Almost 400 species of butterflies flutter about the Southwest, well adapted to the varying conditions. This book pictures all butterflies you are most likely to see in the Southwest-in their natural environment.

"The landscape of the Sonoran Desert Region varies dramatically from parched desert lowlands to semiarid tropical forests and frigid subalpine meadows... "A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert" takes readers deep into its vast expanse, looking closely at the relationships of plants and animals with the land and people, through time and across landscapes"--

Large color photographs illustrate a guide to common Southwestern insects, including such varieties as the tiger beetle, the rainbow grasshopper, the orange skimmer, the kissing bug, the black witch, the giant palo verde root borer, the very tarantula hawk, and the Pinacate beetle.

This guide is an updated sequel to the ground-breaking 1991 guide by the same two authors.

•  This new work treats in depth all 273 species recorded in the region
•  Features more than 700 excellent color photographs, most of living butterflies photographed in the field
•  Provides more than 300 regional larval host plant records
•  Plus, color images of common nectar sources, caterpillars and habitats, range maps for all but the most common and widespread species, and an illustrated comparison guide to the difficult-to-identify duskywings.

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Location guide to bird watching sites in S.e. Arizona with annotated check list and seasonal bar graphs.