British Moths. 2nd edition. A Photographic Guide to the Moths of Britain and Ireland

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British Moths. 2nd edition. A Photographic Guide to the Moths of Britain and Ireland Author: Format: Hardback First Published: Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages: 352 Illustrations and other contents: 200 Maps ISBN: 9781472966490 Categories: , ,

Second edition of a popular guide. A comprehensive collection of images and unique in that all the photographs are of living insects in natural conditions. The photographs are accompanied by a concise text.
Coverage is broad with >1420 species, including all of the 850 or so macro-moths (within which the butterflies are placed), including all vagrants, and many of the micros (500), along with some 300 types of caterpillars, pupae and eggs. Appendices list vagrants, accidentals and larval foodplants – with details of which species feed on them as caterpillars.
An invaluable identification tool for amateurs and experts.

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Jam-packed with photographs...this book really is superb and the quality of the photographs excellent. I'd say that you should make room on your bookshelf for this but I suspect you will use it so frequently it will rarely be on the shelf! * Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society (February 2009) * A real breakthrough...There are two main points which make this book such a winner: the photographs and the range...I enthusiastically recommend this book. * The London Naturalist (December 2009) * For relative beginners as myself, a good field guide is essential and the recently published British Moths & Butterflies by Chris Manley ticks all the right boxes as an introduction to this fascinating groupd of insects. * thevisitor.co.uk (6 August 2009) * One of the most comprehensive guides to the subject ever published. * Bexley Times (26 February 2009) *

Author Biography

Chris Manley is an author, sculptor and moth specialist. Beyond his detailed knowledge of lepidopterans gained through years of study, Chris is an insect photographer of rare talent. His previous book The Moths of Trigon, is a photographic guide to the 500 species recorded in that corner of Dorset. He is also the compiler of a comprehensive app covering the Butterflies of Europe.