Artikelname: A Field Guide To Caterpillars of the Butterflies of Britain and Ireland
Artikelbeschreibung: Butterflies have four stages in their life cycle (egg – caterpillar – pupa – butterfly). This guide shows the caterpillars of 57 of our butterfly species, the butterflies are illustrated in A guide to butterflies of Britain. This guide concentrates on the distribution, food plants and life cycle of each species described. A superb guide to take into the field that will enable you to all the British species without having to spend a lot of money on a book.

Artikelname: A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies
Artikelbeschreibung: Describes over 500 species of butterflies found east of the Great Plains, discussing their physical appearance, development, food, flight period, and location.

Artikelname: A Guide to Moth Traps and Their Use
Artikelbeschreibung: The first sections deal with the measurement and properties of light leading into the types of lamp available and the electrical circuits needed to operate them. The next sections give details of the construction of the most popular traps used in the UK. The last part deals with the practical use of traps in the field including when and when to trap, limitations of traps and their relative performance.

Artikelname: Aurelians Fireside Companion
Artikelbeschreibung: The Victorian era saw the arrival of the steam engine, the telephone and the first motorcar. It also saw the birth of that peculiar brand of curiosity that led thousands of ordinary people to examine and question ;the living details of their environment: to examine the plants, animals and insects - indeed, the wonders of nature that surrounded them. With the birth of natural history and this new and absorbing passion came the need to own a cabinet of specimens. It mattered not whether it contained fossils, beetles, shells or butterflies, for with a cabinet of specimens the collector possessed his own personal museum. And such was the passion for natural history that hardly a family home, vicarage or manor house existed without some sort of collection. At the same time, Saturdays were regularly booked by local natural history societies for field trips, and evening lantern lectures on a wide variety of natural history subjects packed village halls up and down the country.

The chosen butterfly hunters are an eclectic bunch. Among their ranks are numerous clergymen, high-ranking soldiers and medical men; most, however, were less exalted. Whatever their calling or mode of address, these butterfly hunters all seemed to speak with the same enthusiastic voice. The authors of this volume comment in their preface on coming 'to the immediate conclusion that these individuals spent much of their working day and doubtless most of their sleeping hours dreaming of the "delightful pastime". Indeed, some would clearly have sacrificed everything to spend most of each day roaming the countryside with net and killing bottle'.

Michael Salmon and Peter Edwards have attempted to capture some of this passion with their collection of over 200 articles, letters and notes gleaned from British entomological journals of the past 200 years. No attempt has been made to make this a scientific text. Instead, it is a celebration of the joys and frustrations experienced by collectors of butterflies and moths. It is an anthology that reflects the work of amateur collectors rather than that of the professional or museum entomologist whose discipline has been largely overtaken by cladistics, taxonomy and the politics of departmental management.

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A VERY LARGE HEAVY VOLUME AT SOME 2 KILOS IN WEIGHT.

Artikelname: Breeding Butterflies & Moths: A Practical Handbook for British & European Species
Artikelbeschreibung: The captive breeding and rearing of butterflies and moths is becoming increasingly important in the light of the growing need for practical invertebrate conservation. It is also a popular hobby for the lepidopterist, using either wild-caught insects or breeding stock,eggs, larvae or pupae obtained from entomological livestock suppliers or exchanged with like-minded enthusiasts. In addition, the growing number of butterfly 'farms', displaying day-flying lepidoptera in simulated natural habitats, are now a great attraction for the general public and have greatly increased interest in these beautiful insects.Until now, no comprehensive work has been available in English giving adequate information about the requirements of the British and European Lepidoptera for them to be raised successfully from the egg to perfect insect through more than one generation. In Ekkehard Friedrich's handbook, first published over ten years ago in Germany and now published in this revised and enlarged English edition, such a work is to hand.Although the text is very largely based on the aUthor's experience of the Macrolepidoptera in central Germany, the majority of the species and the notes on rearing them are equally referable to the British fauna. An entirely new chapter on the rearing of Microlepidoptera has been added by the editor, A. Maitland Emmet, and other new material includes rearing descriptions of most of the British geometrids by Jim Reid. For the English edition, Brian o. C. Gardiner has rewritten the section on artificial or semi-synthetic diets. The first part of the book gives clear, illustrated instructions on breeding and rearing equipment and techniques. The second part gives detailed rearing instructions by species or, for closely related species with similar requirements, by genus for around 1000 species of butterflies and moths. The work also includes details of food plants; a note on conservation; a select bibliography of works on British and European Lepidoptera; a practical list of addresses of societies, journals and suppliers of value to the breeder; extensive references; and indexes of English and scientific names for both insects and plants.This oUtstanding handbook, based on the practical experiences of many expert breeders over very many years, should prove a valuable tool and result in a higher success-rate for all involved in entomological husbandry, be they professional scientists, keen amateurs, conservationists or biology students. It should be on the shelf of everyone with an interest in moths and butterflies as well as of those actively rearing Lepidoptera.

This book is is also available in hardback at£19.99.

Artikelname: Breeding the British Butterflies
Artikelbeschreibung: A practical handbook covering all aspects of butterfly breeding, including general techniques, equipment and hints on how to breed each of the British species.

Artikelname: British Tortricoid Moths, Vols I & II
Artikelbeschreibung: These two volumes were published by the Ray Society in 1973 and 1979, with over 100 text-figures and 90 superbly-executed colour and monochrome plates illustrating the species, their foodplants and their larval spinnings.

The quality of reproduction of illustrations and text is excellent.

The books are in Adobe Acrobat pdf format (with free Reader software supplied), allowing high-quality printing of the text and plates.

In addition, the plates are available separately as high-resolution images.

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Artikelname: Butterflies (vesco)
Artikelbeschreibung: This collection of photographs features living rather than preserved insects. The author and photographer painstakingly collaborated to detail the life of the egg, through caterpillar and transition to chrysalis, before the emergence of the butterfly itself.

Artikelname: Butterflies & Climate Change
Artikelbeschreibung: Noting that butterflies are particularly sensitive to climate, and can therefore be used as bio-indicators of climate change, Dennis explores how butterflies adapt to climatic gradients and weather patterns, how their biogeography and evolution have responded to climate change in the past, and how they are likely to respond to future alterations due to the greenhouse effect. Of interest to students of ecology, biology, biogeography, and climatology, but accessible to non-specialists interested in butterflies or climate change.

Artikelname: Butterflies and Moths (DK)
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Artikelname: Butterflies of Hong Kong
Artikelbeschreibung: Hong Kong has a marvellously rich and diverse butterfly fauna and is home to a significant proportion of the butterfly species found in that part of the world. Some 219 species in five families and seventeen subfamilies are considered part of the fauna and all are described in this encyclopaedic reference. Keys, full colour plates and line drawings enable identification of virtually any adult specimen that may be found. In addition there are colour plates of the immature stages of 166 species. A full text describes the biology, morphology and distribution of each species.

Introductory sections deal with butterfly biology in general with special reference to the Hong Kong fauna and the habitats found in the region. Closing chapters detail commonly used nectar sources, known parasitoids and hints on rearing the immature stages to adults, still a critical means of identifying many larvae. Throughout the book the emphasis is on the study of live animals.

Artikelname: Butterflies of Papua New Guinea
Artikelbeschreibung: New Guinea, the world's second largest island, lies at the heart of the Australasian centre of species diversity. Their remarkable faunal richness of the region is no more spectacularly evident than in its bewildering and beautiful array of butterflies. Michael Parsons draws on 15 years of study to present a comprehensive description of this butterfly fauna, describing and celebrating their evolution and ecology. New Guinean butterflies provide an excellent example of how a single animal group can diversify to fully exploit the wide array of niches within a tropical rainforest environment, especially in a country where the some of the world's highest mountains produce extreme weather effects, such as phenomenal rainfall and temperatures representing climatic changes to temperate and even tundra-like conditions near the peaks. Consequently, New Guinea is rich in montane endemic butterflies like the renowned Delias and Graphium weiskei, as well as spectacular indigenous giants like the famed birdwings, Ornithoptera. More than 960 butterfly species have so far been recorded from the island and its adjacent archipelagos, and each has developed a unique relationship to its environment, foodplants, predators, and competitors. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology presents a reference of outstanding importance, essential to both the amateur naturalist with an interest in butterflies as well as to the evolutionary ecologist interested in adaptation and speciation. The text describes the geography of New Guinea, the origins and characteristics of its butterfly fauna, and special aspects of New Guinea butterfly ecology and conservation. The 820 species recorded from Papua New Guinea (PNG) are taxonomically and systematically documented and their biologies and ecological specialisations are described in detail. A complete checklist of the 960 species occurring in PNG and Irian Jaya as a whole further enhances this systematic treatment. Some 3000 colour photographs of adult specimens depict both sexes and numerous important forms of every PNG species. A further 381 colour photographs illustrate many aspects of the ecology of the immature stages, and many life histories are described and pictured in this work for the first time. A wealth of over 800 line drawings of genitalia and wing venation of adults provide the reader with further characters to enable the identification of less easily determined species. Features: * The first ever comprehensive scientific treatise that analyses and accurately documents the lives of New Guinea butterflies, both at the individual species level and as an entire faunal group * Explores butterflies as key indicators of the health of ecosystems within this unique and fragile region of the world's tropics now under threat from environmental pressures * Extensively illustrates, with some 3000 colour photographs, the remarkable beauty and diversity of New Guinean adult butterflies * A further 380 colour photographs depict all aspects of butterfly life histories and ecology, which include a wealth of entirely new pictorial data * Over 800 line drawings of genitalia and wing venation provide important additional features for the accurate identification of less easily identifiable species

Artikelname: Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours
Artikelbeschreibung: In this scholarly yet readable book, Torben Larsen provides the fully comprehensive standard work on the subject. The colour illustrations cover all 477 species of butterflies or pupae which flourish in the Arabian Peninsula. There are a further 120 colour photographs of butterflies in the wild.

Artikelname: Butterflies of the Caribbean and Florida
Artikelbeschreibung: A guide to the most frequently encountered and most brightly coloured species of butterflies to be found in the Caribbean and Florida, from Trinidad with its South American species to Florida and its North American endemics. Material in the book includes the nature and life-cycle of the butterfly.

Artikelname: Butterflies of the World
Artikelbeschreibung: A reference guide to identifying 2,500 species of butterflies accompanied by illustrations. Places the members of the order within their specific eco-systems, and explains how the all the elements identify a species and explains its evolution. Each chapter discusses one aspect of the interrelationships of the world of butterflies

Artikelname: Butterflies of Yorkshire
Artikelbeschreibung: This is the first-ever book dedicated solely to Yorkshire's butterflies, their distribution and lifestyle. It is a report on an eight-year distribution study intended to provide baseline information against which future assessments of the state of our butterflies can be made. The writers have tried to summarise our current knowledge, bringing together a mass of information previously scattered through 200+ years of entomological literature and reports.

The aim was to produce an attractive and very colourful book packed with unusual photographs and containing specially designed distribution maps which will put Yorkshire butterflies into a national and regional context. The book will be an important reference volume for anyone interested in our butterflies. It has also been designed to be of use to those working in the conservation field and to people involved in writing BAPs and other conservation management plans. Contents will be divided into: Background Articles; Current Species; Rare and Extinct Species. Although not intended as an ID book, a brief ID section will be included for all current species as a guide to the inexperienced.

Features 62 past and present species covered in depth Paintings of all current species. Full-colour species' maps showing 1995/2003 distribution. All 1995/2003 data turned into flight period diagrams (phenograms). Photos chosen to show habitats, behaviour, aberrations and varieties. A historical review for each species covering distribution over 200+ years. Life cycles and conservation needs examined. 10 background articles including: 200 years of weather with some startling conclusions about how volcanoes contributed to the extinction of Yorkshire butterflies in the 1800's ____________________________________ Contents Section 1 - Background Information Forward by Roy Bedford Introduction (Howard M Frost) The Shape of Yorkshire Butterfly Naturalists - A History of Recording Biological Records Centres in S Yorkshire N York Moors Forest District Recording (Peter Robinson) 200 Years of Weather Ever Changing Butterfly Distribution Butterflies and Brownfield Sites Butterflies and Plants Action to Conserve (Sam Ellis) Butterfly Migration in Yorkshire Variations in the Green Hairstreak Introductions/Re-introductions: A need to stop and think! Key to the Species Chapters Section 2 - Yorkshire's 35 Regular Breeding Species Small Skipper, Large Skipper, Dingy Skipper, Clouded Yellow, Brimstone, Large White, Small White, Green-veined White, Orange-tip, Green Hairstreak, Purple Hairstreak, White-letter Hairstreak, Small Copper, Brown Argus, Northern Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue, Duke of Burgundy, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Comma, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Dark Green Fritillary, Speckled Wood, Wall Brown, Marbled White, Grayling, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Small Heath, Large Heath, Ringlet. Section 3 - Yorkshire's Rare, Extinct and Exotic Species Essex Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper, Grizzled Skipper, Swallowtail, Scarce Swallowtail, Wood White, Pale Clouded Yellow, Cleopatra, Black-veined White, Black Hairstreak, Small Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Chalk Hill Blue, Adonis Blue, Mazarine Blue, White Admiral, Purple Emperor, American Painted Lady, Large Tortoiseshell, Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Fritillary, High Brown Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary, Marsh Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, Scotch Argus, Monarch. Adventives and Escapees - Opsiphanes sp (West Indies), Broad-winged Skipper (USA). Section 4 - Appendices Macro-moths and micro-moths Museum Collections Bibliography Glossary, Abbreviations, Websites and Membership Index

Artikelname: Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East: A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Eastern North America
Artikelbeschreibung: This field guide. covering the butterflies of the eastern United States to a western boundary running from the eastern Dakotas to east Texas, identifies butterflies in their habitat, and includes information on unique field marks and flight patterns, ranges, seasonal abundance, and food plants. It is beautifully illustrated with 71 colour plates, with photographs of all the butterflies native to the eastern United States. The guide will allow butterfly watchers to identify butterflies in the field without the need to collect them

Artikelname: Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight
Artikelbeschreibung: The beauty and grace of butterflies have long captivated people around the world, but their diversity and complexity have drawn the special attention of amateur and professional scientists since at least the time of Darwin. Thanks to this long history of research, more is known about butterflies than is known about almost any other group of insects. In "Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight", the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and processes in general. The 26 chapters are organized into broad functional areas, covering the uses of butterflies in the study of behaviour, ecology, genetics and evolution, systematics, and conservation biology. Especially in the context of the current biodiversity crisis, this book shows how results found with butterflies can help us understand large, rapid changes in the world we share with them - for example, geographic distributions of some butterflies have begun to shift in response to global warming, giving early evidence of climate change that scientists, politicians and citizens alike should heed. The first international synthesis of butterfly biology in two decades, "Butterflies: Ecology and Evolution Taking Flight" offers students, scientists and amateur naturalists a concise overview of the latest developments in the field. Furthermore, it articulates an exciting new perspective of the whole group of approximately 15,000 species of butterflies as a comprehensive model system for all the sciences concerned with biodiversity and its preservation.

Artikelname: Butterfly Conservation
Artikelbeschreibung: Butterflies are the most extensively studied of all the insects. Yet throughout the world, many populations of butterfly species have declined in recent years. Now fully updated with new sections addressing current research and new developments, such as the metapopulation concept of understanding butterfly populations and their management, this edition of Butterfly Conservation provides a broad survey of the science of butterfly conservation. This book will be important reading for all entomologists, naturalists, and conservationists.

Artikelname: Caterpillars of Eastern North America: A Guide to Identification and Natural History
Artikelbeschreibung: This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and two dozen line drawings include numerous exceptionally striking images. The giant silk moths, tiger moths, and many other species covered include forest pests, common garden guests, economically important species, and of course, the Mescal Worm and Mexican Jumping Bean caterpillars. Full-page species accounts cover almost 400 species, with up to six images per species including an image of the adult plus succinct text with information on distribution, seasonal activity, foodplants, and life history. These accounts are generously complemented with additional images of earlier instars, closely related species, noteworthy behaviors, and other intriguing aspects of caterpillar biology. Many caterpillars are illustrated here for the first time. Dozens of new foodplant records are presented and erroneous records are corrected. The book provides considerable information on the distribution, biology, and taxonomy of caterpillars beyond that available in other popular works on Eastern butterflies and moths. The introductory chapter covers caterpillar structure, life cycles, rearing, natural enemies, photography, and conservation. The section titled "Caterpillar Projects" will be of special interest to educators. Given the dearth of accessible guides on the identification and natural history of caterpillars, Caterpillars of the Eastern United States is a must for entomologists and museum curators, forest managers, conservation biologists and others who seek a compact, easy-to-use guide to the caterpillars of this vast region.

Artikelname: Die Oecophoridae s.l. Mitteleuropas.(text in German)
Artikelbeschreibung: The Oecophoridae s.l., including the families Chimabachidae, Oecophoridae, Amphisbatidae and Depressariidae partim (Orophiini and Cacochroini), of central Europe are illustrated and data on biology, habitat and distribution are given. Altogether 109 species are treated, 86 occurring in the area of central Europe (Germany, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and parts of The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia-Montenegro, Rumania, Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania) and further 23 species in the adjacent countries. The atlas contains figures of almost all species in colour and black-and-white drawings of male and female genitalia.

Artikelname: Field Guide - Butterflies of Southern Africa
Artikelbeschreibung: Did you know that there are more than 200 species of butterflies in the southern African region? This handy book tells you all you want to know about those beautiful, colourful creatures. The guide has over 600 colour photographs, distribution maps and informative text.

Artikelname: Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland
Artikelbeschreibung: A ground-breaking field guide to Britain?s macro-moths, with superb artwork for the first time showing the moths in their natural resting postures, rather than as pinned museum specimens.

Comprehensive coverage of nearly every species of macro-moth that has been recorded in Great Britain and Ireland (including the Isle of Man and Channel Islands)

More than 1,600 superbly detailed colour artworks of over 880 species, showing also various colour forms and subspecies More than 80 colour photographs of larvae Detailed texts for each species, including: field characters, similar species, flight season, life cycle, larval foodplants, habitat, status and distribution.General introduction to identifying and studying moths.

Artikelname: Forester Moths
Artikelbeschreibung: This book is an attempt to summarize all knowledge and enable entomologists to identify all species belonging to these four genera. Moreover, this work complements to the "The Western Palaearctic Zygaenidae" and it will later be accompanied by a distribution atlas. A short summary of the characters of the Procridinae, comments on possible phylogenetic relationships, a complete check-list of species and all known synonyms, an identification key with genitalia drawings of all species, a systematic catalogue with type localities and depositories of types, data on the distribution, and annotated list of all known larval foodplants, description of new biologies and a detailed bibliography are provided. Moreover, illustrations of wing venation, morphology of antennae and legs, larval morphology, so far unpublished photos of larvae and their foodplants and colour paintings of all mentioned species are included.

Artikelname: Guide to the Butterflies of Britain
Artikelbeschreibung: An excellent quick identification aid to butterflies most likely to be found in the British Isles, with 58 species illustrations and descriptions of the butterfly life cycle, butterfly behaviour, predators and protecting butterflies.

Artikelname: Hawkmoths of the World,An Annotated and Illustrated Revisionary Checklist
Artikelbeschreibung: Hawkmoths are truly spectacular to observe. They are among some of the largest members of the order Lepidoptera. As caterpillars, they have sleek muscular bodies with sidestripes and a tail 'horn'; some evoke alarm for their resemblance to poisonous snakes. As adult moths, they use their long tongues to drink nectar from flowers while hovering. Found worldwide, many travel prodigious distances: hummingbird hawkmoths regularly fly to Britain from the Mediterranean.

For this volume, two international authorities on hawkmoths have prepared a comprehensive checklist with species descriptions. Covering more than 3,800 family/genus and species-group taxa, it provides a much-needed foundation for research into these insects' systematics and biology.

Hawkmoths of the World opens with an overview of hawkmoth morphology and biology, including discussion of the moths' immature stages, their roles as pollinators and as pests, and their importance in conservation issues. The authors then propose a new system for higher classifications of hawkmoths, one based on the results of the most recent phylogenetic research.

The checklist contains all the nominal taxa of the Sphingidae, as well as the names of aberrations and individual forms. The author of each taxon description is given along with its original date of publication. Two species and two subspecies are described as new. A series of notes clearly explains these and other taxonomic changes, lectotype designations and related matters. Colour plates with 64 photographs further enhance the book.

All those concerned with the conservation of Lepidoptera will welcome the addition of this landmark reference work to their libraries.

Artikelname: Killing,Setting & Storing Butterflies & Moths
Artikelbeschreibung: A very useful intoductory booklet to the methods of mounting and storing a reference collection of lepidoptera.

Artikelname: Larvae of the British Butterflies & Moths Vol 1: Butterflies
Artikelbeschreibung: William Buckler's 9 volumes on the larvae of the butterflies and moths represented a monumental feat of artistry over nearly 30 years. Published by the Ray Society in 1885, Volume 1 covers, with a very few exceptions, all the British species of butterfly at the time. Some of the nomenclature has since changed, but the species and life-cycle descriptions and the 17 plates of hand-coloured illustrations remain invaluable, although they are rarely seen.

Artikelname: Lepidoptera Pupae
Artikelbeschreibung: This treatise covers the pupae of more than 2500 species of Central European Lepidoptera, and hence comprises a sizable proportion of other European faunas (the NW. European in particular) as well. It summarizes decades of painstaking work made by Dr Jan Patocka and his co-workers on the basis of material obtained through their own rearings, and supplemented with specimens obtained from several Central European museums, as well as from numerous individual lepidopterists. Previous results from this research programme have been presented in a very large number of articles dealing with individual (usually familygroup) taxa; these papers have appeared in a variety of C. European journals and have consistently been published in German. There has been a growing demand for having all of this scattered material brought together and to have it made available in English. This is the only volume in print covering the majority of lepidoptera pupa found in europe. Text is in ENGLISH.

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Artikelname: Microlepidoptera of Europe, Vol. 1: Pterophoridae
Artikelbeschreibung: A series intended to be a tool for identifying the European micro-moths. Each volume will treat a systematic unit comprising about 100-300 species. This will usually mean a family or subfamily, but it can also be a single large genus, or a group of smaller families. Small and systematically unrelated groups may also be collected in one volume.

This volume covers the Pterophoridae or Plume Moths

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol. 2: Cossidae to Heliodinidae:HARDBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: The special Introductory chapter on ?British Aposematic Lepidoptera? - those species which protect themselves by warning coloration, scents, sounds and behaviour is by the distinguished zoologist and biochemist, Dame Miriam Rothschild. The volume contains an invaluable key to the Lepidoptera families of Ditrysia (for British species only) which covers all families except those in Volume 1. The Systematic Section deals with species in fifteen families (Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Limacodidae, Psychidae, Tineidae, Ochsenheimeriidae, Lyonetiidae, Hieroxestidae, Gracillariidae, Phyllocnistidae, Sesiidae, Choreutidae, Glyphipterigidae, Douglasiidae and Heliodinidae), two of which (Ochsenheimeriidae and Hieroxestidae) have since been reduced to subfamily level and another, Lyonetiidae, has since been split, one subfamily being raised to family level: Bucculatricidae. Among these primitive ?microlepidoptera? families are three which are usually included in works on macrolepidoptera - the Cossidae (Goat and Leopard Moths) (illustrated here on Plate 3) , Zygaenidae (Burnets and Foresters) (illustrated on Plate 4), and the Sesiidae (Clearwings). TO ORDER ONLY

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland - Vol. 9: Sphingidae to Noctuidae (Noctuinae and Hadeninae)SOFTBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: The Introductory chapter examines the function of ?Eversible Structures?, the little-known brush-organs which are everted from the legs, thorax or abdominal segments of the males of various families of Lepidoptera. They are associated with courtship behaviour and with defence but much research remains to be done before their function can be fully understood. The Systematic Section contains the well-known families Sphingidae (Hawkmoths), Notodontidae (Prominents), Lymantriidae (Tussocks), Arctiidae (Tiger Moths), the doubtful Thaumetopoeidae, the rare adventive Ctenuchidae, and the small family of Nolidae (see Plate 6), followed by the first two subfamilies of the very large family of Noctuidae (?owlets?), containing among others the numerous Darts, Drabs, Yellow Underwings and Wainscots.

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Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland VOL 1 :SOFTBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: Volume 1 contains seven Introductory chapters by authoritative authors on such diverse and interesting topics Morphology, Parasites, Pest Species, Habitats, Conservation, and Techniques (with instructions for the preparation of genitalia slides for examination of critical species), as well as bibliographies of seminal county faunal lists and of works useful for the study of British Lepidoptera.

The Systematic Section covers the eight most primitive Lepidoptera families (Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Tischeriidae, Incurvariidae and Heliozelidae) which, surprising to many, include not only the minutest species of microlepidoptera but also some of the larger, e.g. the swift moths.

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Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland VOL 1 HARDBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: Volume 1 contains seven Introductory chapters by authoritative authors on such diverse and interesting topics Morphology, Parasites, Pest Species, Habitats, Conservation, and Techniques (with instructions for the preparation of genitalia slides for examination of critical species), as well as bibliographies of seminal county faunal lists and of works useful for the study of British Lepidoptera. The Systematic Section covers the eight most primitive Lepidoptera families (Micropterigidae, Eriocraniidae, Hepialidae, Nepticulidae, Opostegidae, Tischeriidae, Incurvariidae and Heliozelidae) which, surprising to many, include not only the minutest species of microlepidoptera but also some of the larger, e.g. the swift moths. TO ORDER ONLY

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland vol 3:SOFTBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: This is the seventh volume to be published in this major series on the whole of the British Lepidoptera. It covers 240 British species in the microlepidoptera families Yponomeutidae sensu lato, Epermeniidae, Schreckensteiniidae, Coleophoridae and Elachistidae.

The Yponomeutidae are treated by David Agassiz, who has also written the introductory chapter on 'Invasions of Lepidoptera into the British Isles'; the Epermeniidae are by Charles Godfray and Philip Sterling; the Schreckensteiniidae (represented by only one species) and the Coleophoridae are by A. Maidand Emmet, with important contributions on the latter family by John Langmaid, Keith Bland and Martin Corley, and Jozef Razowski who illustrated the genitalia of all the coleophorids; and the Elachistidae are by Keith Bland, who drew his own text figures. The Systematic Section, following the established format, gives a full description, details of life history and a distribution map (including vice-county records up to mid- 1996) of each species. To reflect the large number of changes that have taken place since the publication ofKloet & Hincks' A check list of British insects: Lepidoptera (1972), up-to-date check lists have been included where necessary. To make correlation possible between the new arrangement and that in the Life History Chart published in Vol. 7, part 2, the number allocated to each species in the latter is given. The latest scheme of classification for the whole of the British Lepidoptera down to subfamily level has also been included to show the changes relating to volumes already published.Containing much original research, particularly into the hitherto undescribed early stages of many species (including one coleophorid with remarkable photographs by Jane Feehan), this volume gready augments information previously available only in continental works. There are 109 text figures, including genitalia (most containing many individual drawings), wing venations and other structures, as well as 8 plates oflarval cases (in duotone) and 9 of imagines (in colour) by Richard Lewington. Comprehensive references and indexes complete the work.

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Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 7:part 1)HARDBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: The two Introductory chapters are on the subjects ?Vernacular Names and Early History of British Butterflies? and ?Re-establishment of Insect Populations?, an ecological study of value to conservationists.

In the Systematic Section, 25 authors have contributed the most comprehensive and detailed descriptions ever of the 111 species of butterfly that have been recorded in the British Isles (see Plates 4, 8 and 10). Several of these are now extinct as breeding species (e.g. Large Copper, Mazarine Blue, Large Blue and Large Tortoiseshell); others are rare immigrants (e.g. Bath White, Pale Clouded Yellow, Short- and Long-tailed Blues, Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Fritillary, and Monarch butterflies). Some, though recorded in historic times, have never been proved to be resident here and doubt remains about some of the so called ?adventives?(see Plate 22), but all species are included and beautifully illustrated by Richard Lewington.

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Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Volume 7:part 1: SOFTBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: The two Introductory chapters are on the subjects ?Vernacular Names and Early History of British Butterflies? and ?Re-establishment of Insect Populations?, an ecological study of value to conservationists.

In the Systematic Section, 25 authors have contributed the most comprehensive and detailed descriptions ever of the 111 species of butterfly that have been recorded in the British Isles (see Plates 4, 8 and 10). Several of these are now extinct as breeding species (e.g. Large Copper, Mazarine Blue, Large Blue and Large Tortoiseshell); others are rare immigrants (e.g. Bath White, Pale Clouded Yellow, Short- and Long-tailed Blues, Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Fritillary, and Monarch butterflies). Some, though recorded in historic times, have never been proved to be resident here and doubt remains about some of the so called ?adventives?(see Plate 22), but all species are included and beautifully illustrated by Richard Lewington. TO ORDER ONLY

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 7 part one
Artikelbeschreibung: The two Introductory chapters are on the subjects ?Vernacular Names and Early History of British Butterflies? and ?Re-establishment of Insect Populations?, an ecological study of value to conservationists.

In the Systematic Section, 25 authors have contributed the most comprehensive and detailed descriptions ever of the 111 species of butterfly that have been recorded in the British Isles (see Plates 4, 8 and 10). Several of these are now extinct as breeding species (e.g. Large Copper, Mazarine Blue, Large Blue and Large Tortoiseshell); others are rare immigrants (e.g. Bath White, Pale Clouded Yellow, Short- and Long-tailed Blues, Camberwell Beauty, Queen of Spain Fritillary, and Monarch butterflies). Some, though recorded in historic times, have never been proved to be resident here and doubt remains about some of the so called ?adventives?(see Plate 22), but all species are included and beautifully illustrated by Richard Lewington.

Also available in Hardback at £62.

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 7 part two:HARDBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: There are three special chapters in this volume in addition to the comparatively short Systematic Section. In the first, Malcolm Scoble reviews the ?Classification of the Lepidoptera? on a world basis and puts the British fauna in perspective. The second, on ?Resting Posture in the Lepidoptera? with representative colour illustrations (see Vol. 7(2), Plate A), provides a welcome link between classification as the taxonomic orientated study of museum workers and the observations of living species by workers in the field. Both are, of course, essential tools for the systematic treatment of moths and butterflies, as their scientific names reflect not only their appearance but also their behaviour. Michael Tweedie?s photographs illustrate his text. The third chapter is a mammoth ?Life History Chart of the British Lepidoptera, containing a condensed synopsis of the natural history of the nearly 2600 species recorded in Britain - a tour-de-force by the series senior editor, Maitland Emmet. The Systematic Section covers the families Lasiocampidae (e.g. Eggars and Lappets), Saturniidae (Emperor Moth) and Endromidae (Kentish Glory) (see Plate 3), and the Drepanidae (e.g. Hook-tips) and Thyatiridae (e.g. Peach Blossom and Lutestrings). TO ORDER ONLY

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland: Vol 7 part two:SOFTBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: There are three special chapters in this volume in addition to the comparatively short Systematic Section. In the first, Malcolm Scoble reviews the ?Classification of the Lepidoptera? on a world basis and puts the British fauna in perspective. The second, on ?Resting Posture in the Lepidoptera? with representative colour illustrations (see Vol. 7(2), Plate A), provides a welcome link between classification as the taxonomic orientated study of museum workers and the observations of living species by workers in the field. Both are, of course, essential tools for the systematic treatment of moths and butterflies, as their scientific names reflect not only their appearance but also their behaviour. Michael Tweedie?s photographs illustrate his text. The third chapter is a mammoth ?Life History Chart of the British Lepidoptera, containing a condensed synopsis of the natural history of the nearly 2600 species recorded in Britain - a tour-de-force by the series senior editor, Maitland Emmet. The Systematic Section covers the families Lasiocampidae (e.g. Eggars and Lappets), Saturniidae (Emperor Moth) and Endromidae (Kentish Glory) (see Plate 3), and the Drepanidae (e.g. Hook-tips) and Thyatiridae (e.g. Peach Blossom and Lutestrings).

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Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland:Vol 10: SOFTBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: The special Introductory chapter reviews ?The Incidence of Migrant Lepidoptera in the British Isles. The definition of migration is examined and categories of migration are defined. The species listed exclude the microlepidoptera, except for Pyraloidea. These are the principal subject of a later review which was published subsequently (Vol. 3) but it produces many interesting statistics of migration up to 1982.

The Systematic Section concludes the descriptions of Noctuidae, the largest family of Lepidoptera. Many familiar moths are covered in this volume including those in the subfamilies Cuculliinae (Sharks), Acronictinae (Daggers), the metallic-scaled Plusiinae, the Catocalinae (Red Underwings) and Hypeninae (Snouts). TO ORDER ONLY

Artikelname: Moths and Butterflies of Great Britian and Ireland:Vol 10;HARDBACK
Artikelbeschreibung: The special Introductory chapter reviews ?The Incidence of Migrant Lepidoptera in the British Isles. The definition of migration is examined and categories of migration are defined. The species listed exclude the microlepidoptera, except for Pyraloidea. These are the principal subject of a later review which was published subsequently (Vol. 3) but it produces many interesting statistics of migration up to 1982.

The Systematic Section concludes the descriptions of Noctuidae, the largest family of Lepidoptera. Many familiar moths are covered in this volume including those in the subfamilies Cuculliinae (Sharks), Acronictinae (Daggers), the metallic-scaled Plusiinae, the Catocalinae (Red Underwings) and Hypeninae (Snouts). TO ORDER ONLY

Artikelname: Moths of the British Isles
Artikelbeschreibung:

First published in 1984 and now updated, this colour guide was conceived to provide a current assessment of the status, habits and distribution of all breeding species and genuine migrants that would simplify accurate identification of the larger moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Forty-three colour plates illustrating over 1,600 specimens show all species, races and better-known forms of moths; this is the first time that some have been brought together in one volume, and the first time some have been illustrated in colour. Text figures and cross-references aim to simplify the identification of specimens of similar species. The contents form an illustrated list of moths which will be of value to entomologists and naturalists concerned with the fauna of this corner of Europe. It is also an attractive and helpful guide for the general reader.

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Artikelname: Old Newton Stewart
Artikelbeschreibung: As well as the streets and buildings of Newton Stewart, Creebridge and Minnigaff, this book contains pictures of events such as the acrimonious Creebridge Eviction (a church dispute of the early twentieth century), curling and skating on the River Cree during the freeze of February 1895, a visit by an aircraft to the town in 1913, and a floral fete featuring magnificently decorated bicycles. There's a picture of the aftermath of the train crash of February 1910, as well as the station (and a local bus) during more run-of-the-mill times. Nearby Blackcraig, where lead mining was established in the late eighteenth century, is featured too, along with Palnure, where boats transporting lead ore were moored.

Artikelname: Practical Hints for the Field Lepidopterist
Artikelbeschreibung: Written in three parts at the turn of the century, this book has been reprinted because of its scarcity and value to students of Lepidoptera. Parts I to II all give a comprehensive month by month guide to which species and stages of macros and micros to look for and how to find them. Part III also contains an extensive biological account of the early stages and how to keep, rear, photograph and describe them. A separate supplement is included (Vol 23a), which cross-references old and current scientific names and English names of the species covered.

The "must have" essential guide for the field lepidopterist.

Artikelname: Preparing and Maintaining a Collection of Butterflies and Moths
Artikelbeschreibung: A practical manual detailing the various methods used to prepare specimens for a collection, from killing methods, setting the specimens and repairing damaged ones, to storage and preservation, including pest prevention and cure.

Artikelname: Prime Butterflies Areas in Bulgaria
Artikelbeschreibung: Studies of butterflies in Bulgaria have been carried out for more than 150 years. While the species distribution was more or less known, their conservation was not a special priority until recently. Previously the conservation efforts were mainly focused on a particular species (the decline of butterflies has been recognized for many years) and not on the areas which they inhabit. The main object here was to identify and describe the most important sites for butterflies in the country, implementing a simple method using target species, in order to help the definition of the Bulgarian part of the European Union's NATURA 2000 Network. Fifty NATURA 2000 sites are properly listed and described, and in this respect the book can serve as NATURA 2000 Guide for Bulgaria. The book is richly illustrated by color photos of species and habitats, maps, it includes species listings and data on conservation and protection, as well as basic GIS data on a CD. It is adressed to lepidopterologists, biogeographers, conservationists, NATURA 2000 workers and anyone interested in the nature of the Balkans.

Artikelname: Pyraloidea Studies: Festschrift for Michael Schaffer
Artikelbeschreibung: Articles on Pyraloidea and one on Pterophoridae published to celebrate the 70th birthday of Michael Shaffer at the British Museum (Natural History).

A selection of articles with the following titles: In Honor of Mr. Michael Shaffer * Michael Shaffer and BMNH Pyraloidea/Thyridoidea collection * The types of the species of Cosmoclostis Meyrick (Pterophoridae) and their genitalia * On the morphology of the gnathos in the Pyraloidea * Michaelshaffera gen n. - a pyralid taxon lacking an abtominal tympanal organ * A preliminary revision and cladistic analysis of the Ethiopian species of Ematheudes (Phycitinae: Peoriini) * A reassessment and review of the Australian genus Ctenomeristis Meyrick (Phycitinae) * Checklist and a key of New World species of Omiodes Guenée with descriptions of four new Costa Rican Species (Crambidae) * A review of the Phycitinae of the Galápagos Islands * A taxonomic revision of the Scopariinae from the Macaronesian Region (Crambidae).

Artikelname: Schmetterlinge und ihre Lebensräume (text in German)
Artikelbeschreibung: A superb volume covering the ecology and distribution of the families:
Hesperiidae
Psychidae
Hetrogynidae
Zygaenidae
Syntomidae
Limacodidae
Drepanidae
Thyatiridae
Sphingidae
Stunning illustrations of live insects and very clear genitalia plates and colour plates of the moths

Artikelname: The Clothes Moths (Tineidae). Part 5: Subfamily Myrmecozelinae.
Artikelbeschreibung: This work covers Myrmecozelinae, the subfamily of steppe detritophagous moths - one of the groups of lower Lepidoptera. The monograph presents a complete review of these moths from the former USSR and adjacent territories. In it are examined 95 species of which 25 are described as new to science.

Artikelname: The Leaf Miners of Warwickshire
Artikelbeschreibung:  

This is the first-ever fauna to appear in Britain that covers all groups of leaf-miners. Although the heart of the work lies in the observations that have been carried out in Warwickshire, particularly during the last 13 years, I have tried to broaden the appeal of the publication by giving some additional consideration to those miners of neighbouring counties and of other parts of the Midlands that have not yet been found in Vice-county 38. This has resulted in the inclusion of 73% of the known British fauna, and if one omits from consideration those miners that are known to be restricted to coastal or northern localities the proportion rises to over 80%. Thus most of the miners of lowland Britain have been listed and naturalists in other coUnties should find this work a useful, though not a complete, guide to their own mining faunas.

Artikelname: The Nepticulidae of Eastern Europe and Asia. Western, Central and Eastern Parts
Artikelbeschreibung: This fine book treats the Nepticulidae of the former Soviet Union. It provides an illustrated key to all the known spceies found in this vast region. Included are original descriptions and line drawings of the adult insects and genitalia of over 200 species. This book will remain an important identification guide for decades to come.

Artikelname: The Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea (Lepidoptera) - a Global Review with Strategic Regional Revisions.
Artikelbeschreibung: Apart from Northern Europe, the Nepticuloidea and Tischerioidea have so far been only poorly known. Therefore this book should be highly welcomed though it is in partly Lithuanian and only partly English. It is divided into the following chapters: Introduction to systematics and biodiversity(in Lithuanian); Methods and material (in Lithuanian); Mining Microlepidoptera (in Lithuanian); Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea - the world context (partly Lithuanian, partly English); Strategic regional revisions with descriptions of new species (partly Lithuanian, partly English, descriptions of new species in English); Revised fauna of the Nepticulidae of Lithuania (in Lithuanian); Catalogue of the world Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea (accompanying text in English); Index to Nepticuloidea & Tischerioidea names; Index to host-plants; Lithuanian terminology; References.

For non Lithuanian readers, the descriptions of the many new species and the World Catalogue are of special interest. In addition, the book is richly illustrated so that also a lot of valuable information can be extracted from the chapters in Lithuanian. Also very important are the indexes to names and to all host plants of the world fauna. The book discusses systematics and biodiversity in general, mining Microlepidoptera, provides methods and material and deals with the three families world wide: Nepticulidae, Opostegidae and Tischeriidae. The exhaustive review of Tischeriidae in English also provides a new classification and phylogeny with a new genus Astrotischeria. Taxonomic revisions of the Nepticulidae of Central Asia, East Asia, South and Central America together with re-assessments to the Indian-Nepalese nepticulids and South African tischeriids are given (in Lithuanian) and supported by taxonomic check lists to species. Totally, this book comprises descriptions of 41 new species (in English).

Artikelname: The Scientific Names of the British Lepidoptera: Their History and Meaning
Artikelbeschreibung: An Introduction, giving notes on Nomenclature, Classification and Conventions; and Terms and Abbreviations, is followed by a History of the Scientific Nomenclature of Lepidoptera.

In the Systematic Section, the meanings of over 4000 names are given. The nomenclature is that of Kloet & Hincks (1972) with more recent amendments. The specific names (each preceded by the Bradley & Fletcher Log Book number) are explained, together with the names of the genera, families and suborders to which they belong, giving both Latin and Greek roots.

Appendixes include People commemorated in the names of Lepidoptera; Geographical Names and Unresolved Names. References and Indexes complete the work.

Maitland Emmet, a widely respected amateur entomologist, was one of Britain?s leading specialists in the microlepidoptera and senior editor of the series The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland until his recent death. As a classical scholar and crossword enthusiast he was ideally equipped for the research needed in the preparation of this book.

Artikelname: Wings of Paradise: The Great Saturniid Moths
Artikelbeschreibung: A perfect book for nature lovers, armchair travelers, and wildlife art enthusiasts. Cody has spent a lifetime finding and painting great saturniid moths, the most beautiful of insects. His 71 watercolors are accompanied by personal commentary on the circumstances of finding and painting each moth, along with information about their habitat, life cycle, and characteristics.

Artikelname: Yponomeutinae (Lepidoptera) of the World Exclusive of the Americas
Artikelbeschreibung: The subfamily Yponomeutinae is one of the groups of Micro lepidoptera with a worldwide distribution, representatives of which occur in almost every habitat type, inhabiting both lowlands and mountains. The Yponomeutinae pose many interesting biological problems that make them suitable for evolutionary and phylogenetic studies. This volume presents an overview of the Yponomeutinae of the world exclusive of the Americas comprising 233 species (including four fossil species) classified in the 25 genera. The book also includes an annotated list of all known species, presented for the first time since the publication of Meyrick's List Yponomeutinae in Wagner's Lepidopterorum Catalogus and a brief historical survey of the work on the Yponomeutinae.