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Butterflies Worth Knowing. (Little Nature Library, Worth Knowing Series) by Weed, Clarence M
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Book description: New York: Doubleday Page, 1917. 8vo. xiii. 286 pgs. Very Good condition maroon cloth hardcover. Lightly soiled but intact color plate on front board of Viceroy butterflies Visiting Strawberries. Light general shelfwear with some rubbing to cloth at extremities, binding sound, light scattered foxing. Illustrated with 48 Plates, 32 in Color, as well as line drawings and black and white photos. Laid in are several pressed flowers and swallowtail wings. Contents: List of Color Illustrations, List of Other Illustrations, Part One- Introduction: butterfly transformations, butterflies and moths, the scents of butterflies, butterfly migrations, hibernation or winter lethargy, aestivation or summer lethargy, feigning death in butterflies, warning coloration and mimicry, heliotropism in butterflies, parasitic enemies of butterflies, rearing butterflies from caterpillars, photographing butterflies, butterfly collections; Part Two: the true butterflies-superfamily Papilionoidae, Parnassians, Swallowtails (Papilionidae), Whites, Orang-tips and Yellows (Pieridaea),, Nymphs (Nymphalidae), Meadow-Browns or Satyrs (Agapetidae), Heliconians (Heliconidae), Milkweed Butterflies (Lymnadidae), Snout Butterflies or Long-Beaks (Libytheidae), Metal-marks (Riodinidae), Gossamer-wings (Lycaenidae); Part Three:The Skipper Butterflies-Superfamily Hesperiodea, Giant Skippers (Megathymidae), Common Skippers (Hesperiidae); List of Color Illustrations, List of Other Plates, General Index. #1266.. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Shimotori. 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Butterflies Worth Knowing, Butterflies, Lepidoptera, Moths, Migration, Hibernation, Papilion, Mimicry, Clarence Weed, Pollination, Insects, Nature.
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