Cold hardiness of the woolly bear caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-304

  Layne Jr , Jack R ^a   Edgar, Christine L ^a,b   Medwith, Rebecca E ^a  

^a SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ARCTIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PYRRHARCTIA ISABELLA;

EID: 0033044030     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0293:CHOTWB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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