Wagner et al. (2011) Tremendous new noctuid caterpillar resource

[Mike Quinn]

This is a *phenomenal* new resource. It's over twice as large as
Wagner's previous caterpillar guide (which was 5 x 8).

This one is 576 pp. | 8 x 10 | 2,100+ color photos.

PUP list price: $35. And it's available online for under $30.

Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9420.html

Princeton Univ. Press blurb:

"This lavishly illustrated field guide features more than 800 species
of the most common, interesting, beautiful, and important owlet
(noctuid) caterpillars found in eastern North America. More than 2,100
color photographs include numerous stunning images, and the guide's
introductory sections offer a wealth of information on noctuid natural
history, morphology, larval diets, natural enemies, and
classification; suggestions for finding and rearing owlet
caterpillars; and much more. The 375 full-page species accounts treat
similar species, range, phenology, and larval foodplants. A remarks
section addresses behavior, life history, taxonomy, and a variety of
other general interest topics. For full species accounts, two adult
images are provided, one of a spread museum specimen and the other of
a live adult: this is the first guide to comprehensively provide
images of live adult moths in representative resting postures. An
extensive glossary and foodplant index are also included.

More than 800 species of eastern owlets

More than 2,100 color photographs illustrating many species for the first time

First North American insect guide to offer hundreds of images of live
moths in their natural resting postures

Extensive information on owlet biology, natural enemies,
classification, and finding and rearing owlet caterpillars

Includes foodplant records for each species and foodplant index

Author info:

David L. Wagner is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at
the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Caterpillars of
Eastern North America (Princeton).

Dale F. Schweitzer is an entomologist at the Nature Conservancy and
NatureServe, and curatorial affiliate at the Yale University Peabody
Museum of Natural History.

J. Bolling Sullivan is research associate at the Smithsonian Institution.

Richard C. Reardon is a member of the Forest Health Technology
Enterprise Team at the USDA Forest Service. He is the coauthor of
Caterpillars of Eastern Forests.

Mike Quinn, Austin
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