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The Wild Silk Moths of North America: A Natural History of the Saturniidae of the United States and Canada
By Paul M. Tuskes, James P. Tuttle, Michael M. Collins
Cornell University Press, 1996
ISBN: 0801431301
Cite: 2846
Expensive, but extensive treatment of this and allied families. Color photos of many caterpillars, and all adults (as specimens). has range maps and life history information for all species covered. Has photos of eggs and drawings of cocoons for some species.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 March, 2004 - 9:31am
Last updated 5 September, 2004 - 10:46am

Tanks for the information,thi
Tanks for the information,this is a very nice book ,i have seen some articles related to this book in the web and i liked those articles very much.Regards:psoriasis homeopathy
… john morrison, 15 September, 2009 - 5:43am

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