Caterpillars in the Field and Garden: a Field Guide to the Butterfly Caterpillars of North America

With an emphasis on conservation and more than nine hundred full-color photographs, a comprehensive field guide furnishes all the information necessary for finding and identifying caterpillars, with information on key physical characteristics, habitats, and host plants and tips on butterfly gardening.;Contents; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION; DISTINGUISHING BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS FROM MOTH CATERPILLARS; HOW TO FIND BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS; IDENTIFYING CATERPILLARS; BUTTERFLY BIOLOGY; BUTTERFLY GARDENING; RAISING BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS; CONSERVATION; ABOUT THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS; PARTS OF A CATERPILLAR; RANGE MAP COLORS AND INFORMATION; SPECIES ACCOUNTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS; SWALLOWTAILS; WHITES AND YELLOWS; GOSSAMER-WINGS; METALMARKS; BRUSHFOOTS; SKIPPERS; MOTHS; Supplementary Text; Photo Locations and Credits; Organizations Concerned with Butterflies; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; H; I; L; M; O; P.