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Britain's dragonflies : a field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland
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Britain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain’s foremost experts, this fully revised ...
Britain's Dragonflies is the only comprehensive photographic field guide to the damselflies and dragonflies of Britain and Ireland. Written by two of Britain’s foremost experts, this fully revised and updated edition features hundreds of stunning images and identification charts covering all 56 resident, migrant and former breeding species, and seven potential vagrants. The book focuses on identification--both of adults and larvae--highlighting the key features. Detailed species profiles provide concise information on identification, distribution, flight periods, behaviour, habitat, status and conservation. Other sections cover biology; how to watch, photograph, record and monitor Dragonflies; conservation status and legislation; and introduced exotic species. This redesigned, updated and expanded edition features: Beautiful colour plates showing males, females, immatures and all colour forms for every species Over 450 stunning photographs and 550 illustrations Up-to-date species profiles and distribution maps Detailed, easy-to-use identification charts for adults and larvae
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- Creator
- Dave Smallshire & Andy Swash
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Fully Revised and Updated Third
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014
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- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (224 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
- ISBNs
- 1400851866, 1306694205, 0691161232, 9781400851867, 9780691161235
- OCLC
- ocn878405974
- "Fully revised and updated"--Cover.
- Previous edition: Old Basing: WILDGuides, 2010.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 218) and index.
- English
- Britain's Dragonflies -- Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Dragonfly Biology -- Egg -- Larva -- Emergence -- Adult -- Dispersal and migration -- Where to look for Dragonflies -- Dragonfly habitats -- Favoured breeding habitats -- Where to look for rare, scarce and localised Dragonflies -- Watching and photographing Dragonflies -- How to identify Dragonflies -- An introduction to identification -- Key features of adult damselflies and dragonflies -- Colour variations -- The types of Dragonfly -- ADULT identification chart: Demoiselles and emerald damselflies -- Identifying male emerald dragonflies, hawkers and emperors in flight -- Glossary -- The Species Accounts: Breeding Species -- Damselflies (Zygoptera) -- Beautiful Demoiselle -- Banded Demoiselle -- Emerald Damselfy -- Scarce emerald Damselfly -- Southern emerald Damselfly -- Willow emerald Damselfly -- Large Red Damselfly -- Small Red Damselfly -- White-legged Damselfly -- Southern Damselfly -- Northern Damselfly -- Irish Damselfly -- Dainty Damselfly -- Azure Damselfly -- Variable Damselfly -- Common Blue Damselfly -- Blue-tailed Damselfly -- Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly -- Red-eyed Damselfly -- Small red-eyed Damselfly -- Dragonflies(Anisoptera) -- Hairy Dragonfly -- Azure Hawker -- Common Hawker -- Migrant Hawker -- Southern Migrant Hawker -- Southern Hawker -- Brown Hawker -- Norfolk Hawker -- Emperor Dragonfly -- Lesser Emperor -- Golden-ringed Dragonfly -- Common Club-tail -- Downy Emerald -- Brilliant Emerald -- Northern Emerald -- Four-spotted Chaser -- Broad-bodied Chaser -- Scarce Chaser -- Black-tailed Skimmer -- Keeled Skimmer -- White-faced Darter -- Black Darter -- Common Darter -- Ruddy Darter -- Red-veined Darter -- Yellow-winged Darter -- The Species Accounts: Former breeders, vagrants and potential vagrants -- Small Spreadwing -- Common Winter Damselfly -- Norfolk Damselfly -- Blue-eye -- Vagrant Emperor -- Common Green Darner -- River Clubtail -- Western Clubtail -- Orange-Spotted Emerald -- Southern Skimmer -- Yellow-Spotted Whiteface -- Ruby Whiteface -- Banded Darter -- Vagrant Darter -- Southern Darter -- Scarlet Darter -- Wandering Glider -- Introduced exotic species -- Identification of larvae and exuviae -- Conservation status and legislation -- British Dragonfly Society. Dragonfly recording and monitoring -- Further reading -- Acknowledgements and photographic credits -- Index of English and scientific names