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This book includes:
A guide presenting 40 species (30 diurnal, 10 nocturnal), with, for each:
- - a text including a general presentation of the species, description and biology of the butterfly and its caterpillar.
- - a “technical” sheet mentioning scientific name, family, dimensions of the butterfly and the caterpillar, status and frequency, main habitats, period of visibility of the butterfly and the caterpillar.
- - a color photograph of the butterfly.
- - a colored drawing of the caterpillar, and, for certain species, another aspect of the butterfly.
A field notebook including:
- How to observe and recognize butterflies and their caterpillars. - how to sketch a butterfly.
- How to Photograph Butterflies and Caterpillars - Butterfly Watching Calendar.
- Caterpillar observation calendar.
- Observation notebook.
Authors' biography:
An amateur entomologist specializing in earwigs, former attaché at the entomology laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History, Vincent Albouy is a passionate naturalist who has already published numerous books on insects, birds, the discovery of nature and natural gardening, intended for children or the general public. Involved since adolescence in the associative movement for the protection of nature, he is currently honorary president of the Office for Insects and their Environment (OPIE).
A long-time member of OPIE (Office for Insects and their Environment), Lucas Baliteau founded the OPIE Midi-Pyrénées delegation in 2007, of which he is now the honorary president. He works at Micropolis, the city of insects in Aveyron. For the past ten years, he has been inventorying the butterflies of our territories and regularly publishes scientific articles and articles intended for the general public. He is the author of Tous lesinsectes du monde (published by Milan jeunesse).