Butterfly & MothFull-color photos. "This unique book offers much more than beautiful insect photographs. Not only are the large and extra-large 4-color plates of highest quality, but they are used to illustrate butterfly and moth life cycles, behavior, migration, anatomy, feeding, mimicry, silk production, rearing, and much more. An impressive, informative book, yet inexpensive. Highly recommended as a major single source that beautifully illustrates the biology and diversity of butterflies and moths."--(starred) "Science Books & Films." |
Contents
Contents | 6 |
An emerging caterpillar Giant Purple Emperor | 14 |
An emerging butterfly 50 Migration and hibernation | 26 |
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19th-century abdomen Adult butterflies Africa areas Australia beautiful birds body brightly colored brown butterflies and moths butterfly or moth butterfly's camouflage caterpillar caterpillars feed Central chrysalis cocoon collectors Comma Common Sailer cycle day-flyers Death's-head Hawkmoth distasteful Dot moth Eggfly eggs emerge Europe & Asia European eyespots female flight flowers food plant forewings Fritillary habitat Hairstreak Hawkmoth head Heliconius Heliconius erato Hermit butterfly hibernate hind wings Indian Moon moth insects Labial palp leaves legs Lepidoptera live long tails look male migrate mimic Moon moth moth caterpillar moth's moths fly mountain Noctuid Noctuid moth North America Nymphalid Oak Silk moth Owl butterfly Papilio poisonous Postman butterfly proboscis protect pupa pupate rain forest rest Saturniid scales scent shape Silk moth silken silkworm skin species of butterfly spin spinneret spot stage survive Swallowtail butterfly Taenaris temperate moths thorax thread trees tropical twig underside upperside wasp wing pattern wing veins winter woodland