Post by papilio28570 on Oct 27, 2011 5:32:51 GMT -8
I just received an email notification stating Amazon.com has a new caterpillar and
moth field guide, "Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America", will be
released on November 10. The list price is $35.00. Amazon
is taking pre-release orders for $23.10, a savings of $11.90. Here's the
website:
www.amazon.com/Owlet-Caterpillars-Eastern-North-America/dp/0691150427
The publisher, Princeton University Press, has a description of the contents
on their website. I've pasted it below.
Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner, Dale F. Schweitzer, J. Bolling Sullivan & Richard C.
Reardon
Paper | November 2011 | $35.00 / £20.95 | ISBN: 9780691150420
576 pp. | 8 x 10 | 2,100+ color photos.
This lavishly illustrated field guide features more than 800 species of the
most common, interesting, beautiful, and important owlet (noctuid)
caterpillars found in eastern North America. More than 2,100 color
photographs include numerous stunning images, and the guide's introductory
sections offer a wealth of information on noctuid natural history,
morphology, larval diets, natural enemies, and classification; suggestions
for finding and rearing owlet caterpillars; and much more. The 375 full-page
species accounts treat similar species, range, phenology, and larval
foodplants. A remarks section addresses behavior, life history, taxonomy,
and a variety of other general interest topics. For full species accounts,
two adult images are provided, one of a spread museum specimen and the other
of a live adult: this is the first guide to comprehensively provide images
of live adult moths in representative resting postures. An extensive
glossary and foodplant index are also included.
* More than 800 species of eastern owlets
* More than 2,100 color photographs illustrating many species for the first
time
* First North American insect guide to offer hundreds of images of live
moths in their natural resting postures
* Extensive information on owlet biology, natural enemies, classification,
and finding and rearing owlet caterpillars
* Includes foodplant records for each species and foodplant index
David L. Wagner is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the
University of Connecticut. He is the author of Caterpillars of Eastern North
America (Princeton). Dale F. Schweitzer is an entomologist at the Nature
Conservancy and NatureServe, and curatorial affiliate at the Yale University
Peabody Museum of Natural History. J. Bolling Sullivan is research associate
at the Smithsonian Institution. Richard C. Reardon is a member of the Forest
Health Technology Enterprise Team at the USDA Forest Service. He is the
coauthor of Caterpillars of Eastern Forests.
moth field guide, "Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America", will be
released on November 10. The list price is $35.00. Amazon
is taking pre-release orders for $23.10, a savings of $11.90. Here's the
website:
www.amazon.com/Owlet-Caterpillars-Eastern-North-America/dp/0691150427
The publisher, Princeton University Press, has a description of the contents
on their website. I've pasted it below.
Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner, Dale F. Schweitzer, J. Bolling Sullivan & Richard C.
Reardon
Paper | November 2011 | $35.00 / £20.95 | ISBN: 9780691150420
576 pp. | 8 x 10 | 2,100+ color photos.
This lavishly illustrated field guide features more than 800 species of the
most common, interesting, beautiful, and important owlet (noctuid)
caterpillars found in eastern North America. More than 2,100 color
photographs include numerous stunning images, and the guide's introductory
sections offer a wealth of information on noctuid natural history,
morphology, larval diets, natural enemies, and classification; suggestions
for finding and rearing owlet caterpillars; and much more. The 375 full-page
species accounts treat similar species, range, phenology, and larval
foodplants. A remarks section addresses behavior, life history, taxonomy,
and a variety of other general interest topics. For full species accounts,
two adult images are provided, one of a spread museum specimen and the other
of a live adult: this is the first guide to comprehensively provide images
of live adult moths in representative resting postures. An extensive
glossary and foodplant index are also included.
* More than 800 species of eastern owlets
* More than 2,100 color photographs illustrating many species for the first
time
* First North American insect guide to offer hundreds of images of live
moths in their natural resting postures
* Extensive information on owlet biology, natural enemies, classification,
and finding and rearing owlet caterpillars
* Includes foodplant records for each species and foodplant index
David L. Wagner is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the
University of Connecticut. He is the author of Caterpillars of Eastern North
America (Princeton). Dale F. Schweitzer is an entomologist at the Nature
Conservancy and NatureServe, and curatorial affiliate at the Yale University
Peabody Museum of Natural History. J. Bolling Sullivan is research associate
at the Smithsonian Institution. Richard C. Reardon is a member of the Forest
Health Technology Enterprise Team at the USDA Forest Service. He is the
coauthor of Caterpillars of Eastern Forests.