Butterflies Through Binoculars: Florida

Jeffrey Glassberg is Director of the Xerces Society and edits Oxford's popular Butterflies (and Others) through Binoculars series of field guides. Marc C. Minno is Co-editor of the News of the Lepidopterists' Society. John V. Calhoun is Research Associate at the Florida State Collection of Anthropods.

"[The Butterflies through Binoculars series] may do for butterflies what Tory Peterson's landmark handbooks did for birds in the 1930s."--The Village Voice"Butterfly enthusiasts, nature lovers and curious general readers will perhaps be surprised to learn that Florida's butterfly fauna is unique--and that, until the recent appearance of the book 'Butterflies through Binoculars,' there has been no adequate field guide for the butterflies of the region....[The guide] offers, with unprecedented detail, much information on flight times and abundances for each of five Florida subregions, including reports on 70localities to find butterflies."--Daily Times"If you want to explore the world of Florida butterflies, the ultimate field guide has arrived....This book provides more information in a single, compact volume than any nature guide I've ever owned. Read it, use it and enjoy it."--The Lakeland Ledger"Florida nature lovers can become butterfly experts with Butterflies Through Binoculars: A Field, Finding and Gardening Guide to Butterflies in Florida....The guide simplifies identification by illustrating only species found in Florida and using color photographs of live butterflies coupled with detailed range maps and identification data....Lastly, discussions of the foodplants for each species along with suggestions for attracting these species toone's garden make this work invaluable for all Florida gardeners interested in butterflies."--Florida Today"[The Butterflies through Binoculars series] may do for butterflies what Roger Tory Peterson's landmark handbooks did for birds in the 1930s."--The Village Voice