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Caterpillars of Eastern Forests

By David L. Wagner, Valerie Giles, Richard C. Reardon, Michael L. McManus
U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team, 1998
ISBN: B00010V332
Cite: 2742 with citation markup [cite:2742]

Excellent reference on caterpillars. Has 200-300 color photographs of moth (mostly) and butterfly caterpillars. Includes, mostly, species that feed on trees and shrubs. Does not have a key, but it is fairly easy to flip through the illustrations looking for a caterpillar if the markings are distinctive.

A version is available on the web:

Caterpillars of Eastern Forests

May be out of print. I got mine from the US Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov. (I contacted the website above in 2003, but they had no more copies available.)

Some more references on this publication:
SuDoc A 13.110/18:9634
also called FHTET-96-34
Publication date is listed sometimes as 1997, other times as 1998.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 March, 2004 - 11:43pm

Available as of 01/13/2023

I found free PDF and ePub versions of this book available at the Internet Archive website. (link below)

https://archive.org/details/caterpillarsofea001997

… amradel, 13 January, 2023 - 8:06pm

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PDF online here: https://www.

PDF online here: https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf

… Mike Chapman, 23 February, 2022 - 10:59am

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PDF online UPDATE:

I tried the link and its been deprecated.

I found the pdf online here:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf

Last accessed 30 June 23

… Brian Huggett, 30 June, 2023 - 8:38am

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Links

Apparently you can buy it for $5 here, but I contacted the FHTET using the email on this page and they sent it to me for free.

Great book and photos are much better than the website.

… Mike Boone, 18 June, 2005 - 12:24pm

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