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Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
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( taxa covered )

1. Eggs and Egg Cases
2. Pupae and Exuviae
3. Parasitism, Predation, and Other Causes of Death
4. Sign on Vertebrates
5. Droppings, Secretions, and Protective Coverings without Foreign Materials
6. Webs and Other Silken Constructions
7. Cocoons
8. Coverings, Cases, Retreats, and Nests Made from Foreign Materials
9. Sign on Algae, Fungi, and Plants

10. Leaf Mines
11. Leaf Shelters
12. Galls
13. Sign on Twigs, Stems, and Stemlike Structures
14. Sign on and in Wood
15. Sign on Rocks and Shells
16. Burrows and Mounds
17. Molelike Excavations and Simple Surface Trails
18. Tracks and Trails

HOSTS Database -- Allows you to generate a list of lepidopteran suspects for feeding sign found on a given type of plant.

p. 299 Correction: The feeding sign in the upper right image was not caused by Hormaphis hamamelidis. The aphids in question were the same species as this one, which appears to be a Euceraphis.

p. 308 Correction: The caterpillars feeding on the beebalm leaf were Haploa contigua, not H. confusa.

p. 299	Correction: The feeding sign in the upper right image was not caused by Hormaphis hamamelidis. The aphids in question were the same species as this one, which appears to be a Euceraphis.
p. 308	Correction: The caterpillars feeding on the beebalm leaf were Haploa contigua, not H. confusa.