Re: Birds and Butterflies of south Florida

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Posted by Vince Lucas on 18:03:16 01/15/06

In Reply to: Birds and Butterflies of south Florida posted by Bob Kelley

Bob:

I agree with what both you and Larry said about butterfly references although there are others as well. BTW, aw shucks, Larry, thanks for the plug ;^)

Bob, it's great that there are finally several books out with regard to lep caterpillars/larvae. However (and this is a BIG however), none of these books, including the Caterpillars of North America by Wagner begin to even scratch the surface for the moths! There are well over 12,000 recorded species of moths in America north of Mexico alone as opposed to only 700+ species of butterflies. Who knows how many undiscovered species of moths still remain to be found? Since we're losing, and have already lost, much of their habitat due to development, etc., we'll probably never know the real answer to that question. The life histories of most of these 12,000 species, including the larval stages of these moths is virtually unknown.

I have the entire M.O.N.A. (Moths of North America) series to date and even a cursory reading of these works will verify that much of the life histories of these moths remain unknown. . . .

: I still have not figured out how to highlight
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: If you need any information about our local butterflies ask Roger Hammer or me. The same holds for spiders.
: I certainly agree with Larry on the Calhoun-Glassberg-Minno Butterflies Through Binoculars in Florida book. There are now several excellent books on caterpillars also, with the most recent one being Caterpillars of North America by David L. Wagner published by Princeton University Press. It includes most of the moth caterpillars also.
: It has been interesting this weekend watching the white ibis on the University of Miami campus ignore the hoardes of people at the Beaux Arts show. I heard, but did not see some Blue and Gold MacCaws.
: Bob Kelley
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Comments:	: Bob: : : I agree with what both you and Larry said about butterfly references although there are others as well. BTW, aw shucks, Larry, thanks for the plug ;^) : : Bob, it's great that there are finally several books out with regard to lep caterpillars/larvae. However (and this is a BIG however), none of these books, including the Caterpillars of North America by Wagner begin to even scratch the surface for the moths! There are well over 12,000 recorded species of moths in America north of Mexico alone as opposed to only 700+ species of butterflies. Who knows how many undiscovered species of moths still remain to be found? Since we're losing, and have already lost, much of their habitat due to development, etc., we'll probably never know the real answer to that question. The life histories of most of these 12,000 species, including the larval stages of these moths is virtually unknown. : : I have the entire M.O.N.A. (Moths of North America) series to date and even a cursory reading of these works will verify that much of the life histories of these moths remain unknown. . . . : : : : I still have not figured out how to highlight : : the text to delete it, but backspacing over it works : : quite well. : : If you need any information about our local butterflies ask Roger Hammer or me. The same holds for spiders. : : I certainly agree with Larry on the Calhoun-Glassberg-Minno Butterflies Through Binoculars in Florida book. There are now several excellent books on caterpillars also, with the most recent one being Caterpillars of North America by David L. Wagner published by Princeton University Press. It includes most of the moth caterpillars also. : : It has been interesting this weekend watching the white ibis on the University of Miami campus ignore the hoardes of people at the Beaux Arts show. I heard, but did not see some Blue and Gold MacCaws. : : Bob Kelley : : : : Bob Kelley :
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