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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Book of Texas moths
  name:
    name part: Clark, Gary
    name part: 1943-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Clark, Kathy Adams
    name part: 1955-
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Tveten, John L.
    role:
      role term: photographer (expression)
  type of resource: text
  genre: handbook
  genre: biography
  genre: handbooks.
  genre: Handbooks and manuals.
  genre: Biographies.
  genre: Guides et manuels.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2025
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: 288 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
  abstract: "How often do we pass by moths under a porch light or fluttering under a streetlamp without giving them a second glance? Yet moths, far more plentiful than butterflies, with their intricate patterns and curious coloration, often emerge as beautiful as butterflies. Book of Texas Moths is based on the original field work of distinguished Texas naturalist, author, and photographer John Tveten (1934-2009), whose work stands as testament to what a person can discover by careful and systemic observation of the natural world. Beginning in 1978 until his death in 2009, Tveten kept meticulous field notes about nearly every bird, butterfly, mammal, reptile, dragonfly, and moth he encountered, using a form designed by his wife, Gloria, who shared his enthusiasm for documenting wildlife. In addition to careful field notes detailing the when, where, and what of moth observations, Tveten's entries were linked to corresponding photographs of the moths in various stages of their life cycles. He planned to shape all of this information into a book to be called Butterflies of the Night. After his passing, nature writers Gary and Kathy Adams Clark, close friends and proteges of John and Gloria Tveten, set out to transcribe and publish his field notes alongside the corresponding photographs. Remaining faithful to John's original research, this manuscript presents Tveten's careful documentation on the distribution, history, and identification of 100 Texas moth species, while incorporating his descriptive phrases into as many species accounts as possible. It is not intended as a field guide; rather, Book of Texas Moths takes readers into the mind of a disciplined naturalist as he conducted important original research."--
  table of contents: Introduction: The life of John Tveten -- All about moths -- Moths -- Glossary -- Index.
  note: Gary Clark and Kathy Adams Clark ; photography by John Tveten.
  note: Includes index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-tx
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Tveten, John L
  subject:
    topic: Moths
    geographic: Texas
    topic: Identification
  subject:
    topic: Moths
    geographic: Texas
    genre: Pictorial works
  subject:
    topic: Naturalists
    geographic: Texas
    genre: Biography
  subject:
    topic: Moths
    topic: Research
  subject:
    topic: Nature observation
  subject:
    topic: Papillons nocturnes
    geographic: Texas
    genre: Ouvrages illustrés
  subject:
    topic: Naturalistes
    geographic: Texas
    genre: Biographies
  subject:
    topic: Papillons nocturnes
    topic: Recherche
  subject:
    topic: Nature
    topic: Observation
  subject:
    topic: NATURE / Animals / Butterflies & Moths
  subject:
    topic: NATURE / Reference
  classification: QL551.T4 C53 2025
  classification: 595.7809764
  classification: NAT005000 NAT027000
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    title info:
      title: Book of Texas moths
    name:
      name part: Clark, Gary, 1943-
    origin info:
      publisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2025
      edition: First edition.
    identifier: (DLC) 2024054297
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  identifier: 9781648432361
  identifier: 1648432360
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  record info:
    record content source: TXA/DLC
    record creation date: 241121
    record change date: 20250825203727.3
    record identifier: in00005661640
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng