Britain's Hoverflies : A Field Guide - Revised and Updated Second Edition / Stuart Ball, Roger Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ball, Stuart, author.

Morris, R. K. A. (Roger K. A.), author.

Series:

WildGuides.

Britain's Wildlife

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syrphidae--Great Britain--Identification.

Syrphidae.

Syrphidae--Ireland--Identification.

Great Britain.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

Revised and Updated Second

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Britain's Hoverflies is a beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to the hoverflies of Britain, focusing on the species that can be most readily identified. It is the perfect companion for wildlife enthusiasts, professional ecologists and anyone else with an interest in this fascinating group of insects, and is designed to appeal to beginners and experts alike. Accessible, authoritative and easy to use, this book contains hundreds of remarkable photographs of the various life stages of those species that can be identified by eye or with a magnifying glass, with coverage of at least one representative from each of the British genera. It also features an essential guide to the hoverfly tribes. Detailed species accounts summarize the species' status, highlight the key identification features, provide notes on behaviour and habitat requirements and include flight-period charts and up-to-date distribution maps. Sections on hoverfly biology, where and when to look for hoverflies, legislation and conservation, photographing hoverflies, recording hoverflies and gardening for hoverflies are also included. This fully revised and updated second edition: Features more than 650 stunning colour photographs Provides detailed information for the 167 species that can be most readily identified, including at least one species from each of the 68 genera recorded in Britain Includes a complete list of the 283 hoverfly species recorded in Britain to date, with an indication of how difficult each is to identify

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword / Stubbs, Alan

Preface

Introduction

Is it a Hoverfly?

Hoverfly biology

Finding hoverflies

Glossary

Identifying hoverflies

The species accounts

SYRPHINAE

Bacchini

Paragini

Syrphini

ERISTALINAE

Callicerini

Cheilosiini

Chrysogastrini

Eristalini

Merodontini

Pelecocerini

Pipizini

Sericomyiini

Volucellini

Xylotini

MICRODONTINAE

Microdon

List of British and Irish hoverflies

Photographing hoverflies

Collecting hoverflies

Legislation and conservation

Recording hoverflies

Gardening for hoverflies

Further reading and useful addresses

Acknowledgements

Photographic credits

Index of scientific names

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-691-15659-X

1-4008-5080-0

1-4008-6602-2

OCLC:

918625447