100 Butterflies and Moths: Portraits from the Tropical Forests of Costa Rica

by Daniel H. Janzen, Winifred Hallwachs, Jeffrey C. Miller

Book Overview

Walking a forest trail in Costa Rica, a visitor might be struck by the sight of an iridescent blue morpho butterfly fluttering ahead in the filtered daylight, or an enormous silk moth, as magnificently patterned and subtly colored as a Persian carpet, only emerging to fly at night. Elsewhere, vivid yellow and orange sulphur butterflies flock to puddles to sip the concentrated minerals. Such is the dazzling variety of the butterflies and moths unique...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067402334X
• ISBN13: 9780674023345
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 9.9"