Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland: 2nd edition

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Fully revised and expanded second edition of a ground-breaking book that made the fascinating micro-moth group accessible to the general naturalist. Key updates to the second edition include: - addition of c. 300 new species, taking the total covered to more than 1,300 - more than 100 new artworks added to the introduction and colour plate section - names and species order revised to reflect the latest published taxonomy - many more common names now included - all maps replaced with up-to-date species distributions - new colour photographs throughout, including many that will help with identifying larval stages - index revised by species name. Praise for the first edition: 'Here, at long last, is a warm and inviting introduction to the broad subject of British microlepidoptera' - Birdguides

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Phil Sterling's interest in moths began before he started school. Today he concentrates on elucidating life histories of lesser-known moth species, and on promoting his passion for wildlife to a wide audience through publication of books, papers and public speaking. He holds the degree of MA (Oxon) in Zoology and his DPhil (Oxon) was on the ecology and biological control of the Brown-tail Moth. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, and a member of the British Entomological and Natural History Society and British Ecological Society. He has been in nature conservation research and practice for 35 years and is currently at Butterfly Conservation where he works on a UK-wide project to improve habitat for wildlife in the built environment. Mark Parsons was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, and started recording moths in the long hot summer of 1976. He has a BSc in Biology, is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and is a member of the British Entomological and Natural History Society and the Societas Europae Lepidopterologica. He has worked as an entomologist for the Nature Conservancy Council and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee, as well as a lepidopterist at the Natural History Museum, London. Currently based in Dorset, he has worked for Butterfly Conservation since 1999, overseeing their moth conservation efforts. He has produced many notes and articles in entomological journals, and authored or co-authored many papers and other publications on Lepidoptera and Lepidoptera conservation. Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of field-guide art, including The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife and Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999 he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.