Arkansas Butterflies And Moths

by Spencer, Lori A.

• ISBN13: 9780912456256
• ISBN10: 0912456256
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Ozark Society Foundation

Summary

This beautiful book continues the Ozark Society Foundation's nature series created almost forty years ago and is the first time that all of Arkansas's rich population of butterflies and moths has been written about. Most of the butterflies and moths in this guide are found throughout the eastern United States and parts of the western states. Lori Spencer facilitates species identification by presenting detailed text entries alongside lavish, full-sized photographs. The book includes 263 species descriptions and more than 300 color photographs, among them shots of larvae. General information about butterfly gardening and prime butterfly locations is also included. Spencer discusses each species' life cycle, survival, anatomy, and behavior, as well as presenting collection of specimens. Maps break down the regions--and hot spots--where they are found. The guide features an extensive glossary and three indexes listing common names, scientific names, and caterpillar host plants.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(1)
Purpose of This Book	2	(1)
What Are Butterflies and Moths?	3	(1)
What Is A Species?	3	(3)
Life Cycle	6	(2)
Survival	8	(6)
Camouflage	8	(1)
Safety in Numbers	8	(1)
Mimicry	8	(2)
Show the Colors	10	(2)
Tails	12	(1)
Additional Ammunition	12	(1)
Overwintering and Migration	12	(2)
Behavior	14	(2)
Nectaring and Mud-Puddling	14	(1)
Courtship and Mating	15	(1)
Basking	15	(1)
Butterfly and Moth Importance and Conservation	16	(1)
Thoughts on Collecting	17	(1)
Caterpillar and Adult Anatomy	18	(1)
How to Use This Book	19	(2)
Butterfly or Moth?	19	(1)
Butterfly Families Silhouette Key	20	(1)
Common Moth Families Silhouette Key	21	(1)
Interpretation of the Descriptive Text	22	(2)
Arkansas Map by Regions	24	(3)
Butterfly Descriptive Text and Photographs	27	(110)
Skippers (Family Hesperiidae)	29	(32)
Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae)	61	(12)
Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)	73	(12)
Coppers, Hairstreaks, and Blues (Family Lycaenidae)	85	(17)
Metalmarks (Family Riodinidae)	102	(3)
Brushfoots (Family Nymphalidae)	105	(32)
Moth Descriptive Text and Photographs	137	(122)
Moth Upperside Wing Patterns	139	(1)
Yucca Moths (Family Prodoxidae)	140	(1)
Bagworm Moths (Family Psychidae)	140	(2)
Cosmopterigid Moths (Family Cosmopterigidae)	142	(1)
Tropical Ermine Moths (Family Attevidae)	142	(2)
Clear-winged or Wasp Moths (Family Sesiidae)	144	(2)
Carpenterworm Moths (Family Cossidae)	146	(1)
Flannel Moths (Family Megalopygidac)	146	(2)
Window-winged Moths (Family Thyrididae)	148	(1)
Plume Moths (Family Pterophoridae)	148	(2)
Smoky Moths (Family Zygaenidae)	150	(1)
Hooktip and Thyatirid Moths (Family Drepanidae)	150	(2)
Sack-Bearers (Family Mimallonidae)	152	(1)
True Silkworm and Apatelodine Moths (Family Bombycidae)	152	(3)
Pyralid Moths (Family Pyralidae)	155	(4)
Fruit and Leafroller Moths (Family Tortricidae)	159	(4)
Slug Caterpillar Moths (Family Limacodidae)	163	(4)
Inchworm, Spanworm, and Looper Moths (Family Geometridae)	167	(14)
Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Family Lasiocampidae)	181	(4)
Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Family Saturniidae)	185	(14)
Sphinx Moths (Family Sphingidae)	199	(19)
Prominents (Family Notodontidae)	218	(6)
Tiger and Lichen Moths (Family Arctiidae)	224	(13)
Cutworms, Dagger Moths, Underwings, and Other Noctuids (Family Noctuidae)	237	(21)
Additional Moth Families to Watch For	258	(1)
Butterfly and Moth Gardening	259	(10)
Arkansas Butterfly ``Hot Spots''	269	(8)
Glossary	277	(4)
References	281	(4)
Resources	285	(4)
Arkansas Butterfly Checklist	289	(4)
Arkansas Moth Checklist	293	(4)
Photographers	297
Indices
Butterfly and Moth Common Names	299	(6)
Butterfly and Moth Scientific Names	305	(6)
Caterpillar Host Plants	311