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Author Urquhart, Fred A.

Title The monarch butterfly / Illustrated by the author, unless otherwise stated.

Publication Info. [Toronto] : University of Toronto Press, [1960]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 361 pages) : illustrations, 12 color plates, maps, diagrams.
Physical Medium monochrome
Description text file
Series Heritage
Heritage.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-351).
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Contents Cover; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I GENERAL DISCUSSION; 1 MILKWEED; 2 EGG-LARVA; Egg; Larva; Miscellaneous Observations; 3 PUPA; Formation; Semi-exarate Pupa; Fully Formed Pupa; 4 ADULT; Emergence from Pupa; Flight Habits; Sex Ratio; Mating Habits; Oviposition; Number of Generations; 5 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; Species and Subspecies; Fluctuations in Number; Parasites and Predators; Batesian Mimicry; 6 MIGRATION; Definition of Terms; Purpose of Annual Remigration; Fall Migration; Tagging Method; Overwintering; Spring Migration; PART II RESEARCH DATA AND REFERENCE MATERIAL
7 MILKWEEDList of Milkweed Species Recorded for the Provinces of Canada, the States of the United States, and Mexico; Species Upon Which Larvae Have Been Reported Feeding; 8 EGG-LARVA; Rearing Methods; Egg; Larva; 9 PUPA; Phase 1: Nomadic; Phase 2: Silk Mat; Phase 3: Button; Phase 4: Suspension; Experiments Interrupting Sequence of Phases; Observations Submitted by Co-operators; Description of Fully Formed Pupa; Development from Fully Formed Pupa to Emergence of Imago; 10 ADULT; Emergence from Pupa and Subsequent Development; Mating Habits; Oviposition; Number of Generations
Comparative Numbers During Breeding Season11 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS; Danaus Plexippus; Subspecies of Danaus Plexippus; Geographical Distribution of Danaus plexippus plexippus; Fluctuations in Numbers from Year to Year; Parasites and Predators; Batesian Mimicry; Integumental Anatomy; Reproductive System; Digestive, Vascular, and Nervous Systems; 12 MIGRATION; Fall Migration; Tagging Method; Organization of Tagging Programme; Discussion of Fall Migration; Overwintering; Spring Migration; BIBLIOGRAPHY; General; Mimicry; INDEX
Summary This volume is primarily concerned with the entomology of Monarch butterflies and the debate regarding their northward and southward migratory patterns.
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Subject Monarch butterfly.
Monarch butterfly.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Urquhart, Fred A. Monarch butterfly. [Toronto] University of Toronto Press [1960] (DLC) 60004304 (OCoLC)1538989
ISBN 1487584253
9781487584252 (electronic book)