Rearing the Parasitic Hymenoptera

This booklet aims to provide enough background information on the general biology of parasitic Hymenoptera to enable relatively inexperienced entomologists to understand what is likely to be going on when they rear them accidentally, and especially to give practical advice on how to rear and study parasitic Hymenoptera for those who wish to do so deliberately. Perhaps most importantly of all, I will try to stress how to ensure that the best scientific advance can be made from the results in either case. I also hope that it will encourage a general interest in parasitic Hymenoptera, in particular so that these extremely specialised and vulnerable insects are given the much greater conservation attention that they need and deserve, as our fauna is undoubtedly diminishing much faster than we can appreciate at present.

Author: Mark Shaw
Publisher: Amateur Entomologists Society
Extra Details: Pictorial Card Covers 6 x 9 inches tall.45 Pages.Illustrated with Colour photos.NEW BOOK