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Index of Subjects --001a11c3f6048753f204fd36312a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I just received my copy of this book. It's beautifully laid out with great photography. There are introductory chapters on anatomy, capture techniques (including ethics) and more. There is a *pictorial* key to common beetle families. Pictorial keys are a lot more work to create, but tonnes easier to use. From just flipping through, it looks like one species per genus of beetles is illustrated...I have not gone through the whole book though to see if that's consistent. But wait! I just checked one of my favourite families, the Silphidae (Carrion Beetles) and there are six Burying Beetles (genus *Nicrophorus*) illustrated; it must be a favourite of the author as well! The only critique I have is that the References section is "Selected References". I realize that a full References section for a book this size would count in the many hundreds, likely over a thousand references, but none-the-less, it would have been nice. _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. On 13 June 2014 09:58, David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hello: > This may be of interest to some. > http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2014/06/12/first-rate-new- > book-beetles-of-eastern-north-america > > YT, DW > --001a11c3f6048753f204fd36312a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I just received my copy of this book. It's beautifully= laid out with great photography. There are introductory chapters on anatom= y, capture techniques (including ethics) and more. There is a <i>pictorial<= /i>=C2=A0key to common beetle families. Pictorial keys are a lot more work = to create, but tonnes easier to use. From just flipping through, it looks l= ike one species per genus of beetles is illustrated...I have not gone throu= gh the whole book though to see if that's consistent. But wait! I just = checked one of my favourite families, the Silphidae (Carrion Beetles) and t= here are six Burying Beetles (genus <i>Nicrophorus</i>) illustrated; it mus= t be a favourite of the author as well!<div> <br></div><div>The only critique I have is that the References section is &= quot;Selected References". I realize that a full References section fo= r a book this size would count in the many hundreds, likely over a thousand= references, but none-the-less, it would have been nice.<br> <div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div>_________________________= ________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.</di= v> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 13 June 2014 09:58, David & Aliso= n Webster <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:dwebster@glinx.com" targe= t=3D"_blank">dwebster@glinx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> Hello:<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0This may be of interest to some.<br> <a href=3D"http://blog.wildaboutants.com/2014/06/12/first-rate-new-book-bee= tles-of-eastern-north-america" target=3D"_blank">http://blog.wildaboutants.= com/<u></u>2014/06/12/first-rate-new-<u></u>book-beetles-of-eastern-north-<= u></u>america</a><br> <br> YT, DW <br> </blockquote></div><br></div></div></div> --001a11c3f6048753f204fd36312a--
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