Overall decent field guide to have while camping, researching or just to store in your library for reference. The information is a little imbalanced, almost showing favoritism to certain animals over the rest. For example- there are almost 30 pages on snakes (including NON-venomous ones?) and a meager 16 pages on invertebrates, including only 1 scorpion. There are over 70 species of scorpions in the United States alone. I think this can serve as a handy first guide to someone looking for this kind of information to consult. A heavy handed amount of text and some decent textbook style BW illustrations to compliment the color photos. ( )

great illustrations, color plates, descriptions.