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WHAT IS A CATERPILLAR?

© 2020 University of Chicago Press

© 2020 University of Chicago Press

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. INTRODUCTION 6
  4. WHAT IS A CATERPILLAR? 10
  5. FROM EGGS TO PUPATION 14
  6. THE MIRACLE OF METAMORPHOSIS 18
  7. VORACIOUS EATERS 22
  8. CATERPILLAR DEFENSES 24
  9. CATERPILLARS AND PEOPLE 28
  10. RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION 32
  11. THE CATERPILLARS 35
  12. BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS 37
  13. MOTH CATERPILLARS 285
  14. APPENDICES 641
  15. GLOSSARY 642
  16. RESOURCES 645
  17. CLASSIFICATION of the LEPIDOPTERA 646
  18. INDEX by COMMON NAME 648
  19. INDEX by SCIENTIFIC NAME 651
  20. NOTES on CONTRIBUTORS 654
The Book of Caterpillars
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https://doi.org/10.7208/9780226287539-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 5
  3. INTRODUCTION 6
  4. WHAT IS A CATERPILLAR? 10
  5. FROM EGGS TO PUPATION 14
  6. THE MIRACLE OF METAMORPHOSIS 18
  7. VORACIOUS EATERS 22
  8. CATERPILLAR DEFENSES 24
  9. CATERPILLARS AND PEOPLE 28
  10. RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION 32
  11. THE CATERPILLARS 35
  12. BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS 37
  13. MOTH CATERPILLARS 285
  14. APPENDICES 641
  15. GLOSSARY 642
  16. RESOURCES 645
  17. CLASSIFICATION of the LEPIDOPTERA 646
  18. INDEX by COMMON NAME 648
  19. INDEX by SCIENTIFIC NAME 651
  20. NOTES on CONTRIBUTORS 654
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