The Monarch Butterfly / F.A. Urquhart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Urquhart, Fred A., Author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monarch butterfly.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume is primarily concerned with the entomology of Monarch butterflies and the debate regarding their northward and southward migratory patterns.

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Nov 2019)

ISBN:

1-4875-8425-3

OCLC:

1129188719