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"Most of us have heard of such popular butterflies as the Monarch or Painted Lady. But what about the Fender's Blue? or the St. Francis' Satyr? because of their extreme rarity, these butterflies are not well-known, yet they are remarkable species with important lessons to teach us. This book spotlights the rarest of these creatures - some numbering no more than what can be held in one hand. Drawing from his own first-hand experiences, the author explores...
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"Outdoor educator and field researcher Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration--a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles. Equally remarkable, she did it solo, on a bike cobbled together from used parts. Her panniers were recycled buckets. In Bicycling with Butterflies, Dykman recounts her incredible journey and the dramatic...
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Henry S. Horn (1941–2019) was professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University. He was the author of The Adaptive Geometry of Trees and the coeditor of Molds, Molecules, and Metazoa: Growing Points in Evolutionary Biology (both Princeton).
An ecologist's investigation of the social lives of butterflies
Throughout his career, Henry Horn took a unique approach to the study of butterflies. This book brings together...
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Este trabajo presenta 298 especies de mariposas diurnas, agrupadas en seis familias y 22 subfamilias, encontradas en la ciudad de Santa Marta, en su Sierra Nevada y en sus estribaciones (Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona). El estudio se hizo desde el nivel del mar hasta los 2.700 m de elevación. Salvo pocas excepciones, se muestran fotografías in situ de estos bellos insectos.
Las mariposas son frágiles criaturas que embellecen los espacios naturales,...
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Las mariposas, que conjugan gracia y belleza, nos evocan cierta imagen de lo efímero y lo delicado… A través de la asombrosa fase de metamorfosis que transforma una oruga en un espléndido insecto alado han fascinado a los seres humanos, tanto artistas como científicos. Descubrirá: - el lugar de las mariposas en el reino animal; - su morfología y anatomía; - ciclo de su vida en cuatro fases; - sus apasionantes hábitos; - las fichas de algunas...
6) Las abejas
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Este libro le ofrece la posibilidad de conocer en profundidad todo lo relacionado con las abejas y con la apicultura moderna y rentable. Las obreras, la reina, los zánganos... ¿Cómo viven en una colmena? Dónde, cuándo y cómo instalar una colmena. Los materiales, la recolección y la conservación de los productos de la colmena. Aprenda a conocer las diferentes clases de miel, sus propiedades, su sabor, etc., y a aprovechar la laboriosidad de...
7) Los insectos
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Representan aproximadamente las tres cuartas partes de las especies animales del planeta. Son carnívoros, herbívoros, omnívoros, parásitos... y constituyen un universo dentro del Universo. Hablamos de los insectos. Este libro nos traslada a lo más profundo de un vasto mundo del que todavía sabemos bastante poco: - Descubrirá lo que es un élitro, unos cercos o una maxila. - Aprenderá que el ommatidio es una unidad elemental de un ojo compuesto...
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"The Beetle and Butterfly Collection" is a classic guide to collecting, arranging, and preserving various insects at home. Written with the amateur in mind, it contains simple, step-by-step instructions that will prove invaluable to anyone with an interest in insect collecting and preservation. Contents include: "Setting-Out and Maintaining Beatles and Butterflies", "The Parts of a Beetle", "The Classification", "Lepidoptera, or Butterflies and Moths",...
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This book contains a fascinating account of some of the authors experiences as a naturalist living near The Limberlost, a swamp in north-eastern Michigan, North America. With masterful descriptions of moths and astute observation about nature and life in general, Gene Stratton-Porter's "Moths of the Limberlost" constitutes a must-read for nature lovers everywhere. Contents include: "Moths of the Limberlost", "Moths, Eggs, Caterpillars, Winter Quarters",...
10) Las arañas
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Viudas negras, migalas, la mítica tarántula... ¡Las arañas nos asus-tan! El desconocimiento sobre ellas alimenta miedos y fobias y, sin embargo, de las 35.000 especies que se han censado, tan sólo una docena representa algún peligro para el hombre. A pesar de todo, estas sofisticadas criaturas se merecen algo mejor que el miedo y el asco que inspiran, ya que son indispensables para el equilibrio ecológico de nuestro planeta: son un pesticida...
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Part road-trip tale, part travelogue of lost and found landscapes, all good-natured natural history, Mariposa Road tracks Bob Pyle's journey across the United States as he races against the calendar in his search for as many of the eight hundred American butterflies as he can find. Like Pyle's classic Chasing Monarchs, Mariposa Road recounts his adventures, high and low, in tracking down butterflies in his own low-tech, individual way.
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"Winner of a 2017 National Outdoor Book Award in Nature and Environment" "One of Forbes.com's 10 Best Biology Books of 2017, chosen by GrrlScientist" "Honorable Mention for the 2018 PROSE Award in Popular Science & Popular Mathematics, Association of American Publishers" "Longlisted for the 2018 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prizes for Excellence in Science Books, Young Adult Science Books" "Winner of the 2018 CBHL Award of Excellence in Gardening and Gardens,...
14) The Malayan Papilionidæ or Swallow-tailed Butterflies, as Illustrative of the Theory of Natural S
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This work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1870 and it is now republished with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Malayan Papilionidæ or Swallow-tailed Butterflies, as Illustrative of the Theory of Natural Selection' is an article describing Wallace's evidence for the processes of natural selection.
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Extrait: "Les Papillons (fig. 1 à 7) partagent avec les Plantes et les Coléoptères le privilège rare d'intéresser à la fois les savants et les gens du monde, depuis les enfants jusqu'aux grandes personnes. Cette faveur est d'ailleurs toute méritée par l'élégance de leur forme et l'éclat de leur couleur. La difficulté même de leur récolte et de leur préparation ajoute un charme et un attrait de plus à la possession des espèces, et...
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