starwatcher wrote on Dec 21^st, 2012 at 4:44pm:

Reference: Here's the Peterson insect guide for leafhoppers, Family Cicdellidae, same as Cidadas, but only 20 times smaller. starwatcher

This post indicates a good way to take a light weight field guild with you on trips (as long as you have a little time and a digital camera with a usable sized viewing screen...with a zoom feature).

Take close-up pictures of individual pages from the field guild (pre-trip).  When you want to look something up, just swap out your picture taking card with the "field guild" card and scan for the topic of interest.  Tip:  You might want to take a set of spare batteries because you are likely to use your camera more.

I've used this technique for a variety of things for trips, including spare maps, menus, recipes, picto descriptions, etc.  The extra cards weigh nothing!  Think of it as your pre-trip digital nopepad.

BTW: With a little technical knowledge, you can just download images from your computer to the card directly without taking pictures, but this is not always straight forward.

But, if you are already a Kindle person ... problem solved!

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