The Pocket Guide to Shieldbugs in Britain and Ireland

A handy reference that can easily be used in the field and that concentrates on finding and identifying the shieldbugs of Britain and Ireland

The Pocket Guide to Shieldbugs in Britain and Ireland is a photo-based identification guide to the shieldbugs of Britain and Ireland. This A6 guide concentrates on providing photographs, sometimes with key features highlighted, of the adults, most 5th-instar nymphs and, for the more common species, unique coverage of most or all of the earlier nymphal stages. Brief text gives other useful details and emphasises important key facts. This guide covers all the members of the superfamily Pentatomoidea that occur here except for some very rare vagrants or those with only historical records.

Features:
– Handy A6-size field guide to our 44 shieldbugs
– Focuses on finding and identifying our shieldbugs
– Text and over 300 photographs highlight key identification features
– Covers adults and nymphal stages, especially for common species
– Provided with distribution maps and phenology charts
– Includes sections on morphology, life cycle and more
– Comparison charts for similar-looking species