The emphasis is on British species, but the book also covers aspects of hemipteran biology worldwide. Contents: Introduction; Food; Symbiotic relationships; Diseases of bugs; Natural enemies; Defence; Biorhythms; Dispersal; Distribution; The British Hemiptera as a sample of the world fauna; Morphology; Classification; Key to suborders of British Hemipteras; Heteroptera; Auchenorrhynscha; Sternorrhyncha; Techniques for collecting and preserving Hemiptera; Glossary; Information sources; References; Index.