Books to identify beetles and insects of the Southwest and southern Arizona including Madera Canyon, Santa Rita, and Huachuca Mountains by Douglas D. Copeland.
BEETLES OF ARIZONA (mainly in Madera Canyon and the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson)
This book was published in January 2011 with 60 pages including 230 color photos of Beetles. Many insects have three views i.e., top, side and front. The book has two indexes. One is a species index with the scientific names and the other is a picture index with a top view of the insect and its corresponding page number in the book. There are directions for building a Live Beetle Viewer with two paper cups. Specific areas are noted for the collection location of each beetle and most are in Madera Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson.
The book is self-published and printed on high quality paper; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2; wire coil binding. The price is $19.00.
BEETLES OF CALIFORNIA'S IMPERIAL SAND DUNES
This book was published in 2008 with 42 pages including color photos and two maps. Many of the huge number of beetles found in this area (one of the largest sand dunes in North America) are pictured in this book. Representatives of 20 families are shown, with scientific name and size in length. Many habitat photos are included.
The authors have spent many years collecting in the Algodones habitat of the dunes. Self-published; wire coil binding; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2". The price is $15.00.
INSECTS OF THE SOUTHWEST (mainly in southern Arizona, Madera Canyon and the Santa Rita Mountain south of Tucson)
This book was published in 2010 with 130 pages including 1,055 color photos. This book is a visual identification guide to 33 dragonflies, 593 beetles, 140 butterflies (with dorsal and ventral wing views), 220 moths, 18 Diptera, 21 Hemiptera, and 22 Orthoptera of the region. Scientific names and common names (when known) are listed under each photo. Family names and size are provided for beetles, moths and butterflies. A checklist including scientific name, common name (when known), family name and page number is provided. This edition contains four pages of graphs showing the number of species in each family in the Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, with specific charts for Box Canyon, Florida Canyon, Madera Canyon and Gardner Canyon. Wire coil binding; printed on high quality paper; self-published; 5-1/2 x 8-1/2".The price is $25.00.