Britain's Insects : : A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland / / Paul D. Brock.
The go-to photographic guide to all the insect orders of Britain and IrelandBritain's Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | WILDGuides ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (608 p.) :; 2,600+ color photos, 1,476 color illus., 1,222 maps. |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Insect identification -- CLASS INSECTA -- Insect orders of Great Britain and Ireland -- Glossary -- Watching and photographing insects -- The Species Accounts -- Order ARCHAEOGNATHA -- Order ODONATA -- Order PLECOPTERA -- Order DERMAPTERA -- Order ORTHOPTERA -- Order EMBIOPTERA -- Order MANTODEA -- Order PHASMIDA -- Order BLATTODEA -- Order PSOCODEA -- Order HEMIPTERA -- Order THYSANOPTERA -- Order NEUROPTERA -- Order MEGALOPTERA -- Order COLEOPTERA -- Order RAPHIDIOPTERA -- Order DIPTERA -- Order MECOPTERA -- Order TRICHOPTERA -- Order STREPSIPTERA -- Order SIPHONAPTERA -- Order LEPIDOPTERA -- Order HYMENOPTERA Ants, bees, wasps & relatives -- Status and legislation -- Legislation -- Acknowledgements and photo credits -- Index |
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Summary: | The go-to photographic guide to all the insect orders of Britain and IrelandBritain's Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be identified in the field. Featuring superb photographs of live insects, the guide covers the key aspects of identification and provides information on status, distribution, seasonality, habitat, food plants and behaviour. It also offers insight into the life history of the various insect groups, many of which are truly amazing. This is the go-to guide for entomologists, naturalists, gardeners, wildlife photographers and anyone else interested in insects, whatever their level of knowledge.More than 2,000 stunning photographs, carefully selected to show key identification featuresPhoto guides to families, genera and speciesDesigned to allow easy, accurate comparison of similar speciesUp-to-date distribution maps and charts summarizing adult seasonalityQR codes that link to sound recordings of grasshoppers and cricketsInformation on photographing and recording insects to help conservation |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780691204994 9783110690088 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9780691204994?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Paul D. Brock. |