num_pages: 528
description: This field guide sets a new standard for insect identification making it an indispensable resource to naturalists educators gardeners and others. Engaging and accessible Pacific Northwest Insects features detailed species accounts each with a vivid photograph of a living adult along with information for distinguishing similar species allowing the reader to identify more than 3000 species found from southern British Columbia to northern California and as far east as Montana. The book features most of the commonly encountered insects spiders scorpions millipedes centipedes and kin in the Pacific Northwest as well as representatives of an amazing variety of unusual and interesting insects living in the area. After more than a decade of research reviewing hundreds of thousands of museum specimens and scouring the technical entomological literature Merrill Peterson has brought together for the first time in a single volume a wealth of information on the region's insect life.Detailed identifying information on over 3000 speciesComplete description of 1200 speciesOrganized by insect group for easy identificationUp-to-date taxonomy1725 color photos 50 line drawings and 2 maps
language: English
title: Pacific Northwest Insects
publisher: Seattle Audubon Society