Judy Burris, Wayne Richards

The Life Cycles of Butterflies (eBook, ePUB)

From Egg to Maturity, a Visual Guide to 23 Common Garden Butterflies

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This stunning photographic guide will have butterfly enthusiasts of all ages aflutter. Judy Burris and Wayne Richards include more than 400 full-color, up-close images that present the life cycles of 23 common North American butterflies in amazing detail. Watch caterpillars hatch from eggs, eat and grow, form into chrysalides, emerge as colorful butterflies, and fly through the air. You'll also learn which plants butterflies avoid and which native species they're attracted to, so you can create your own backyard butterfly haven.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612122670
• Artikelnr.: 53106711

Autorenporträt

Judy Burris is the co-author of The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs and The Life Cycles of Butterflies. She and her brother and co-author, Wayne Richards, have spent many years observing, raising, and photographing the amazing lives of insects in their own backyards in Erlanger, Kentucky.

Judy Burris and Wayne Richards, a brother-sister author team, have been intrigued with butterflies since they were children. They have spent many years observing, raising, and photographing these miraculous creatures. Judy and Wayne live in Erlanger, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface   1 The Butterfly from Start to Finish How a Butterfly Lays Its Eggs
How a Caterpillar Grows
How a Chrysalis Is Formed
Continuing the Cycle   2 Butterfly Life Cycles Eastern Black Swallowtail
Giant Swallowtail
Pipevine Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Tiger Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail
Gulf Fritillary
Variegated Fritillary
Zebra Longwing
Question Mark
Eastern Comma
Common Buckeye
American Lady
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Silvery Checkerspot
Red-spotted Purple
Viceroy
Monarch
Queen
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Pearl Crescent   3 Butterfly Habitat Gardening Host Plants
Our Top Nectar Flowers   4 Other Garden Visitors Assorted Butterflies
Assorted Skippers   Glossary References Easy Comparison Guides: Eggs, Caterpillars, Chrysalises Acknowledgments Index