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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 24, 2021 15:43:39 GMT -8
What was the very first insect book you ever had? For me, I think it was most likely the "Golden Exploring Earth Book - Insects", published in 1975. It has many remarkably detailed hand-drawn illustrations, and I'm quite sure it had a major influence on me in my earliest years -   |
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Post by leptraps on Jan 24, 2021 16:21:12 GMT -8
Zim's Golden Nature Guide.
Klotts Butterflies of the Eastern USA.
Holland's Butterfly Book 1889 edition
Holland's Moth Book 1926(?) edition
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Post by kevinkk on Jan 24, 2021 16:33:35 GMT -8
I'm not sure.
Maybe the How and Why Wonder book, all my originals are long gone, but I bought the ones I remember having on Ebay and they're in my library
One of the Golden Guide series would've been something I'd have had.
They didn't help you much with location though, I live in Oregon and was always looking for luna moths in my Grandparents walnut orchard.
I never found one.
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 24, 2021 16:58:16 GMT -8
Probably every insect enthusiast in the US for nearly the past 70 years has (or has had) Zim's Golden Guide to Insects - it's a classic. First published in 1951, and likely still being printed to this day, with only minor revision needed! Yes - I also had the How and Why Wonder Book on insects long ago, which somehow got lost somewhere along the way, and I too eventually picked up another copy from an online seller. There was also a H&W book specifically about Lepidoptera -  Holland's Moth Book 1926(?) editionI don't have that one, but I do seem to recall having seen it (probably a later edition) in a library at some point. |
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Post by 58chevy on Jan 24, 2021 18:40:15 GMT -8
I had Zim's Golden Nature Guide and Holland's books (Butterflies, Moths, Insects). Holland's books (the entire Nature Library, 1903 edition) belonged to my grandfather. He had 2 complete sets. One went to my uncle, the other to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 18:49:57 GMT -8
Zim's Golden Nature Guide. Klotts Butterflies of the Eastern USA. Holland's Butterfly Book 1889 edition Holland's Moth Book 1926(?) edition Me too. |
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 24, 2021 19:05:41 GMT -8
I don't have any of Holland's books, though I might have seen one or more of them, years ago. The oldest entomological book I have is Comstock's "A Manual for the Study of Insects" (original 1895 edition). The majority of my insect books date from 1960 to the present.
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Post by bobw on Jan 25, 2021 1:35:05 GMT -8
For those Brits among us, I'm sure I'm not alone in starting with the Observers' book of butterflies. However, the first really good book I got was E.B. Ford's "Butterflies".
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Post by jhyatt on Jan 25, 2021 6:47:43 GMT -8
My first was the original edition of Klots, then came Weed's "How to know the Butterflies", then a
ratty old Holland for about 25 cents from a used book store. Still have them all, I believe.
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 25, 2021 11:46:53 GMT -8
My first was the How and Why wonder book of Bees and Ants (age 6 or 7). Followed by the Butterflies & Moths copy and finally the Insects copy. Next up, was Zim's golden nature guides of Insects and the accompanying Butterflies / Moths edition (age 8 on up).
When I was 12 or 13 I found a re-printed version of Holland's moth book (which took my breath away).
Within a year of that Paul Smarts grand book Butterflies of the World came out (1975) and I was "enraptured"
and full-on committed to this passion of all things six-legged...
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Post by mikeh on Jan 25, 2021 13:30:02 GMT -8
My first one was the old Peterson Field Guide for Insects
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 25, 2021 13:37:29 GMT -8
My first was the How and Why wonder book of Bees and Ants (age 6 or 7). Followed by the Butterflies & Moths copy and finally the Insects copy. Next up, was Zim's golden nature guides of Insects and the accompanying Butterflies / Moths edition (age 8 on up). When I was 12 or 13 I found a re-printed version of Holland's moth book (which took my breath away). Within a year of that Paul Smarts grand book Butterflies of the World came out (1975) and I was "enraptured" and full-on committed to this passion of all things six-legged... In regard to butterflies, Smart's book likely had a greater influence on me than any other. That, and H. L. Lewis's book from 1973. |
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Post by livingplanet3 on Jan 26, 2021 15:30:31 GMT -8
One of the heaviest (392 pp.) insect books I have - "Insects of the World" (1972), written and illustrated by Walter Linsenmaier -   |
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 26, 2021 22:58:36 GMT -8
Think of this next story in the (Irish): Well, when I was a wee lad and chas'in around butterflies with me net in one hand and me sack of collecting bottles hang'in off me other shoulder; there just wasn't room to carry me field guide. Nonetheless, I always had me "Encyclopedia of Insects" in me shirt pocket for all those necessary identifications -- don't ya' know... So here is my book.  O'h, it told me ALL kinds of neat facts about insects...  And, the best part about it was I got it free with a nominal purchase...  Yep, just buy yourself a box of "cracker jacks" at the five and dime (store) and wonders like this could be found inside the box ! That's me story... |
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Post by yorky on Jan 27, 2021 8:18:28 GMT -8
Like Bob it was the observers book of butterflies for me, it was the only guide I have ever had for spreading/setting techniques, the rest I have taught myself.
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