Beautiful Flying Insects
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Julianna Photopoulos is a science writer and filmmaker. She has written for various print and online publications including New Scientist, BBC Focus magazine and Nature, and has been involved in a number of natural history documentaries for the BBC and National Geographic. As a biology graduate, she has also worked in genetics and in dolphin and whale research.
Contents to include: Introduction Chapter One: Butterfly Species and Anatomy Chapter Two: Moth Species and Anatomy Chapter Three: Habitats Butterflies and moths live in a wide variety of habitats: tropical forest, grasslands, sand dunes, coastlines, mangroves and mountains, to name a few. Many of these are occupied because of the particular foods they offer the insects. Butterflies and moths adapt to survive in these habitats, employing various ingenious self-defence mechanisms. They also contribute to the ecosystem they are part of through pollination. Chapter Four: Life Cycle Butterflies and moths have four distinct stages of their life - eggs, caterpillar/larva, pupa and adult - and the transition between each is a sight to behold. Chapter Five: Behaviour Members of the Lepidoptera order display numerous fascinating behaviours. This chapter examines their feeding, migration, navigation, communication, breeding and territoriality. Butterfly species and sub-species discussed to include: Anna's Eighty-Eight Apollo Arctic fritillary Banded orange tiger Blue morpho Blue tiger Ceylon rose Chimaera birdwing Common blue Common buckeye Cracker Dead leaf Eastern comma Elizabethan Emerald swallowtail Forest giant owl Glasswing Golden Kaiser-i-hind Helioconius hacale zuleikas Island marble Malachite Map Monarch Painted lady Peacock Peacock pansy Piedmont ringlet Purple emperor Question mark Rajah Brooke's birdwing Red admiral Richmond birdwing Schaus' swallowtail Silver-washed fritillary Silver-studded blue Spanish festoon Sylphina angel Ulysses Viceroy Zebra swallowtail Moth species and sub-species discussed to include: Atlas Cecropia Cinnabar Comet Dysphania militaris Elephant hawk-moth Emperor Gallium sphinx Garden tiger Giant leopard Hummingbird hawk-moth Io Japanese silk moth Lime-hawk-moth Luna Madagascan moon Noctuidae Oleander hawk-moth Pellucid hawk-moth Rosy maple Texas wasp-moth Uropyia meticulodina White-lined sphinx