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California Insects (Volume 44) (California Natural History Guides) by Powell, Jerry A; Hogue, Charles Leonard, joint author is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is California Insects (Volume 44) (California Natural History Guides) about?
California has a vast number of insect species: estimates run 30,000-35,000 or more, and even in the better known groups, new species occasionally are discovered. This volume is the first attempt in more than half a century to summarize knowledge of this rich insect fauna, and the first work ever to provide a field guide for beginning students, and the nonspecialist reader. It selects about 600 of the more characteristic kinds of insects to represent the huge variety known. Most of these are conspicuous kinds often noticed in cities or in natural areas by gardeners, hikers, fishermen, etc. For each insect, distinguishing features of its appearance, features of its biology, and its geographical distribution in California are summarized: and an illustration (photograph or drawing) is given of the adult or some other stage. California Insects will serve as a convenient, compact introduction to the identification and understanding of these often strange and fascinating creatures. Used with other information sources cited in the text, it provides the student, collector, or naturalist a means of efficiently developing knowledge of specialized groups of insects.
Who reads California Insects (Volume 44) (California Natural History Guides)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Powell, Jerry A; Hogue, Charles Leonard, joint author
- Publisher
- Berkeley: University of California Press
- Published
- 1979
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520037823
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, History, Nature
- Rating
- 4.36 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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