A guide to spectacular, weird, and commonly encountered insects of the Amazon basin. Geared for the traveler, this handy book features 200 color photographs. Each species gets a handsome portrait, and accompanying text, including a brief description in Spanish. The diversity of bugs, butterflies, katydids, leafhoppers, ants, bees, spiders and other brilliantly colored and camouflaged species in the Amazon basin is astounding. This book presents some personal favorites of the author, and it's quite a bestiary.  (AMZ63, $20.00)

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