Caterpillars /

Latimer, Jonathan P.

Caterpillars / Jonathan P. Latimer, Karen Stray Nolting ; illustrations by Amy Bartlett Wright ; foreword by Virginia Marie Peterson. - Boston, MA : Houghton Mifflin, 2000. - 48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. - Peterson field guides for young naturalists . - Peterson field guides for young naturalists. .

Includes index.

Giant swallowtail -- Clouded sulphur and orange sulphur -- Common wood-nymph -- Silver-spotted skipper -- Viceroy, red-spotted purple, and white admiral -- Polyphemus moth -- Gray hairstreak -- Spring azure -- Hornworms -- Monarch -- Pipevine swallowtail -- Gypsy moth -- Tent caterpillars -- Woolly bear caterpillars -- Red admiral -- Painted lady -- Common buckeye -- Io moth.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a variety of caterpillars, arranged by the categories "Smooth," "Bumpy," "Sluglike," "Horned," "Hairy," "Bristly," and "Spiny."

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