Green Guide: Butterflies of Britain & Europe (Michelin Green Guides)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.54 (668 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1859749259 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Robert and Rosemary Goodden are co-founders of the British Butterfly Conservation Society and the co-founders of one of Britain's best-known butterfly farms.
Robert and Rosemary Goodden are co-founders of the British Butterfly Conservation Society and the co-founders of one of Britain's best-known butterfly farms.
Sound advice on conservation issues is also offered. The book can be used as both a home reference and a pocket companion in the field.. Aimed at both the general reader and amateur naturalist, this guide offers information on observing and identifying 150 of the most commonly encountered butterfly species in Britain and Europe. There are sections on the four stages of the life-cycle of butterflies and on breeding butterflies. Each butterfly's habits, range and important characteristics are described, while colour paintings show each butterfly in detail
Graham H. Seibert said This is a delightful introduction to something new to me, the Michelin Green Guide series.. I have fond memories of Michelin guides, the red guides to hotels and restaurants send the green guides to what to see, from my days in Germany for decades ago. It appears that they have not lost their dedication to quality.The authors of such a book have to decide in advance the readership to which they intend to appeal. This is not a book for entomologists, but rather people like me who notice butterflies in the backyard and are curious what they are.The book starts with two short but very well done chapte