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SOFTCOVER  |  6" x 9"     
360 pages | full color 
​Published October 31, 2023 
A first-of-its-kind guide that showcases an incredibly diverse group of insects—the true bugs (Heteroptera)—and their connection with native plants. 

While most true bugs have a varied diet of plant and animal matter, many spend much of their lives on flowers and flowering plants. In addition, these lesser known, misunderstood, and often maligned insects provide essential ecological services such as pest control and pollination.

Highlighting their importance, this ground-breaking field guide provides a useful resource for citizen scientists and field biologists to study, identify, and appreciate true bugs in the Midwest.
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This flower bug guide includes:
  •  hundreds of photographs from dozens of families,
  •  tips on when and how to find these bugs, and
  •  their associated native flowering plants and habitats.
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SOFTCOVER  |  9" x 11"  | 420 pages  
full color  ​|  ISBN 9780991356348
Published October 27, 2022
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HARDCOVER  |  9" x 11"  | 416 pages  
full color  ​|  ISBN 9780991356317
Published February 15, 2021
WASPS  is the first full-color, illustrated guide featuring approximately 150 species of flower-visiting wasps that occur in eastern North America, and the specific native plants and habitat each species depends upon. Written with an ecological lens, this richly-illustrated book details wasp diversity and has full-page profiles for each wasp species that include identification tips, geographic range maps, biology, prey, natural history and habitat. 

Five introductory chapters cover wasp taxonomy, nesting biology, prey-hunting behaviors, diet, anatomy, as well as wasp habitat enhancement and management, and the ecosystem services provided by wasps—insect pest population control and pollination. Profiles of each wasp species comprise the major part of the book and are organized by family, showcasing twelve families and sixty-eight wasp genera. Also included are eastern North American regional native plant guides, tips on wasp observation, and over 1000 stunning photographs. 

​This is an essential book for conservationists, naturalists, insect enthusiasts, biologists, nature photographers, native plant aficionados, and anyone interested in beneficial insects and pollinators.

WINNER OF SEVEN BOOK AWARDS

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THE BUZZ ABOUT WASPS

​ISBN 9780991356300  |  6x9", 320 pp, full color  |  ​Published February 2014
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Pollinators of Native Plants​
A comprehensive book illustrating the specific relationships between native pollinators, beneficial insects, and native plants. Organized by plant communities, the book profiles over 65 perennial native plants of the Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeast and southern Canada and the pollinators, beneficial insects and flower visitors the plants attract.

With its easy-to-use format, the book provides the reader with information on how to attract, plant for and identify pollinators with native plants. Beautifully designed and illustrated with over 1600 photos of plants and insects, the book includes information on pollination, types of pollinators and beneficial insects, pollinator habitat and conservation, as well as pollinator landscape plans.

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Published April 20, 2021
​PAPERBACK  |  6.5" x 9.5"  | 240 pages  |  full color
​ISBN: 9780991356324 ​
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Not unlike the wealth of wildflowers which they help to pollinate, the flower flies display a rich variety of colors and forms from tiny ant-sized flies to large, brightly-colored mimics of wasps and hornets. For far too long, this colorful group of insects has been neglect. This new field guide corrects this oversight, revealing the marvelous diversity and natural history of these beneficial insects. 

​In addition to descriptions and color photographs for 138 species, included in the guide are keys to several complicated genera and a complete checklist for all the recorded species known to Minnesota. Learning about the common but commonly-overlooked flower flies in this  richly illustrated book may, quite possibly, change your view of flies forever.

Who is This Book For?
  • For gardeners who want a guide to some of the visitors to their  flowering plants
  • For farmers who want to firm up their knowledge of beneficial insects
  • For naturalists who want to explore another curious facet of nature

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Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide
​ISBN 9780991356355  |  10x8", 228 pp, full color
​Published February 2017
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Winner of Six Book Awards

A comprehensive guide illustrating the bees that occur in north-central and eastern United States and southern Canada and the native plants that support them.
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  • ​In-depth profiles of 27 bee genera covering the life cycles, habitats, diet, foraging behaviors, crops pollinated, nesting lifestyles, seasonality, and preferred native forage plants

  • 12 additional summary profiles for uncommon genera

  • Native plant library that includes 100 native trees, shrubs, and perennials that support bees in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast regions
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