Arranged in chapters covering some of the most beautiful and interesting types of butterfly and moth, their habitats, their transition from egg to caterpillar and from chrysalid to adult, as well as their behavior, this book reveals little-known facts about their life cycle, anatomy, self-defense mechanisms, feeding and migration. With full captions explaining how they breed, feed, and change from caterpillar to the animal kingdom's most stunning member, Butterflies is a brilliant examination in outstanding color photographs of these fascinating insects.