TY - BOOK ID - 78492993 TI - Britain's Hoverflies AU - Ball, Stuart, AU - Morris, Roger AU - Stubbs, Alan PY - 2015 SN - 1400850800 1400866022 9781400866021 9780691164410 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Syrphidae KW - NATURE / Animals / Insects & Spiders. KW - Flower flies KW - Flowerflies KW - Hover flies KW - Hoverflies KW - Syrphid flies KW - Diptera KW - Identification. KW - Great Britain. KW - Ireland. KW - Airlann KW - Airurando KW - Éire KW - Irish Republic KW - Irland KW - Irlanda KW - Irlande KW - Irlanti KW - Írország KW - Poblacht na hÉireann KW - Republic of Ireland KW - Anglia KW - Angliyah KW - Briṭanyah KW - England and Wales KW - Förenade kungariket KW - Grã-Bretanha KW - Grande-Bretagne KW - Grossbritannien KW - Igirisu KW - Iso-Britannia KW - Marea Britanie KW - Nagy-Britannia KW - Prydain Fawr KW - Royaume-Uni KW - Saharātchaʻānāčhak KW - Storbritannien KW - United Kingdom KW - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland KW - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland KW - Velikobritanii͡ KW - Wielka Brytania KW - Yhdistynyt kuningaskunta KW - Northern Ireland KW - Scotland KW - Wales UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78492993 AB - 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 fascinating group of insects, and is designed to appeal to beginners and experts alike. Accessible, authoritative and easy to use, this book contains hundreds of remarkable photographs of the various life stages of those species that can be identified by eye or with a magnifying glass, with coverage of at least one representative from each of the British genera. It also features an essential guide to the hoverfly tribes. Detailed species accounts summarize the species' status, highlight the key identification features, provide notes on behaviour and habitat requirements and include flight-period charts and up-to-date distribution maps. Sections on hoverfly biology, where and when to look for hoverflies, legislation and conservation, photographing hoverflies, recording hoverflies and gardening for hoverflies are also included. This fully revised and updated second edition: Features more than 650 stunning colour photographs Provides detailed information for the 167 species that can be most readily identified, including at least one species from each of the 68 genera recorded in Britain Includes a complete list of the 283 hoverfly species recorded in Britain to date, with an indication of how difficult each is to identify ER -