Britain's Day-flying Moths : : A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain and Ireland /

Britain's Day-flying Moths : : A Field Guide to the Day-flying Moths of Britain and Ireland / / David Newland, Robert Still, Andy Swash.

This concise photographic field guide will help you identify any of the 100 or so day-flying moths found in Britain and Ireland. Combining stunning photographs, authoritative text, and an easy-to-use design, this book makes a perfect traveling companion--one that will increase your enjoyment of thes...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Newland, David,
Still, Robert,
Swash, Andy,
TeilnehmendeR:
Parsons, Mark.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Britain's Wildlife
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 200+ color photos. 155 color distribution maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The difference between butterflies and moths
  • What is a day-flying moth?
  • Moth biology
  • The naming of moths
  • Identifying moths
  • Where to look for day-flying moths
  • Gardening for moths
  • Glossary
  • Moth families with day-flying species
  • Introduction to the species accounts
  • THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS
  • Foresters and Burnets
  • Clearwings
  • Eggars, Emperor, Kentish Glory and Hook-tips
  • Geometrids
  • Hawk-moths
  • Tussocks, Footmen, Tigers and Ermines
  • Noctuids
  • Micro-moths
  • List of day-flying moths
  • Conservation and legislation
  • Butterfly and moth conservation
  • Recording and monitoring
  • Further reading
  • Useful websites
  • Acknowledgements and photographic credits
  • Index

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