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Introduction. Birds and caterpillars (and climate change)

Importance of owlet caterpillars and adults. A note on nomenclature

Morphology

Larval diets

Finding caterpillars

Beating and sweeping

Collecting adults

Baiting. Wine ropes ; John Peacock's bait recipe

Bait trapping

Collecting, vouchering, and conservation

Feeding adults

Obtaining pairings

Obtaining and handling eggs

Rearing caterpillars

Sleeving

Overwintering larvae and pupae

Natural enemies. Exotic biological control agents ; Guest essay on owlet classification / Charles Mitter

Classification and nomenclature

About this book

Making identification. Transformers

Voucher data and specimens

Diagnosing owlet caterpillars

Keys to owlet larvae

Supplemental digital resources

Species accounts. Quadrifine owlets (Family Erebidae). Litter moths (Subfamily Herminiinae) ; Pangraptines (Subfamily Pangraptinae) ; Snouts (Subfamily Hypeninae) ; Straws (Subfamily Rivulinae) ; Scalloped moths (Subfamily Scoliopteryginae) [Caterpillar mimicry] ; Fruitpiercing moths (Subfamily Calpinae) ; Necklace moths (Subfamily Hypocalinae) ; Scolecocampines (Subfamily Scolecocampinae) ; Halflings (Subfamily Hypenodinae) ; Fungus moths (Subfamily Boletobiinae) ; Phytometrines (Subfamily Phytometrinae) ; Underwings, zales, witches, and kin (Subfamily Erebinae) [Dyar's rule] ; Eulepidotines (Subfamily Eulepidotinae)

Elves (Family Euteliidae)

Nolas and punkies (Family Nolidae). Nolas and punkies (Subfamily Nolinae) ; Chloephorines (Subfamily Chloephorines) ; Baileyas ( Subfamily Risobinae) ; Concanas and kin (Subfamily Collomeninae) ; Lichen punkies (Subfamily Afridinae)

Trifine owlets (Family Noctuidae). Loopers (Subfamily Plusiinae) ; Tumblers (Subfamily Bagisarinae) ; Resplendent moths (Subfamily Cydosiinae) ; Eustrotiines (Subfamily Eustrotiinae) ; Bird-dropping moths (Subfamily Acontiinae) ; Pantheas and yellowhorns (Subfamily Pantheinae) ; Hieroglyphic moths (Subfamily Diphtherinae) ; Brothers (Subfamily Dilobinae) ; Balsas (Subfamily Balsinae) ; Daggers (Subfamily Acronictinae) ; Foresters (Subfamily Agaristinae) ; Paints or hooded owlets (Subfamily Oncocnemidinae) ; Amphipyrines (Subfamily Amphipyrinae) ; Seedcoppers (Subfamily Stiriinae) ; Sun moths (Subfamily Heliothinae) ; Groundlings and kin (Subfamily Condicinae) ; Fern moths (Subfamily Eriopinae) ; Cutworms, lash-eyed sallows, sallows, and kin (Subfamily Noctuinae) [Puddling ; Moths and ears and bats ; Moth ear mites].

Noctuidae > East (U.S.) > Identification.

Noctuidae > Canada, Eastern > Identification.

Caterpillars > East (U.S.) > Identification.

Caterpillars > Canada, Eastern > Identification.