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Garden Insects of North America: The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field...
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by Whitney Cranshaw
Sales Rank: 15097
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List Price: $29.95
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Paperback: 672 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press March 8, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691095612
ISBN-13: 978-0691095615
Product Dimensions:
10 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
From Booklist
Here's a sobering statistic: there are more than 100,000 species of insects and related garden pests in North America, and to gardeners it must often seem that the vast majority of them are eating, crawling, and flitting their way through treasured plants and flowers. Knowing what's doing the damage is more than half the battle in winning the pest-control war, and to that end Cranshaw has developed an impressive, encyclopedic guide to identifying everything from acorn weevils to zebra caterpillars. Understanding the way gardeners think, Cranshaw has logically organized the information according to the type of damage inflicted. The chapter on leaf chewers, for example, lists more than three-dozen likely insect culprits. Insect groups are then further characterized by host plant, range, appearance, and habits to precisely pinpoint the offending pest. Methods of controlling insect populations, in-depth discussions of beneficial insects, a comprehensive at-a-glance appendix of common plant-insect associations, and more than 1,400 color photos make this a marvel among insect identification manuals. Carol Haggas
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Product Review
" you can then zero in on your culprit among the over 1,400 color photographs". -- Gerry Rising, Buffalo News
"Copious and sometimes rather glorious photos (the section on slugs is fabulous) make identifications relatively simple". -- Diane Heilenman, The Courier-Journal
"Cranshaw has packed his book with concise, organized information on all the common and not-so-common insect pests". -- Jack Aldridge, San Francisco Chronicle
"If you've ever wondered what's eating your garden besides yourself and the woodchuck, this is the book for you". -- Verlyn Klinkenborg, The New York Times Book Review
"It will make you the neighborhood entomologist". -- Joel M. Lerner, The Washington Post
"Love 'em or loathe them, every good gardener at least needs to know their bugs." -- Michael Haun, Daytona Beach News Journal
"The publisher calls it the ultimate guide to backyard bugs - and it is". -- Suzanne Hively, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"This is the most comprehensive guide to common insects found in North American gardens". -- Holly Hayes, San Jose Mercury News
Cranshaw has constructed a lucid and well-illustrated text to allow gardeners to identify insects they encounter. -- Choice
No one will argue with [Cranshaw's] desire to demystify insects and their world. -- Adrian Higgins , The Washington Post
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