Southwest Butterflies & Pollinators: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species

Colorful insects like butterflies and bees tend to get most of the attention among pollinators, yet not to be forgotten are bats and hummingbirds. In the American Southwest, hummingbird diversity is especially rich, while the Mexican Long-nose Bat is a diligent nocturnal pollinator. Throughout this vast region’s deserts, canyons, and alpine forests are also legions of bees, butterflies, moths, wasps, flies, and beetles. This diverse assortment of animals collectively plays essential ecologi...