moths

Photographs help show the life cycle of the moth from the egg and caterpillar stages to the moment it emerges from the cocoon as a flying insect.

Photographic guide illustrates the life cycles and charactersitics of various kinds of moths, butterflies, and caterpillars.

Photographs and text explore the behavior and life cycles of butterflies and moths, examining mating rituals, camouflage, habitat, and growth from pupa to larva to adult.

Discusses the characteristics and natural history of the scaly-winged insects of the order Lepidoptera.

Discusses the characteristics of several butterflies and the differences between moths and butterflies.

An introduction to the domesticated silkworm moth, raised on farms in Japan and elsewhere for the sake of the silk thread from which its cocoons are constructed.