Britain's hoverflies : a field guide /

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 fascinatin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Ball, S. G. (Autor), Morris, R. K. A. (Roger K. A.) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:WildGuides.
Temas:
Syrphidae > Great Britain > Identification.
Syrphidae > Ireland > Identification.
Syrphidés > Grande-Bretagne > Identification.
Syrphidés > Irlande > Identification.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
NATURE > Animals > Insects & Spiders.
Syrphidae
Great Britain
Ireland
Field guides
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Is it a hoverfly?
  • Hoverfly biology
  • The life-cycle of a hoverfly
  • Adults
  • Eggs
  • Larvae
  • Recording Cheilosia albipila and C. grossa by searching for larvae in thistles
  • Pupae
  • Migration
  • Polymorphism and other colour variations
  • Mimicry
  • Finding hoverflies
  • The seasonal calendar
  • Where to look for hoverflies
  • The search for Callicera rufa
  • Glossary
  • Identifying hoverflies
  • Naming the parts
  • Guide to the tribes
  • Simplified guide to British hoverfly tribes
  • Identifying wasp and bee mimics
  • A guide to the most frequently photographed hoverflies
  • THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS
  • SYRPHINAE
  • Bacchini
  • Guide to Bacchini
  • Baccha
  • Melanostoma
  • Platycheirus
  • Xanthandrus
  • Paragini
  • Guide to Paragini
  • Paragus
  • Syrphini
  • Guide to Syrphini
  • Chrysotoxum
  • Xanthogramma
  • Doros
  • Sphaerophoria
  • Eriozona
  • Leucozona
  • Dasysyrphus
  • Didea
  • Scaeva
  • Eupeodes
  • Melangyna
  • Meligramma
  • Meliscaeva
  • Episyrphus
  • Epistrophe
  • Megasyrphus
  • Parasyrphus
  • Syrphus
  • ERISTALINAE
  • Callicerini
  • Guide to Callicerini
  • Callicera
  • Cheilosiini
  • Guide to Cheilosiini
  • Cheilosia
  • Ferdinandea
  • Portevinia
  • Rhingia
  • Chrysogastrini
  • Guide to Chrysogastrini
  • Neoascia
  • Sphegina
  • Melanogaster
  • Chrysogaster
  • Orthonevra
  • Riponnensia
  • Lejogaster
  • Brachyopa
  • Hammerschmidtia
  • Myolepta
  • Eristalini
  • Guide to Eristalini (and Merodontini: Merodon)
  • Eristalis
  • Eristalinus
  • Mallota
  • Myathropa
  • Anasimyia
  • Helophilus
  • Lejops
  • Parhelophilus
  • Merodontini
  • Guide to Merodontini
  • Eumerus
  • Merodon
  • Psilota
  • Pelecocerini
  • Guide to Pelecocerini
  • Pelecocera
  • Pipizini
  • Guide to Pipizini
  • Pipiza
  • Heringia
  • Pipizella
  • Trichopsomyia
  • Triglyphus
  • Sericomyiini.
  • Guide to Sericomyiini
  • Sericomyia
  • Volucellini
  • Guide to Volucellini
  • Volucella
  • Xylotini
  • Guide to Xylotini
  • Blera
  • Brachypalpoides
  • Caliprobola
  • Brachypalpus
  • Chalcosyrphus
  • Criorhina
  • Pocota
  • Syritta
  • Tropidia
  • Xylota
  • 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.

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