For amateur and experienced naturalists, Evans (entomology, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, and recent invertebrates, Virginia Museum of Natural History) offers a field guide that features about 940 North American insects, spiders, and related species, including ticks, mites, scorpions, millipedes, butterflies, moths, and crustaceans, found in terrestrial and freshwater habitats, both native and exotic. Approximately 1,600 close-up color photos accompany text and captions relating to measurements, range, identification, habitat, and features. Species are grouped within families and in sections divided into order, subclass, class, and subphylum. Introductions to numbers of species, physical characteristics, natural history, reproduction, and development are provided. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)