National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies: North AmericaThe most comprehensive field guide available to North American butterflies--a must-have for any enthusiast's day pack or home library--from the go-to reference source for over 18 million nature lovers. The National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies is an easy-to-use, essential guide to all true butterflies, the most common skippers, and many migrants and strays. It features a durable vinyl biding, color plates visually arranged by shape and color, and thumb-tab silhouettes for quick and easy identification of butterflies in the field. The species account for each butterfly provides measurements, descriptions of each stage of the life cycle, and information on coloring or distinguishing markings, flight period, habitat, and range. |
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Page 543
... caterpillars feed only on violets , and longwing fritillaries ( Agraulis ) , whose caterpillars eat passion flowers . The caterpillars of the Variegated Fritillary thrive on both plants . 599 Mexican Fritillary ( Euptoieta hegesia ) ...
... caterpillars feed only on violets , and longwing fritillaries ( Agraulis ) , whose caterpillars eat passion flowers . The caterpillars of the Variegated Fritillary thrive on both plants . 599 Mexican Fritillary ( Euptoieta hegesia ) ...
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... caterpillars feed on agave ( Agave chrysantha ) . Strictly limited to Arizona canyons , adults fly from September through November . In the same range , the smaller Amole Giant Skipper ( A. polingi ) is mostly orange above , with brown ...
... caterpillars feed on agave ( Agave chrysantha ) . Strictly limited to Arizona canyons , adults fly from September through November . In the same range , the smaller Amole Giant Skipper ( A. polingi ) is mostly orange above , with brown ...
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... caterpillars feed on lecheguilla ( Agave lecheguilla ) . Adults fly from September to October . 237 Yucca Giant Skipper ( Megathymus yuccae ) Description : 2-28 " ( 51-73 mm ) . Black above with yellow rays outward from bases and cloudy ...
... caterpillars feed on lecheguilla ( Agave lecheguilla ) . Adults fly from September to October . 237 Yucca Giant Skipper ( Megathymus yuccae ) Description : 2-28 " ( 51-73 mm ) . Black above with yellow rays outward from bases and cloudy ...
Contents
Introduction | 11 |
How to Use This Guide | 31 |
Swallowtails and Parnassians | 321 |
Copyright | |
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National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1981 |
National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies: North America National Audubon Society No preview available - 1981 |
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Adults Alpine Arctic areas Arizona Baja California base black spots blue border bright British Columbia brood in North butterflies canyons Caterpillar caterpillars feed cell spot Checkerspot Chrysalis color Colorado Copper costa cream-colored Crescentspot Cycle dark brown darker Description desert disk Dun Skipper Duskywing east edges Elfin eyespots female Flight Florida flowers forests fringes Fritillary FW and HW FW cell FW tip Giant Skipper grasses Poaceae gray Gray Hairstreak gray-brown Green Hairstreak Habitat Hackberry hind wing HW margin HW spots lacks legumes lighter male markings Mature caterpillar meadows Metalmark Mexico mottled mountains Nevada northern orange spot outer overwinters paler patches pine Pipevine Swallowtail Poaceae populations postmedian prominent Range reddish Roadside Skipper Rockies Satyr sexes Sierra Nevada silver Similar Species spot band spots on HW stigma stripes submarginal Sulphur Swallowtail tail take nectar tawny tawny-orange Texas tropical upperside usually veins white spots whitish woodlands yellow spots yellowish