservation as well as numerous honorary degrees, medals, and citations, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Peterson Identification System has been called the greatest invention since binoculars. Klappentext Here is the first and only guide to a subject of great interest to gardeners, small children, and lepidopterists: caterpillars, the immature form of butterflies and moths. This guide describes 120 common species of these fuzzy creatures. All the caterpillars, their adult forms and many of their host plants are illustrated. Zusammenfassung Here is the first and only guide to a subject of great interest to gardeners, small children, and lepidopterists: caterpillars, the immature form of butterflies and moths. This guide describes 120 common species of these fuzzy creatures. All the caterpillars, their adult forms and many of their host plants are illustrated.

Product details

• Authors: Not Available (NA), Roger Tory Peterson, Amy Bartlett Wright
• Assisted by: Roger Tory Peterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.1998
• EAN: 9780395911846
• ISBN: 978-0-395-91184-6
• Dimensions: 102 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Series: First Guide; Peterson First Guides; First Guide; Peterson First Guide
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Animals, plants, nature, the environment; Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Kinder/Jugendliche: Sachbuch: Flora und Fauna, NATURE: Animals / Wildlife, NATURE: Animals / Mammals, NATURE: Animals / Fish, SCIENCE: Natural History, NATURE: Birdwatching Guides, NATURE: Sky Observation, NATURE: Animals / Insects & Spiders, SCIENCE: Earth Sciences / Geology, SCIENCE: ZOOLOGY