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# Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America (Princeton Field Guides, 118)

**Brand:** jeffrey h skevingtonmichelle m. lockeandrew d. youngkevin moranwilliam j crinsstephen a. marshall
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- **What is this?** Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America (Princeton Field Guides, 118) by jeffrey h skevingtonmichelle m. lockeandrew d. youngkevin moranwilliam j crinsstephen a. marshall
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## Customer Reviews

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    A major achievement in insect field guides; but will be a bit of a learning curve for amatuers
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2019*

Outside of butterflies and odonates, there are very few truly comprehensive arthropod field guides that cover a significant number of species and/or a large region.  The sheer number of species and difficulties of differentiating species in the field (as opposed to in the hand) result in the vast majority of such guides omitting large numbers of species, limiting themselves to genus-level identification, or focusing exclusively on in-hand identification.So when a book such as this, which attempts to cover all 416 species of flower flies in northeastern North America, and provide species-level field identification information (to the extent feasible), it is a major event.  Is also very nice to see it in modern field guide format – with photos, range maps, and text all on the same page.  There are also useful icons indicating whether a species can be differentiated by observing in the field, requires a hand lens, or requires microscopic examination.However, here are some key points to note and areas where there is room for improvement:– The book is designed to be useful to the specialist as well as an amateur enthusiast, but seems to lean towards the former.  It is thick with references to technical anatomical terms.  There are four pages of detailed maps showing precisely what these terms refer to, but it would have been more useful if at least some of these were reproduced on the inside of the back or front covers, so they could be quickly located.  (The book instead has the same index of flower fly genera reproduced on both inside covers; while useful, I don't think the reader needs this on both covers).– Each fly is illustrated by multiple photos from different angles.  However, the majority of these are photos of deceased insects in collections.  This is understandable given that many species cannot be reliably identified in the field from photographs, but it also means that we can't tell in many cases what the living fly looks like from this book.– The introduction states that we "have laid out the book so that similar species appear together to facilitate flipping through the images in search of a match."  That is helpful, but it would have been more helpful to have some sort of quick visual index keyed to page numbers, so that one would not have to flip through the entire book trying to find a match.

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    An extremely valuable guide, and an excellent example
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2019*

I found this book almost by accident.  I am more used to calling these insects hover flies, so could have missed this guide which adopts the alternative name “flower flies.”  (The British guides for the same insects, by the same publisher, calls them “hover flies”!)  But by accident, I came across the listing on amazon for this book.This is a very well thought-out guide.  The authors have obviously given much thought to the needs of the amateur enthusiast.  I do not think that the guide is at all too technical: not for dealing with insects.  It is clearly illustrated, and conveniently organized.After examining my copy of this book for an hour or so, I decided to take a break and go outside to photograph insect visitors to the local wildflowers.  By chance I spotted a hover fly I had not seen before, and it stood still long enough for me to get three quick photographs.  I then went indoors,  and by looking through the new guide, was able to identify the genus, and determine which species I had seen — in about 15 minutes!  I know that my specimen was probably more distinctive and more easily identified than many of the species in the guide, but nonetheless I was very impressed.This guide is a masterpiece!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    The most comprehensive guide to flower flies published in North America.
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2019*

A few years ago I tried to publish this book with Indiana University Press. The authors are recognized experts on flower flies, and have done a fantastic job putting this highly illustrated field guide together. I’m so glad to see Princeton University Press supporting these kind of publications. With the climate crisis upon us, it is more important than ever to understand the complexity of our natural world. The production quality of this book fantastic.

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