I assume you mean the book by my old cohort Steve who lives in the Denver area. Foodplants of World Saturniidae, Stephen E. Stone. It was published in 1991 as a memoir of The Lepidopterists' Society. The data was complied by Steve from the field efforts of the very best researchers worldwide for this group of moths. It is a great aide for anybody who wants to look for wild livestock or rear Saturniidae. I can get you the LCC/ISBN for the book if you need them. Thinking about this sure brings back some fond memories of field work with Steve. So you are stuck with a story I am afraid. Steve is wheelchair bound but it doesn't slow him down much when there's bugs to do. I well remember a trip with him and Dr. Paul Opler up to Beaver Creek, CO one Saturday with some newly emerged female H. nuttalli I had flew in from Utah with to prove to Paul my hypotheses that this group of Hemileuca's pheromones were so close to each other that they would call in other species besides H. nuttalli. I called in lots of three species with the female H. nuttalli that day - nuttalli, hera and eglanterina to prove my hypotheses. Then in the very wee hours the next morning Steve, Andy Warren (now Dr.) and I drove the 9+ hours to the CO/NM border to look for H. magnifica at its type locality near Mesita, CO. I estabished a new and very unusual LFP record for H. magnifica (Eriogonum effusum), both a county record and new LFP record for Euphilotes rita also that day in Costillo Co (also on E. effusum), and a county record for H. magnifica in Taos Co, NM. Steve followed Andy and I in a 4X4 truck as we walked the washes and plateaus through the head high Indian sagebrush looking for livestock (the sand was too deep for his wheelchair). He'd simple hit the horn to get our attention when he spotted something. We made a stop on the way back at Plum Creek, CO (TL of H. diana) for what turned out to be a very near a 24 hour day start to finish. Karen about skinned my hide for keeping Steve out so long (I didn't tell her it was his idea). Anyway, it was a very fruitful Saturniidae weekend for all of use, proved some theories and established some new records. I flew back to UT early the next morning (back to the real day job). I'm listed in the personal correspondents appendex in Steve's book along with some of the other gents from around the world I worked on Saturniidae projects with back during those years. Unfortunately some of the best have passed on, but their lifes work is still with us and their known LFP's at the time recorded in Steve's book.

I have a general book that I have found worth what I paid for it Because I am interested in insects. It is titled Field Guide To INSECTS AND SPIDERS of NORTH AMERICA. The book is sponsored by the National Wildlife Federation. It is soft cover,and abt 8"x 5". It has abt 497 pages,and contents seem to be almost a "mini text" in entomology for a hobbyist. The moth section runs for abt 42 pages with 123 individual Moth color photos.The photos are abt 2 1/2"x2 1/2". I counted abt 65 caterpillar photos scattered thru the moth Photos in small window inserte,I suppose they used what they had. Photos were generally stacked on the right side of the page Usually three to a page with text to the left side on the same page. The text gave information for each moth's photo,with Common name,Latin name,and size in inches and mm. Range,and life ways were given for the moth. The caterpillars were usually discussed,also. I recognised some moths and cats I have seen here from This book.I live in south AL in mixed Eastern woodlands. The front cover of the book folds open to show accurate Line drawings of insect anatomy to include some interesting Drawings of heads that depict evolutionary adaptation of Mouth parts. There is a section in the back abt collecting,classifying, Also setting up aquariums for aquatic insects(which I did) And a glossary,a pronunciation guide,a Orders of Arthropods in North America list,and a Endangered list. The book is $19.95 U.S. DD

Thanks Sherry! I saw that one in my little book, but it didn't show the legs and said that it had some yellow spots too.......so I didn't search further. But I just googled it, and sure enough, that's it! Thanks a bunch! I can always count on you to know the answers! :)

So how many instars does bird poop go through BG? LOL N. antiopa is so common in the west it rivals P. rapae for being found everywhere. At just about any riparian area with willows you'll find their ova or larva from spring to fall. 20 odd years ago my son reared maybe 300 of them for a school project. Since they would emerge while we were away on a butterfly trip to southern Utah, we took the pupa with us in our RV. They started to eclose while we were camped at a place called Pine Lake about 15 miles north of Bryce Canyon Nat'l Park. The other campers and camp ground hosts were so taken with the releases every day and all the BF's flying around that somebody drove into town and told the local paper about it. A reporter showed up with a photog in tow to get the story. Made the front page of the paper with several pictures, but better yet allowed us to make the public aware of butterfly conservation.