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Biologist Michael Collins has been studying wild silk moths since he was a boy. This family--which includes the largest and most colorful of the North American moths--led Collins into a long career as a scientist, and has provided him with significant insights into the process by which new species evolve. Moth Catcher is Collins's engaging account of his development as a scientist and of his groundbreaking research. The canyon and pass environments of the American West offer a setting in which, since the last Ice Age, organisms have adapted to new surroundings and where many have formed new species. Collins has discovered in the Sierra Nevada what geneticists call a "hybrid zone" where two species interbreed. This hybrid zone is unusual because both sexes are fertile, unlike lab-bred hybrids between the same silk moth species. Collins explains how such hybrid populations serve as laboratories in nature where the process of speciation can be observed and studied. This book offers a fascinating view into the work of a field scientist and the ways that evolution continues to operate around us. Collins's colorful accounts of his fieldwork will delight any reader who loves the outdoors and is captivated by the diversity and interrelations of the life forms found there. And his passion for his research and the fragile, exquisite creatures that he studies will inspire a new appreciation of the wonders of the natural world and the myriad life forms that occupy it.

Saturniidae --- Naturalist --- Adelocephalidae --- Agliidae --- Arsenuridae --- Attacidae --- Ceratocampidae --- Citheroniidae --- Dirphiadae --- Emperor moths --- Giant silk moths --- Giant silkworm moths --- Hemileucidae --- Hylesiidae --- Lonomiidae --- Rhescyntidae --- Saturniid moths --- Silk moths, Giant --- Silkworm moths, Giant --- Sphingicampidae --- Lepidoptera --- Moths --- Hybridization. --- Collins, Michael M.,

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A carefully designed and beautifully illustrated photographic guide to the moths you are most likely to see during the dayThis concise photographic field guide helps you to identify the day-flying moths most likely to be seen in Great Britain and Ireland. It combines stunning photographs, clear and authoritative text and an easy-to-use design to increase your knowledge and enjoyment of these intriguing and often colourful insects. Like butterflies, some moths fly regularly in sunshine, whereas others that usually fly at night are readily disturbed from their resting places during the day. This guide describes all of these species and features at least one photograph of each in its natural, resting pose. A brief description of each moth covers the key identification features and when and where to look for it, and includes information on its status, life history, special features and caterpillar food plants. Other sections explain how to distinguish moths from butterflies, and also provide essential information on biology, classification, habitats, gardening for moths, conservation and legislation and recording and monitoring.Individual accounts for 158 species and photos of 28 othersMore than 320 stunning photos, with every moth shown as you see itBeautifully designed, easy to use and clearly written

Moths --- Aphid. --- Arctiinae (erebid moths). --- Aster (genus). --- Beech. --- Betula pendula. --- Bilberry. --- Bordered white. --- Brood (honey bee). --- Burnet. --- Butterfly Conservation. --- Calcareous grassland. --- Carpet moth. --- Carpet. --- Caterpillar. --- Catkin. --- Cerapteryx graminis. --- Choreutidae. --- Cinnabar moth. --- Clover. --- Common carpet. --- Comparison of butterflies and moths. --- Crambidae. --- Crane fly. --- Deciduous. --- Downland. --- Drain fly. --- Drepanidae. --- Endangered species. --- Erebidae. --- Ermine moth. --- Euplagia quadripunctaria. --- Feather. --- Female. --- Galium. --- Geometer moth. --- Gracillariidae. --- Grassland. --- Heath. --- Helicoverpa armigera. --- Hemaris fuciformis. --- Hemaris tityus. --- Hemaris. --- Herbaceous plant. --- Hofmannophila pseudospretella. --- Hornbeam. --- Hoverfly. --- Hummingbird hawk-moth. --- Ice plant. --- Insect wing. --- Juniper pug. --- Laothoe populi. --- Large yellow underwing. --- Larva. --- Lasiocampidae. --- Leaf miner. --- Lepidoptera. --- Lepidopterist. --- Limacodidae. --- Lime-speck pug. --- Macrothylacia rubi. --- Mimas tiliae. --- Moth trap. --- Moth. --- Noctuidae. --- Notodontidae. --- Oak hook-tip. --- Oak processionary. --- Oecophoridae. --- Parasemia plantaginis. --- Pheromone. --- Photedes captiuncula. --- Phragmatobia fuliginosa. --- Pine processionary. --- Privet. --- Proleg. --- Pterophoridae. --- Pupa. --- Pyralidae. --- Red underwing. --- Saturnia pavonia. --- Saturniidae. --- Sedum. --- Sesiidae. --- Silver Y. --- Silver-ground carpet. --- Six-spot burnet. --- Small tortoiseshell. --- Sphingidae. --- Sphinx ligustri. --- Stellaria media. --- Tinea pellionella. --- Tineidae. --- Tortricidae. --- Tortrix viridana. --- True lover's knot (moth). --- Urtica dioica. --- Vegetation. --- Viburnum. --- Xanthorhoe decoloraria. --- Zygaenidae.