| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 383 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
Entognatha : Order Collembola (springtails) -- Order Diplura (two-tailed bristletails) -- Order Protura (proturans) -- Apterygota : Order Archaeognatha (bristletails) -- Order Zygentoma (silverfish & firebrats) -- Palaeoptera: Order Ephemeroptera (mayflies) -- Order Odonata (dragonflies & damselfies) -- Polyneoptera : Order Dermaptera (earwigs) -- Order Dictyoptera (cockroaches, termites & mantids) -- Order Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets & bush-crickets) -- Order Phasmida (stick-insects) -- Order Plecoptera (stoneflies) -- Paraneoptera : Order Hemiptera (true bugs) -- Order Phthiraptera (lice) -- Order Psocoptera (booklice & barklice) -- Order Thysanoptera (thrips) -- Endopterygota: Order Coleoptera (beetles) -- Order Diptera (true flies) -- Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees & wasps) -- Order Lepidoptera (moths & butterflies) -- Order Mecoptera (scorpionflies) -- Order Megaloptera (alderflies) -- Order Neuroptera (lacewings) -- Order Raphidioptera (snakeflies) -- Order Siphonaptera (fleas) -- Order Strepsiptera (stylops) -- Order Trichoptera (caddisflies) |
| Summary |
The Royal Entomological Society (RES) and Wiley-Blackwell are proud to present this landmark publication, celebrating the wonderful diversity of the insects of the British Isles, and the work of the RES (founded 1833). This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known. It is beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs by experienced wildlife photographers to show the range of diversity, both morphological an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Insects -- British Isles -- Identification
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NATURE -- Animals -- Insects & Spiders.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- Entomology.
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Insects
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Europe -- British Isles
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| Genre/Form |
Field guides
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Royal Entomological Society of London.
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| LC no. |
2011019098 |
| ISBN |
9781444344950 |
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1444344951 |
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1444332562 |
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9781444332568 |
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9786613258410 |
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6613258415 |
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1283258412 |
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9781283258418 |
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