Butterflies of New England

by Weber, Larry

• ISBN13: 9780967379326
• ISBN10: 0967379326
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-01
• Publisher: Kollath-Stensaas Publishing

Summary

This is your guide to more than 60 common butterflies of New England. Book features include easy-to-use red bar phenograms, a phenology flight chart, habitat guide and binocular buying guide. The innovative format makes field identification a snap!

Table of Contents

What is a Butterfly?	1	(2)
Behavior of the ``Flutter-Bys''	3	(3)
Butterfly Biology 101	6	(2)
Butterfly Observation	8	(3)
How to Use this Field Guide	11	(5)
Swallowtails	16	(6)
Black Swallowtail	18	(1)
Spicebush Swallowtail	18	(2)
Canadian Tiger Swallowtail	20	(1)
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	20	(2)
Whites & Sulphurs	22	(12)
Mustard White	24	(2)
Cabbage White	26	(2)
Clouded Sulphur	28	(2)
Orange Sulphur	30	(2)
Pink-edged Sulphur	32	(2)
Coppers, Hairstreaks & Blues	34	(24)
American Copper	36	(2)
Bronze Copper	38	(2)
Bog Copper	40	(2)
Brown Elfin	42	(2)
Acadian Hairstreak	44	(2)
Coral Hairstreak	46	(2)
Edwards' Hairstreak	48	(2)
Banded Hairstreak	50	(2)
Eastern Tailed-Blue	52	(2)
Spring Azure	54	(2)
Silvery Blue	56	(2)
Brushfoots	58	(62)
Great Spangled Fritillary	62	(2)
Aphrodite Fritillary	64	(2)
Atlantis Fritillary	66	(2)
Bog Fritillary	68	(2)
Silver-bordered Fritillary	70	(2)
Meadow Fritillary	72	(2)
Silvery Checkerspot	74	(2)
Harris' Checkerspot	76	(2)
Baltimore Checkerspot	78	(2)
Northern Crescent	80	(2)
Question Mark	82	(2)
Eastern Comma	84	(2)
Green Comma	86	(2)
Gray Comma	88	(2)
Compton Tortoiseshell	90	(2)
Milbert's Tortoiseshell	92	(2)
Mourning Cloak	94	(2)
American Lady	96	(2)
Painted Lady	98	(2)
Red Admiral	100	(2)
White Admiral	102	(2)
Viceroy	104	(2)
Northern Pearly-eye	106	(2)
Eyed Brown	108	(2)
Little Wood-Satyr	110	(2)
Common Ringlet	112	(2)
Common Wood-Nymph	114	(2)
Jutta Arctic	116	(2)
Monarch	118	(2)
Skippers	120	(30)
Silver-spotted Skipper	122	(2)
Northern Cloudywing	124	(2)
Dreamy Duskywing	126	(2)
Juvenal's Duskywing	128	(2)
Arctic Skipper	130	(2)
European Skipper	132	(2)
Indian Skipper	134	(2)
Peck's Skipper	136	(2)
Tawny-edged Skipper	138	(2)
Long Dash	140	(2)
Northern Broken-Dash	142	(2)
Hobomok Skipper	144	(2)
Dun Skipper	146	(2)
Pepper and Salt Skipper	148	(2)
Day-flying Moths	150	(2)
Glossary	152	(4)
Appendix A. Checklist of New England Butterflies	156	(3)
Appendix B. Habitat Guide	159	(1)
Appendix C. Phenology Flight Chart	160	(2)
Appendix D. Favorite Food List	162	(3)
Appendix E. Titles of Interest	165	(1)
Appendix F. Binoculars for Butterflying	166	(2)
Appendix G. & H. Conservation Groups Photo Credits	168	(1)
Index	169