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