| Description |
1 online resource : color illustrations |
| Series |
WildGuides |
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WildGuides.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; The difference between butterflies and moths; What is a day-flying moth?; Moth biology; The naming of moths; Identifying moths; Where to look for day-flying moths; Gardening for moths; Glossary; Moth families with day-flying species; Introduction to the species accounts; THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS; Clearwings (Family: Sesiidae); Foresters and Burnets (Family: Zygaenidae); Hook-tips, Eggars, Kentish Glory and Emperor Moth (Families: Drepanidae, Lasiocampidae, Endromidae and Saturniidae); Hawk-moths (Family: Sphingidae) |
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Geometrids (Family: Geometridae)Tussocks, Footmen, Tigers and allies (Family: Erebidae); Noctuids (Family: Noctuidae); Micro-moths (a selection of common day-flyers from the families: Incurvariidae, Adelidae, Tineidae, Gracillariidae, Choreutidae, Glyphipterigidae, Yponomeutidae, Plutellidae, Oecophoridae, Tortricidae, Crambidae, Pyralidae and Pterophoridae); Recent introductions; List of day-flying moths with summary data showing: habitat preferences, flight season, larval foodplants, and conservation status, BAP listing and legislative protection; Conservation and legislation; Butterfly and moth conservationRecording and monitoring; Further reading; Useful websites; Acknowledgements and photographic credits; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 15, 2019) |
| Subject |
Moths -- Great Britain
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Moths -- Ireland
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NATURE -- Animals -- Butterflies & Moths.
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Moths
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Ireland
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Still, Rob, author.
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Swash, Andy, author.
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| ISBN |
9780691198958 |
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0691198950 |
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