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Much more than just another field guide or a natural history of butterflies, Rainbow Dust explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. Beginning with the author's own experience of hunting and rearing butterflies as a boy, Peter Marren considers the special place of the butterfly in art, literature, advertising and science, and, latterly, our attempts to conserve them. Rainbow Dust takes in the controversy over collecting, the women who studied them and the curious details that lead to butterflies being feared as well as loved. This is a celebration of butterflies; one shot through with a sense of wonder but also of sorrow at what we are losing. Read more... Abstract: Explores the ways in which butterflies delight and inspire us all, naturalists and non-naturalists alike. This title deals with the controversy over collecting, the women who studied them and the curious details that lead to butterflies being feared as well as loved. Read more...

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Author

Marren, Peter

Publisher

Random House;Vintage

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781448190195

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Ecology, Stem

Rating

4.07 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13