Westly is as ready as his caterpillar friends to keep their beautiful territory free of lesser creatures as they await the day they turn into delicate butterflies, but when he finally emerges from his crysalis, he discovers he is vastly different from his friends.
Deeply wounded by her embittered mother's lack of sympathy for her aspirations, Elnora finds comfort in the nearby Limberlost Swamp, whose beauty and rich abundance provide her with the means to better her life.
Chronicles British physician H.B.D. Kettlewell's efforts to prove Darwin's theory of evolution by proving the moths were becoming darker in response to pollutants, and discusses how his experiments became one of the most pervasive myths in the history of evolutionary biology.
"A basic introduction to moths, examining where they live, how they grow, what they eat, and the traits that help to define them, such as their transformation from caterpillars to winged insects"--Provided by publisher.
