Field / Identification Guide Wildlife Guide Identification Key
New Edition
By: Stephen P Brooks(Editor), Steve Cham(Author), Richard Lewington(Illustrator)
224 pages, Colour photos, artwork and maps throughout
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About this book
A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential field guide to British Odonata, featuring unrivalled full-colour artwork of all 58 species.
Adult dragonflies are among the largest and most spectacular insects alive today, and their beautiful colours, phenomenal aerobatic skills and habit of flying only in warm, sunny weather make them easy to observe. Now in its sixth edition, this practical guide will help you to distinguish between all 58 species, with fascinating descriptive accounts and insect-watching tips. Stunning paintings by renowned wildlife artist Richard Lewington allow for quick and accurate identification, and the guide also features an identification key to the larvae of all the resident and migratory dragonfly and damselfly species.
This sixth edition has been fully revised in light of recent unprecedented changes in the range of many of our species, as well as consolidation by new colonists. Updated regional guides, flight-period charts and distribution maps help you to determine when and where to see each species, and the authors have included tips on how to use digital photographs to record and identify dragonflies and damselflies observed in the field. All the species descriptions have been fully revised to include the latest information on life history, biology and ecology, supplemented by more than 50 additional artworks and 125 photographs that are new for this edition.
Contents
Introduction
Life history
Distribution
Dragonfly habitats
Dragonflies and the law
Regional guides
Identification
Introduction to the families
Key to dragonfly larvae
Species descriptions
ZYGOPTERA DAMSELFLIES
Calopterygidae Demoiselles
Lestidae Emerald damselflies
Platycnemididae White-legged damselflies
Coenagrionidae Red damselflies and blue damselflies
ANISOPTERA DRAGONFLIES
Aeshnidae Hawker dragonflies
Gomphidae Club-tailed dragonflies
Cordulegastridae Golden-ringed dragonflies
Corduliidae Emerald dragonflies
Libellulidae Chaser, skimmer and darter dragonflies
Further reading
Addresses
Checklist of Odonata of Great Britain and Ireland
Index
Customer Reviews
Biography
Steve Brooks was a research scientist at the Natural History Museum for 38 years until he retired in 2017. He has published numerous scientific articles on dragonflies.
Steve Cham is a member of the British Dragonfly Society's Dragonfly Conservation Group. In 2011 he received the RES Marsh Award for outstanding achievements in insect conservation.
Richard Lewington FRES is one of Europe's finest wildlife illustrators. In 2010 he was awarded Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.
Field / Identification Guide Wildlife Guide Identification Key
New Edition
By: Stephen P Brooks(Editor), Steve Cham(Author), Richard Lewington(Illustrator)
224 pages, Colour photos, artwork and maps throughout
"[...] Previous versions of Dragonflies & Damselflies have been much celebrated; indeed, the 2002 edition was shortlisted for the Natural World book prize that year. After a dynamic ten years in which there was great change for the status of many British dragonflies, it's excellent to see a comprehensively updated, accurate and beautifully presented new edition released. There can be no question that this is the essential field guide for any British and Irish odonatologist."
- Josh Jones, www.birdguides.com, 28-01-2015
