Identification guides

Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History - Wagner, D. L. (2005)

Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America - Wagner, D. L., Schweitzer, D. F., Sullivan, J. B., & Reardon, R. C. (2011)

Caterpillars in the field and garden: A field guide to the butterfly caterpillars of North America - Allen, T. J., Brock, J. P., & Glassberg, J. (2005)

Caterpillars on the foliage of conifers in the northeastern United States - Maier, C. T.,Lemmon, C. R.,Fengler, J. M.,Schweitzer, D. F., &Reardon, R. C. (2011) USDA Forest Service. PDF available here

Geometroid caterpillars of northeastern and Appalachian forests - Wagner, D. L., Ferguson, D. C., McCabe, T. L., & Reardon, R. C. (2001). USDA Forest Service. PDF available here

Other Books

Bringing nature home: How you can sustain wildlife with native plants - Tallamy, D. W. (2009)

Videos

The Extraordinary Caterpillar (58 min.)

Websites

BugGuide

The Caterpillar Lab (also on Facebook & Instagram)

iNaturalist Project: Caterpillars of Eastern North America

iNaturalist Project: High Park Caterpillar Survey

Moth Photographers Group

Articles

The little-known world of caterpillars: An entomologist races to find them before they disappear - Kolbert, E. (2023, March 20). The New Yorker.