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Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
Author: John Himmelman
Binding: Paperback
Published: November, 2002
ISBN: 0892725281
$13.27
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Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard
by: John Himmelman
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
The Jewels of the Night:
Moths generally get bad press. We think of clothes moths, tomato hornworm moths, cutworms, armyworms, bollworms, codling moths and the like before we think of io moths, luna moths, underwings or tiger moths. Butterflies, their daytime cousins (although as Himmelman points out there are a fair number of day-flying moths) are much more loved and studied.
John Himmelman, in writing "Discovering Moths: Nighttime Jewels in Your Own Backyard," has done much to redress this imbalance. His drawings and excellent... more info
Fantastic overview:
I'm new to learning about moths and was overwhelmed by some ofthe more techical id books - this one gives a terrific overview of the different families with beautiful pictures and drawings. There's even some moth poetry sprinkled in. There are chapters on moths through the seasons, history of moth study/people who have been key in id, moths during the day versus night, raising moths, and more. I just love it - just the intro I needed to be able to approach some of the other books with more of a grounding.... more info
I discovered moths!:
As an avid butterfly watcher and birder, I couldn't help but notice the occasional moth while on my forays. I always found them interesting, and even picked up an old field guide to begin to learn them. While doing an internet search for moths, I discovered Mr. Himmelman's book and ordered it.
It arrived in the morning and by early evening I had read it cover to cover! Good thing it was a Saturday - Wow! While the topic is of moths, Himmelman could have been writing about any creature. His curiosity is... more info
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