Butterflies Author:David Badger The great beauties of the insect world, butterflies have inspired poets, gardeners, scientists, and engineers with their vibrant colors, dizzying patterns, iridescent wing scales, compound eyes, and amazing metamorphosis from crawling caterpillars to winged wonders. Featuring 120 striking color photographs by Brian Kenney and enlightening text b... more »y David Badger, this book presents a natural and cultural history of these ephemeral creatures from the order Lepidoptera. Butterflies highlights 40 of the most fascinating butterfly species from around the world, including painted ladies, blue crackers, long-tailed skippers, Southern dogfaces, American snouts, Guatamalan satyrs, ruddy daggerwings, and shoemakers. The book also offers an introduction to physical characteristics and behavior, butterfly-human relations, conservation, and the art of photographing butterflies. Gorgeously illustrated and written in accessible and engaging prose, this guide is a must for butterfly enthusiastsand for anyone who cherishes the splendors of the natural world.« less