The Butterflies of Iowa
Title | The Butterflies of Iowa PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis W. Schlicht |
Publisher | University of Iowa Press |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2007-05-01 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1587297612 |
This beautiful and comprehensive guide, many years in the making, is a manual for identifying the butterflies of Iowa as well as 90 percent of the butterflies in the Plains states. It begins by providing information on the natural communities of Iowa, paying special attention to butterfly habitat and distribution. Next come chapters on the history of lepidopteran research in Iowa and on creating butterfly gardens, followed by an intriguing series of questions and issues relevant to the study of butterflies in the state. The second part contains accounts, organized by family, for the 118 species known to occur in Iowa. Each account includes the common and scientific names for each species, its Opler and Warren number, its status in Iowa, adult flight times and number of broods per season, distinguishing features, distribution and habitat, and natural history information such as behavior and food plant preferences. As a special feature of each account, the authors have included questions that illuminate the research and conservation challenges for each species. In the third section, the illustrations, grouped for easier comparison among species, include color photographs of all the adult forms that occur in Iowa. Male and female as well as top and bottom views are shown for most species. The distribution maps indicate in which of Iowa’s ninety-nine counties specimens have been collected; flight times for each species are shown by marking the date of collection for each verified specimen on a yearly calendar. The book ends with a checklist, collection information specific to the photographs, a glossary, references, and an index. The authors’ meticulous attention to detail, stimulating questions for students and researchers, concern for habitat preservation, and joyful appreciation of the natural world make it a valuable and inspiring volume.
The Butterflies of Iowa
Title | The Butterflies of Iowa PDF eBook |
Author | Arthur Ward Lindsey |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1917 |
Genre | Butterflies |
ISBN |
Common Butterflies of Iowa
Title | Common Butterflies of Iowa PDF eBook |
Author | David R. Coyle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 20 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Butterflies |
ISBN |
An Annotated Checklist of the Butterflies of Iowa
Title | An Annotated Checklist of the Butterflies of Iowa PDF eBook |
Author | Michael C. Christenson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Butterflies |
ISBN |
Butterflies of Indiana
Title | Butterflies of Indiana PDF eBook |
Author | Jeffrey E. Belth |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0253009553 |
This field guide to Indiana's rich butterfly fauna covers all 149 species of butterflies and their close relatives, the skippers. Belth also offers an introduction to the natural history of butterflies --
Butterflies in Your Pocket
Title | Butterflies in Your Pocket PDF eBook |
Author | Steve Hendrix |
Publisher | Bureau Oak Guide |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780877458432 |
Provides common and scientific names, size, gender specific and seasonal representations, and habitats for 64 easily seen midwestern species of butterflies.
The Butterfly Effect
Title | The Butterfly Effect PDF eBook |
Author | Rachel Mans McKenny |
Publisher | Crooked Lane Books |
Pages | 336 |
Release | 2020-12-08 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1643855301 |
"A warm, winning debut from a talented new Midwestern voice." --J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest A Man Called Ove meets The Rosie Project in this "delightfully off-kilter" (Rachel Yoder, Nightbitch) tale of a grumpy introvert, her astonishing lack of social skills and empirical data-driven approach to people and relationships. Is there such a thing as an anti-social butterfly? If there were, Greta Oto would know about it--and totally relate. An entomologist, Greta far prefers the company of bugs to humans, and that's okay, because people don't seem to like her all that much anyway, with the exception of her twin brother, Danny, though they've recently had a falling out. So when she lands a research gig in the rainforest, she leaves it all behind. But when Greta learns that Danny has suffered an aneurysm and is now hospitalized, she abandons her research and hurries home to the middle of nowhere America to be there for her brother. But there's only so much she can do, and unfortunately just like insects, humans don't stay cooped up in their hives either--they buzz about and... socialize. Coming home means confronting all that she left behind, including her lousy soon-to-be sister-in-law, her estranged mother, and her ex-boyfriend Brandon who has conveniently found a new non-lab-exclusive partner with shiny hair, perfect teeth, and can actually remember the names of the people she meets right away. Being that Brandon runs the only butterfly conservatory in town, and her dissertation is now in jeopardy, taking that job, being back home, it's all creating chaos of Greta's perfectly catalogued and compartmentalized world. But real life is messy, and Greta will have to ask herself if she has the courage to open up for the people she loves, and for those who want to love her. The Butterfly Effect is an unconventional tale of self-discovery, navigating relationships, and how sometimes it takes stepping outside of our comfort zone to find what we need the most.