"This is a field guide to Texas insects (though virtually all of the species described also appear in a neighboring state). The format targets users of field guides who want to begin with pictures and the most basic identifying information, but it also maximizes the number of species that can be covered in book form. With more than 25,000 species of insects in Texas, no guide can be comprehensive, but the Abbotts have included nearly 1,300 species (and 2,700 photos)"--