Over 2,000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential pocket guide. The text summarises key identification points, and introductory sections for each group covered give useful guidelines on the characteristics of the orders, families and genera covered. This is the most comprehensive guide available on the insects of this region and will be of great use to all naturalists with an interest in insect life.

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Insects of Britain and Western Europe (Domino Field Guide)

Chinery, Michael

A&C Black Business Information and Development

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Gardners Books

Domino guides, Domino guides, Rev. ed., London, England, 2007

Domino guides, Rev. third edition 2012 /, London, 2012

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

Domino Guides, 2nd rev. ed, London, 2007

2nd ed, London, 2005

2nd, 2005-03-31

2nd, PS, 2005

lg805688

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Insects of Britain and Western Europe......Page 1
How to use this book......Page 2
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright Info......Page 4
Introduction......Page 5
Insect Anatomy......Page 7
Insect life cycles......Page 10
Collecting and studying......Page 11
Insect conservation......Page 12
The orders of insects......Page 13
THE KEY......Page 14
SPRINGTAILS Order Collembola......Page 18
MAYFLIES Order Ephemeroptera......Page 20
DRAGONFLIES Order Odonata......Page 24
Family Coenagriidae......Page 26
Family calopterygidae......Page 28
Family Cordulegasteridae......Page 30
Family Aeshnidae......Page 32
Family Libellulidae......Page 34
STONEFLIES Order Plecoptera......Page 38
GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS Order Orthoptera......Page 40
Key......Page 41
GRASSHOPPERS Family Acrididae......Page 42
GROUNDHOPPERS Family Tetrigidae......Page 48
BUSH-CRICKETS Family Tettigoniidae......Page 50
CAVE CRICKETS Rhaphidophoridae......Page 58
TRUE CRICKETS Gryllidae......Page 60
COCKROACHES Order Dictyoptera: Sub-order Blattodea......Page 62
MANTIDS Order Dictyoptera: Sub-order Mantodea......Page 64
STICK INSECTS Order Phasmida......Page 66
WEB-SPINNERS Order Embioptera......Page 68
Family Forficulidae......Page 70
BUGS Order Hemiptera......Page 72
Family Pentatomidae......Page 74
GROUND BUGS Lygaeidae......Page 78
DAMSEL BUGS Nabidae......Page 80
MIRID or CAPSID BUGS Miridae......Page 82
SUBMERGED BUGS......Page 88
TREEHOPPERS Membracidae......Page 90
Family Delphacidae......Page 92
LEAFHOPPERS Cicadellidae......Page 94
APHIDS......Page 96
SCALE INSECTS......Page 98
PSOCIDS Order Psocoptera......Page 100
THRIPS Order Thysanoptera......Page 101
SUCKING LICE Order Anoplura......Page 102
FLEAS Order Siphonaptera......Page 103
ANT-LlONS Myrmeleonidae......Page 104
ASCALAPHIDS Ascalaphidae......Page 106
GREEN LACEWINGS Chrysopidae......Page 108
SCORPION FLIES Order Mecoptera......Page 110
BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS Order Lepidoptera......Page 112
SWALLOWTAIL and APOLLO BUTTERFLIES Papilionidae......Page 114
WHITE and YELLOW BUTTERFLIES Pieridae......Page 116
ADMIRALS, TORTOISESHELLS and kin Nymphalidae......Page 118
BROWN BUTTERFLIES Satyridae......Page 122
SKIPPERS Hesperiidae......Page 124
Family Pyralidae......Page 130
PLUME MOTHS Pterophoridae......Page 132
CLEARWING MOTHS Sesiidae......Page 134
BAGWORMS Psychidae......Page 136
EGGAR MOTHS Lasiocampidae......Page 138
HAWKMOTHS Sphingidae......Page 142
Family Notodontidae......Page 150
TIGER and ERMINE MOTHS Arctiidae......Page 154
Noctuidae......Page 158
Family Geometridae......Page 172
Family Tortricidae......Page 128
CADDIS FLIES Order Trichoptera......Page 185
Family Limnephilidae......Page 186
TRUE FLIES Order Diptera......Page 192
CRANE-FLIES Tipulidae......Page 194
MOSQUITOES Culicidae......Page 196
SOLDIER-FLIES Stratiomyidae......Page 200
HORSE-FLIES Tabanidae......Page 202
ROBBER-FLIES Asilidae......Page 204
HOVER-FLIES Syrphidae......Page 206
Family Tephritidae......Page 210
Family Tachinidae......Page 214
HOUSE-FLIES and kin Muscidae......Page 216
ANTS, WASPS, BEES, and their relatives Order Hymenoptera......Page 220
SAWFLIES Sub-order Symphyta......Page 224
Family Tenthredinidae......Page 226
GALL WASPS Cynipidae......Page 228
PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA......Page 230
ICHNEUMONS lchneumonidae......Page 232
RUBY-TAILED WASPS Chrysididae......Page 234
ANTS Formicidae......Page 236
DIGGER WASPS Sphecidae......Page 238
POTTER and MASON WASPS Eumenidae......Page 242
SOClAL WASPS Vespidae......Page 244
BEES......Page 246
BUMBLE BEES Apidae......Page 252
CUCKOO BEES......Page 254
BEETLES Order Coleoptera......Page 256
STYLOPIDS......Page 257
TIGER BEETLES and GROUND BEETLES Carabidae......Page 258
ROVE BEETLES Staphylinidae......Page 262
SCARABS and CHAFERS Scarabaeidae......Page 266
BUPRESTID BEETLES Buprestidae......Page 268
CLICK BEETLES Elateridae......Page 270
Family Cleridae......Page 272
LARDER BEETLES Dermestidae......Page 274
LONGHORN BEETLES Cerambycidae......Page 279
LEAF BEETLES Chrysomelidae......Page 284
WEEVILS......Page 286
BARK BEETLES Scolytidae......Page 290
Family Dytiscidae......Page 292
Family Hydrophilidae......Page 294
TERRESTRIAL LARVAE......Page 296
AQUATIC NYMPHS and LARVAE......Page 298
CENTIPEDES Class Chilopoda......Page 300
MILLIPEDES Class Diplopoda......Page 301
TICKS and MITES Order Acarina......Page 302
HARVESTMEN Order Opiliones......Page 303
ORB-WEB SPIDERS Araneidae......Page 304
CRAB SPIDERS Thomisidae......Page 308
Glossary......Page 310
Index of English Names......Page 312
Index of Genera and Species......Page 315
Acknowledgments......Page 322

Insects of Britain and Western Europe 1
How to use this book 2
Title Page 3
Copyright Info 4
Introduction 5
Insect Anatomy 7
Insect life cycles 10
Collecting and studying 11
Insect conservation 12
The orders of insects 13
THE KEY 14
BRISTLETAILS Order Thysanura 18
TWO-TAILED BRISTLETAILS Order Diplura 18
SPRINGTAILS Order Collembola 18
MAYFLIES Order Ephemeroptera 20
DRAGONFLIES Order Odonata 24
DAMSELFLIES Sub-order Zygoptera 26
Family Platycnemididae 26
Family Coenagriidae 26
Family Lestidae 28
Family calopterygidae 28
TRUE DRAGONFLIES Sub-order Anisoptera 30
Family Gomphidae 30
Family Cordulegasteridae 30
Family Aeshnidae 32
Family Corduliidae 34
Family Libellulidae 34
STONEFLIES Order Plecoptera 38
GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS Order Orthoptera 40
Key 41
GRASSHOPPERS Family Acrididae 42
GROUNDHOPPERS Family Tetrigidae 48
BUSH-CRICKETS Family Tettigoniidae 50
CAVE CRICKETS Rhaphidophoridae 58
TRUE CRICKETS Gryllidae 60
COCKROACHES Order Dictyoptera: Sub-order Blattodea 62
MANTIDS Order Dictyoptera: Sub-order Mantodea 64
STICK INSECTS Order Phasmida 66
TERMITES Order lsoptera 68
WEB-SPINNERS Order Embioptera 68
EARWIGS Order Dermaptera 70
Family Forficulidae 70
BUGS Order Hemiptera 72
HETEROPTERAN BUGS Sub-order Heteroptera 74
Family Pentatomidae 74
GROUND BUGS Lygaeidae 78
ASSASSIN BUGS Reduviidae 80
DAMSEL BUGS Nabidae 80
MIRID or CAPSID BUGS Miridae 82
SURFACE DWELLERS 88
SUBMERGED BUGS 88
HOMOPTERAN BUGS Sub-order Homoptera 90
CICADAS Cicadidae 90
TREEHOPPERS Membracidae 90
FROGHOPPERS Cercopidae 92
Family Delphacidae 92
LEAFHOPPERS Cicadellidae 94
APHIDS 96
JUMPING PLANT LICE 98
WHITEFLIES Aleyrodidae 98
SCALE INSECTS 98
PSOCIDS Order Psocoptera 100
THRIPS Order Thysanoptera 101
BITING LIGE Order Mallophaga 102
SUCKING LICE Order Anoplura 102
FLEAS Order Siphonaptera 103
ANT-LlONS, LACEWINGS, and ALLIES Order Neuroptera 104
ANT-LlONS Myrmeleonidae 104
ASCALAPHIDS Ascalaphidae 106
GREEN LACEWINGS Chrysopidae 108
BROWN LACEWINGS Hemerobiidae 110
SNAKE FLIES Raphididae 110
SCORPION FLIES Order Mecoptera 110
BUTTERFLIES and MOTHS Order Lepidoptera 112
SWALLOWTAIL and APOLLO BUTTERFLIES Papilionidae 114
WHITE and YELLOW BUTTERFLIES Pieridae 116
ADMIRALS, TORTOISESHELLS and kin Nymphalidae 118
BROWN BUTTERFLIES Satyridae 122
HAIRSTREAKS, COPPERS and BLUES Lycaenidae 124
SKIPPERS Hesperiidae 124
Family Cochylidae 130
Family Pyralidae 130
PLUME MOTHS Pterophoridae 132
SWIFT MOTHS Hepialidae 134
CLEARWING MOTHS Sesiidae 134
BURNETS and FORESTERS Zygaenidae 136
BAGWORMS Psychidae 136
EGGAR MOTHS Lasiocampidae 138
HAWKMOTHS Sphingidae 142
Family Notodontidae 150
TIGER and ERMINE MOTHS Arctiidae 154
Noctuidae 158
Family Geometridae 172
Family Tortricidae 128
CADDIS FLIES Order Trichoptera 185
Family Limnephilidae 186
TRUE FLIES Order Diptera 192
CRANE-FLIES Tipulidae 194
MOSQUITOES Culicidae 196
SOLDIER-FLIES Stratiomyidae 200
HORSE-FLIES Tabanidae 202
ROBBER-FLIES Asilidae 204
HOVER-FLIES Syrphidae 206
Family Tephritidae 210
LOUSE-FLIES Hippoboscidae 214
Family Tachinidae 214
BLOW-FLIES Calliphoridae 216
HOUSE-FLIES and kin Muscidae 216
ANTS, WASPS, BEES, and their relatives Order Hymenoptera 220
SAWFLIES Sub-order Symphyta 224
Family Tenthredinidae 226
WASPS, ANTS, and BEES Sub-order Apocrita 228
GALL WASPS Cynipidae 228
PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA 230
ICHNEUMONS lchneumonidae 232
RUBY-TAILED WASPS Chrysididae 234
ANTS Formicidae 236
DIGGER WASPS Sphecidae 238
SPIDER-HUNTING WASPS Pompilidae 242
POTTER and MASON WASPS Eumenidae 242
SOClAL WASPS Vespidae 244
BEES 246
BUMBLE BEES Apidae 252
CUCKOO BEES 254
BEETLES Order Coleoptera 256
STYLOPIDS 257
TIGER BEETLES and GROUND BEETLES Carabidae 258
BURYING BEETLES Silphidae 262
ROVE BEETLES Staphylinidae 262
SCARABS and CHAFERS Scarabaeidae 266
BUPRESTID BEETLES Buprestidae 268
CLICK BEETLES Elateridae 270
SOLDIER and SAILOR BEETLES Cantharidae 272
Family Cleridae 272
LADYBIRDS Coccinellidae 274
LARDER BEETLES Dermestidae 274
LONGHORN BEETLES Cerambycidae 279
LEAF BEETLES Chrysomelidae 284
WEEVILS 286
BARK BEETLES Scolytidae 290
Family Dytiscidae 292
Family Hydrophilidae 294
TERRESTRIAL LARVAE 296
AQUATIC NYMPHS and LARVAE 298
The Other Arthropods 300
CENTIPEDES Class Chilopoda 300
MILLIPEDES Class Diplopoda 301
WOODLICE Order lsopoda 302
The Arachnids 302
FALSE SCORPIONS Order Pseudoscorpiones 302
TICKS and MITES Order Acarina 302
SCORPIONS Order Scorpiones 303
HARVESTMEN Order Opiliones 303
SPIDERS 304
ORB-WEB SPIDERS Araneidae 304
CRAB SPIDERS Thomisidae 308
Glossary 310
Index of English Names 312
Index of Genera and Species 315
Acknowledgments 322

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