Tag: Moth

Butterfly and Moth Wings Functional Morphology of the Wings with Scales


Free Download Butterfly and Moth Wings: Functional Morphology of the Wings with Scales by Akihiro Yoshida
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 202 ‘Pages | ISBN : 9819797101 | 52.4 MB
This book explores the various functions of butterfly and moth wings. Lepidoptera wings are covered with variously colored scales and exhibit a wide variety of color patterns, with some functioning as significant signals in behavior. They are also the flight organs, as the wings of the other insects are. Although research on Lepidopteran wings has predominantly focused on the color patterns and flight performance, they have many other functions that contribute to their lives.

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The Moth Snowstorm Nature and Joy


Free Download Michael McCarthy, "The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and Joy"
English | 2018 | pages: 272 | ISBN: 1681372428, 1681370409 | EPUB | 1,0 mb
The moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths "would pack a car’s headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard," is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the dwindling of those species that still exist.

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Concise Butterfly & Moth Guide


Free Download Concise Butterfly & Moth Guide (Bloomsbury Concise Guides) by Bloomsbury
English | May 19, 2015 | ISBN: 1472909968 | True PDF | 192 pages | 22.1 MB
This beautiful field guide covers more than 150 species, providing superb full-color illustrations detailing variation in color between male and female butterflies, as well as some of the most spectacular caterpillars.

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Concise Butterfly and Moth Guide


Free Download Bloomsbury, "Concise Butterfly and Moth Guide"
English | 2014 | pages: 192 | ISBN: 1472963776 | EPUB | 76,1 mb
This beautifully illustrated mini field guide is packed with information on the butterflies and moths of Britain and the near Continent.

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