Illinois Insects and Spiders

by Chris Grinter, Peggy Macnamara, Jim Boone, et al.

Recent estimates put the world's insect population at more than forty million species. Here in Illinois, the numbers are equally awesome: seventeen thousand species call the state home, among them four thousand types of flies; fifteen hundred types of grasshoppers, cicadas, and aphids; five thousand types of beetles; two hundred types of ants, wasps, and bees; and two thousand types of butterflies and moths. With so much entomological diversity here...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226501000
• ISBN13: 9780226501000
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 5.7"

Customer Reviews

Ilinois Insencts and Spiders

I bought this book as a gift for my daughter who studied with the author. Peggy Macnamara is the resident artist at the Field Museum in Chicago. Her drawings are amazing.

Beautiful and informative book

Peggy McNamara and the people at the Division of Insects at the Field Museum have produced a wonderful book on the insects and spiders of Illinois. The paintings are beautiful and the text informative. The book gives the reader an appreciation of the little forms of life that inhabit the state of Illinois. Perhaps this book will keep people from stepping on or spraying an insect or spider when they know more about it. Maggie Daley wrote the introduction but I don't think she should be listed as first author of the book.

Best of the best

Superb. Ms. Macnamara's illustrations of small, complex and beautiful creatures are wonderful. She teaches drawing and painting at the Field Museum. Her teaching style is rare: individualized and comprehensive. No secret techniques. A rich study of materials. Also co-author of a book on wildlife painting. A highly skilled person who pays exquisite attention.