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The book surveys historical and contemporary literature on butterflies, then explains butterfly anatomy, physiology, and complete metamorphosis from egg through larva and pupa to adult. It provides life-history details illustrated by a case study of a red silverwing's egg-laying, larval molts, pupation, and emergence. Classification and family-group characteristics are outlined, with keys to major butterfly families and subfamilies. The final chapters discuss predators, defensive coloration and mimicry, chemical defenses, and behavioral strategies such as feigning death.

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Title: Life among the butterflies

Author: Vance Randolph

Editor: E. Haldeman-Julius

Illustrator: Peter Quinn

Release date: January 1, 2022 [eBook #67062]

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1925

Credits: The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIFE AMONG THE BUTTERFLIES ***

LITTLE BLUE BOOK NO. 796
Edited by E. Haldeman-Julius

Life Among the Butterflies

Vance Randolph, B. Sc., A.M.

Drawings by Peter Quinn

HALDEMAN-JULIUS COMPANY
GIRARD, KANSAS