David G. James is associate professor of entomology at Washington State University and the co-author of Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies. Sally Morgan has written more than 250 children’s information titles, covering wildlife, natural history, science, geography, and environmental topics. Andrei Sourakov is the collections coordinator at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity and the Florida Museum of Natural History.

• Introduction  What is a caterpillar?From eggs to pupationThe miracle of metamorphosisVoracious eatersCaterpillar defensesCaterpillars and peopleResearch and conservation  The caterpillarsBUTTERFLY CATERPILLARSMOTH CATERPILLARS  AppendicesGlossaryResourcesClassification of the LepidopteraIndex by common nameIndex by scientific nameNotes on contributorsAcknowledgments

“If you know a true natural history nerd, this is the gift to choose.”

David G. James is associate professor of entomology at Washington State University and the co-author of Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies. Sally Morgan has written more than 250 children’s information titles, covering wildlife, natural history, science, geography, and environmental topics. Andrei Sourakov is the collections coordinator at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity and the Florida Museum of Natural History.

• Introduction  What is a caterpillar?From eggs to pupationThe miracle of metamorphosisVoracious eatersCaterpillar defensesCaterpillars and peopleResearch and conservation  The caterpillarsBUTTERFLY CATERPILLARSMOTH CATERPILLARS  AppendicesGlossaryResourcesClassification of the LepidopteraIndex by common nameIndex by scientific nameNotes on contributorsAcknowledgments

“If you know a true natural history nerd, this is the gift to choose.”

David G. James is associate professor of entomology at Washington State University and the co-author of Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies. Sally Morgan has written more than 250 children’s information titles, covering wildlife, natural history, science, geography, and environmental topics. Andrei Sourakov is the collections coordinator at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity and the Florida Museum of Natural History.

• Introduction  What is a caterpillar?From eggs to pupationThe miracle of metamorphosisVoracious eatersCaterpillar defensesCaterpillars and peopleResearch and conservation  The caterpillarsBUTTERFLY CATERPILLARSMOTH CATERPILLARS  AppendicesGlossaryResourcesClassification of the LepidopteraIndex by common nameIndex by scientific nameNotes on contributorsAcknowledgments

“If you know a true natural history nerd, this is the gift to choose.”