Peterson Field Guide (R) to Beetles

by Richard E. White

Book Overview

Over 600 drawings and 65 color paintings portray representative species of the 111 families of North American beetles. Includes information on collecting and preserving beetles. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395339537
• ISBN13: 9780395339534
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.5" x 7.2"

Customer Reviews

very useful

I really like this book it has helped me to generally identify some of the beetles in my area. It is a good resource guide.

Great if you love bugs

This book is great. Has lots of photos and good descriptions, there are so many types of beetles out there. Bought this for my husband and he has used it several times.

Illustrations and descriptions.

This field guide will be very useful with it's diagrams and other study tools about the world of insects. I'm glad I added this book to my library. The black & white pictures are very detailed as well as the color illustrations. I recommend this Peterson Field Guide to other beetle enthusiasts.

An excellent little beetle book

This book is a spendid combination of text and pictures that is at once informative and inspiring. The text clearly points out critical information about North America's beetle families and specific examples of each, while maintaining brevity and readability for any backyard naturalist. The pictures, both b & w (predominantly) and colour, very nicely further the text by showing the overall appearance of major types of beetles, and by pointing out important features for the identification of each. The book effectively accomplishes what any field guide sets out to do: quick and accurate in-field identification of major beetle families, with further examples of the most common subfamilies. This book would make an excellent addition to any home or classroom where interest in insects, and beetles in particular, exists. For those wanting to identify Canadian/US beetles beyond backyard interest, consider Arnett's AMERICAN BEETLES.

A must have for beetle enthusiasts

A great companion to the Peterson Field Guide to the Insects. Lots of great illustrations. Many picture examples from each family of beetles. Great descriptions of each beetle. A MUST have for collectors of Coleoptera. Good for layman, also.