Butterflies and caterpillars of Quebec and the Maritimes
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The first comprehensive, easy-to-consult guide with tracks and distribution maps.
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The first comprehensive, easy-to-consult guide with tracks and distribution maps.
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The first comprehensive, easy-to-consult guide with tracks and distribution maps.
Do butterflies fascinate you? Discover all the diurnal species of our regions in the first book on the market to offer you not only hundreds of high quality photos of all the butterflies, but also striking illustrations of our caterpillars. In addition to enlightening texts on the biology and ecology of these captivating insects, the guide presents complete identification sheets by species (description, similar species, flight periods, habitat, host plants, abundance, etc.). Everything to satisfy the beginner as well as the seasoned observer.
Editor-in-chief of Nature sauvage magazine, Michel Leboeuf is the author of several popular works and articles in natural sciences. His journalistic work has been awarded by the Société d'entomologie du Québec and the Canadian Forest Service. He is also the winner of the Hubert-Reeves Prize for the best popular science work in French in Canada.
Curator and head of collections at the Montreal insectarium, Stéphane Le Tirant is also one of the instigators of the annual Butterflies in Freedom event at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Consultant for the creation of numerous aviaries all over the world as well as for the Insectia series, he has to his credit several scientific publications and entomological expeditions to the four corners of the planet.
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Author: Stéphane Le Tirant and Michel Leboeuf
Hard cover
Publication date: April 2012
ISBN: 9782894355800
