Insects Through the Seasons

Insects Through the Seasons
Author: Gilbert Waldbauer
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1998
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780674454897

Tells the success story of insects, discussing how the nearly one million known species have managed to survive and thrive in the varying climates and conditions of the earth, focusing on the cecropia moth as a basis for comparison.

Not a Buzz to Be Found

Not a Buzz to Be Found
Author: Linda Glaser
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2011-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761380426

Buzz! Zip! Zoom! When the weather is warm, insects are everywhere. But what do they do in winter? Honeybees huddle in their hive. Monarch butterflies fly south. Woolly bear caterpillars hide under leaves and snow. This book shows what twelve different insects do to survive winter's chill.

BugWater

BugWater
Author: Arlen Read Thomason
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0811705056

Bugwater is that soggy place inhabited by creepy, crawly, hopping, flying, wriggling creatures we call, if imprecisely, bugs. Organized around the seasons, BugWater follows the bugs and the trout through their life cycles from spring through winter. Thomason's stunningly striking photos and fascinating narratives show off the bugs up close, in amazing detail. With the author's insights as both a scientist and fly fisher and his expertise as a photographer, this book delivers solid content all fly fisher's can learn from. Covers all popular trout foods--mayflies, caddis, stoneflies, midges Startling, spectacular photos of the bugs up close

Bugs and Bugsicles

Bugs and Bugsicles
Author: Amy S. Hansen
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1590787633

Every fall, insects disappear. And every spring, they return. Where do they go? The author and illustrator re-create the insects' movements and reveal their secrets.

Songbird Journeys

Songbird Journeys
Author: Miyoko Chu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2007-05-01
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0802715184

Explores the remarkable lives of migratory birds and answers such questions about songbirds as where do they go, how do they get there, and what do they do in the places that they inhabit throughout the year.

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects

Simon and Schuster's Guide to Insects
Author: Ross H. Arnett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1981
Genre: Insects
ISBN: 0671250140

An ... field guide to 350 species, with more than 1000 ... full-color illustrations.

The Art of Migration

The Art of Migration
Author: Peggy Macnamara
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-07
Genre: Art
ISBN: 022604629X

Tiny ruby-throated hummingbirds weighing less than a nickel fly from the upper Midwest to Costa Rica every fall, crossing the six-hundred-mile Gulf of Mexico without a single stop. One of the many creatures that commute on the Mississippi Flyway as part of an annual migration, they pass along Chicago’s lakefront and through midwestern backyards on a path used by their species for millennia. This magnificent migrational dance takes place every year in Chicagoland, yet it is often missed by the region’s two-legged residents. The Art of Migration uncovers these extraordinary patterns that play out over the seasons. Readers are introduced to over two hundred of the birds and insects that traverse regions from the edge of Lake Superior to Lake Michigan and to the rivers that flow into the Mississippi. As the only artist in residence at the Field Museum, Peggy Macnamara has a unique vantage point for studying these patterns and capturing their distinctive traits. Her magnificent watercolor illustrations capture flocks, movement, and species-specific details. The illustrations are accompanied by text from museum staff and include details such as natural histories, notable features for identification, behavior, and how species have adapted to environmental changes. The book follows a gentle seasonal sequence and includes chapters on studying migration, artist’s notes on illustrating wildlife, and tips on the best ways to watch for birds and insects in the Chicago area. A perfect balance of science and art, The Art of Migration will prompt us to marvel anew at the remarkable spectacle going on around us.

Land, Weather, Seasons, Insects

Land, Weather, Seasons, Insects
Author: Dennis L. Merritt
Publisher: Fisher King Press
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2013
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1926715454

The Dairy Farmer's Guide to the Universe Volume IV explores the environment, with the Midwest as an example, using traditional Jungian and Hillmanian approaches to deepen our connection with the land, the seasons, and insects. The Dalai Lama said how we relate to insects is very important for what it reveals much about a culture's relationship with the psyche and nature. . .” I had several Big Dreams in my last year of training at the Jung Institute in Zurich, including a single image dream of a typical Wisconsin pasture or meadow scene. This was the most beautiful landscape I have ever seen because it shown with an inner light, what Jung called a numinous or sacred dream. Since returning to Wisconsin I have let the mystery and power of that dream inspire me to learn and experience as much as possible about the land and the seasons of the upper Midwest, a process of turning a landscape into a soulscape. The means of doing this are presented in Land, Weather, Seasons, Insects: An Archetypal View, volume IV of The Dairy Farmer's Guide to the Universe-Jung, Hermes, and Ecopsychology. This involves the use of science, myths, symbols, dreams, Native American spirituality, imaginal psychology and the I Ching. It is an approach that can be used to develop a deep connection with any landscape, meeting one of the goals of ecopsychology. Carl Sagan believed that unless we can re-establish a sense of the sacred about the earth, the forces leading to its destruction will be too powerful to avert." —Dennis L. Merritt Front Cover: A Monarch butterfly on 'Buddleia' in Olbrich Gardens, Madison, Wisconsin. This "King of the Butterflies" is probably the best known of the North American butterflies and is the chosen image for the Entomological Society of America. The caterpillar feeds on the lowly milkweed, genius 'Asclepias, ' named after the Greek god of healing. The plant and the insect are toxic to most organisms. The insect is known for its uniquely long and complicated migrations. Photo by Chuck Heikkinen.

Nature All Around: Bugs

Nature All Around: Bugs
Author: Pamela Hickman
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1525303724

A fascinating introduction to the bugs all around us. There are twice as many insects in the world as all other animals combined. They’re everywhere … if we know where to look! This beautifully illustrated book introduces young readers to ants, honeybees, dragonflies and more! It covers their basic body parts, life cycles and habitats. It explains which bugs can be found in each of the four seasons, and where. And it includes a beginner’s bug-watching guide with a series of questions to help kids identify insects in their communities. New and longtime insect-watchers will be buzzing for this one!