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Among beetles, tiger beetles are some of the favourites of nature-loving people. Large, active, and colourful, tiger beetles are as watchable as birds, and easily as fascinating. Well-loved naturalist John Acorn offers a fun and fascinating look at some of Alberta's smaller citizens.

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Well known for his television series Acorn: The Nature Nut , the author draws on his experience to give us a colorful and informative examination of tiger beetles, masterfully expelling scientific jargon along the way and replacing it with more user-friendly terminology... Overall, Tiger Beetles of Alberta is an engaging, reasonably priced book aimed at non-professionals. -- Great Plains Research Vol 13 No. 2, 2003. If you think you've permanently turned off your interest in bugs and beetles, Acorn's book might be the one to turn it back on. Susan Jones, St. Albert Gazette Once you read Acorn's book and look at his photos of these creatures, you might find yourself developing a liking for their jeweled beauty. You may begin to worry that somewhere, in your bug-hating past, you inadvertently stepped on a tiger beetle. Something about this bug book creeps up on the reader. Read it to the end, or at least look at all the photos, and you'll find it impossible not to look at beetles in a new way. Susan Jones, St. Albert Gazette I suggest that every entomologist who has fond memories of entomology field trips to do things you just couldn't explain to your grandmother will enjoy reading this book. And, for every author that wants to write for a broad public, keep an eye on this title. Clearly, I loved it as much as literature as for the entomological aspects. Michael A. Ivie, Department of Entomology, Montana State University, in American Entomologist (Full review at http://www.entsoc.org/pubs/book reviews/tiger_beetles_of_alberta.htm) I have read and reread (Acorn's) Tiger Beetles of Alberta, used it in my classes, and carried it with me in the field. It is well written and illustrated, and it packs an enormous amount of information...Tiger Beetles is the best field guide since the first Peterson's Field Guide to the Birds... Dr. Gene Kritsky, Curator of Entomology, Cincinnati Museum Center Those familiar with John Acorn's PBS series will find his special brand of humor distributed throughout this book, and those not familiar with the series are in for a special treat. But this does not detract from a terrific treatment of the tiger beetle fauna of west-central Canada..This book will appeal to the novice, but will prove equally useful to anyone interested in North American tiger beetles, from undergraduates to research scientists. All levels. P.K. Lago, University of Mississippi, Choice This book is a work of art in the truest and nicest sense of the phrase. Dr. Felix Sperling What a book! Now we can really identify all the tiger beetles we find. Barb Beck I am a bug voyeur...So as I settled into Acorn's tiger beetles field guide, I felt only envy. Not only does he get to watch bugs for a living, he does it in some of my favourite places, like the Milk River Valley and the Drumheller badlands...I hope...that his plan to make this volume the first of a series on Alberta's insects comes to fruition. Joyce Hildebrand, Encompass Magazine

Well known for his television series Acorn: The Nature Nut , the author draws on his experience to give us a colorful and informative examination of tiger beetles, masterfully expelling scientific jargon along the way and replacing it with more user-friendly terminology... Overall, Tiger Beetles of Alberta is an engaging, reasonably priced book aimed at non-professionals. -- Great Plains Research Vol 13 No. 2, 2003.

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John Acorn is a writer, broadcaster and entomologist. He lives in Edmonton with his wife Dena and son Jesse.

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