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Butterflies and Moths

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Macmillan, Apr 14, 2001 - Nature - 160 pages
This Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press illustrates in full color 423 of the most common, widespread, important, or unusual North American species of Lepidoptera. Information includes:

How to identify butterflies and moths
How to attract, rear and preserve them for study
How to assist these fascinating insects in their struggle for survival

Plus range maps, a special emphasis on immature forms, and an inde of scientific names.
  

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User Review  - Benjamin Plume - Goodreads

Good companion to "Insects" and "Spiders and their kin." Read full review

Review: Butterflies and Moths

User Review  - Dad - Goodreads

This book is excellent for identifying and studying butterflies and moths. I have used this for school and hobby study of these denizens of the air. Read full review

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Contents

INTRODUCING LEPIDOPTERA
4
TRUE BUTTERFLIES
19
Swallowtails
20
Sulphurs and Whites
30
Brushfoots
38
Metalmarks
61
Snout Butterflies
62
Gossamerwings
63
The Prominents
132
Tussock Moths
136
Lasiocampids
138
Zanolids
139
Geometers
140
Bagworm Moths
144
Slug Caterpillar Moths
145
Plume Moths
146

SKIPPERS
74
MOTHS
81
Sphinx Moths
82
Giant Silkmoths
95
True Silkmoths
105
Regal Moths
106
Tiger Moths
110
Ctenucha Moths
117
Noctuid Moths
118
Carpenterworms
147
Snout Moths
148
Casebearers
150
Olethreutid Moths
151
Gelechiid Moths
152
Tineid Moths
153
SCIENTIFIC NAMES
154
INDEX
157
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About the author (2001)

Golden Guides first appeared in 1949 and quickly established themselves as authorities on subjects from Natural History to Science. Relaunched in 2000, Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press feature modern, new covers as part of a multi-year, million-dollar program to revise, update, and expand the complete line of guides for a new generation of students.

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