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Starter guide to moths and caterpillars,
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This review is from: Moths & Caterpillars of the North Woods (Paperback)
This field guide is not a comprehensive reference to moths. Rather it is field guide which helps you become more interested in moths. It certainly succeeds with its interesting natural history tidbits scattered throughout the book. It includes the most common moths along with many bizarre and colorful moths. It uses photographs which show how moths look in their natural environment. Other moth books show pinned moths with underwings exposed. Photos of the caterpillars of each moth species are included. So bottom line this book is ideal for beginners.If you get more into moths pick up, if you can, the out of print Peterson's A Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America or if you read French and live in Ontario or Quebec, the out of print "Le Guide des Papillons du Québec". These books are more comprehensive. But perhaps more useful than these two books is the web. The web allows for far more coverage of the over 10000 species of moths in North America. The Moth Photographers Group is one of the most useful sites for moth identification and is a portal to all things moth related. Watch for also the new Peterson's moth guide due out (hopefully) in spring 2012. To make this moth book more useful for myself I have put red dashes along the edges of the book for each moth family. Doing this makes it quicker and easier to find specific families of moths.
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Unmatched excellence - like all of the North Woods books,
By Lonny D. Stark - Published on Amazon.com
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I spend hundreds of hours in the field each year photographing nature, and about twice that much time trying to identify the organisms that I've photographed. It's a real challenge, and I'm never satisfied until absolutely confident that I've made the right ID. Moths & Caterpillars of the North Woods, like all the other North Woods guides, is absolutely amazing. I'd say that it has enough depth for an expert or very knowledgeable hobbyist, while it's accessible to any amateur.This book covers three hundred of the most prominent species, with perfectly photographed examples of adults and caterpillars. The descriptions are easy to follow, side notes are interesting and helpful, and each ID includes life cycle, range, season, and caterpillar host plant information. The beginning of the book provides a brief but well-written overview of moth biology and moth appreciation. As for the "North Woods," I'm in the bottommost stretch of this Great Lakes / Upper Midwest zone, so many of the species in the book are not applicable; they occur farther north. Even so, moths often appear throughout very large ranges, and therefore this is a suitable guide for any enthusiast in the northern half of eastern United States, in my opinion. I've found that if you can at least match the Genus or Family of a certain moth to similar species in the book, that's a great help when doing further research to track down the actual ID of the creature. This book has also helped me in correcting past identifications I've made that were inaccurate -- about a dozen so far. If you do purchase this book, and have an interest in other arthropods or general nature of this region, consider the entire North Woods series. Of hundreds of nature books that I own, they're among the best.
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A Handy Little Guide,
By Stephen Spitzer - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Moths & Caterpillars of the North Woods (Paperback)
I live in Chicago, which is a bit south of the North Woods, but I am close enough that many of the moths in the area are in this book. Or, if not the same species, some close family members. There are so many moths that a book that covered them all would probably be too large to carry without a cart. I am not fanatical about knowing the exact species but do want to have an idea of what moths I see are, and this book works for that. The book also has pictures of the caterpillars, which I don't use. At least not so far.In summary, not a super complete guide, but well worth the money.
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Moths and Caterpillar ID Guide,
By Joe McMahon - Published on Amazon.com
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This entire series (North Woods Naturalist) is one of the best available. Moths are among the most numerous of the Lepidoptera and every identification guide is valuable. The photos and descriptions are excellent and the book is the right size to carry in a pocket. Although it is written with more northern areas in mind, there is plenty of overlap with my area (southern Ohio). Highly recommended!
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