Europas bekannteste schmetterlinge.
Octavo, colour plates. Loose spine, owner signature, working copy only. More
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Oecophorinae genera of Australia, [volume] 2. The Chezala, Philobota and Eulechria groups (Lepidoptera: Oecopheridae).
Melbourne: CSIRO, 1997. Octavo, text illustrations. Mongraphs of Australian Lepidoptera, volume five. This is the second of a three volume series revising the entire Australian fauna of Oecophorinae and includes three major groups of genera, the Chezala Walker, Philobota Meyrick and Eulechria Meyrick groups. This revision covers 84 genera, comprising..... More
Lepidoptera conservation in a changing world.
Springer, 2011. Quarto, text illustrations, laminated boards. More
A guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera: the life histories and food of upwards of 1370 species of our smaller moths with indices of the foods and of the insects with cross referecnes.
London: South London Entomoligical and Natural History Society, 1949. Octavo, binder's cloth. More
Moth.
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, photographs and illustrations. WAS $25. Reaktion Animal Series. Moths are often thought of as denizens of the night, circling around street lights or caught momentarily in the glare of car headlights on a country lane. There are, however, many more species of day-flying moths..... More
Of moths and men an evolutionary tale: the untold story of science and the Peppered moth.
New York: Norton, 2002. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white photographs. Ketterwell was a British doctor who caught butterflies and moths as an all-consuming hobby. His work became a fixture in textbooks for half a century. New research however reveals Ketterwell to be a deluded scientist who distorted facts and surpressed..... More
Of moths and men: intrigue, tradgedy and the Peppered Moth.
London: Fourth Estate, (2002. first edition). Octavo, photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
Butterflies: messages from psyche.
London: Papadakis Publisher, 2010. Quarto, paperback, colour photographs. In this beautifully photographed book, Philip Howse explains how these living tapestries have evolved to repel their principal predators, including birds, lizards, and monkeys. The predators, it is argued, detect their prey by perceiving small details of shape and colour rather than..... More
The moths of South Africa: Gelechiadae.
Pretoria: Transvaal Museum, 1960. Octavo, softcover. More
Hawkmoths of the world: an annotated and illustrated revisionary checklist (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae).
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2000. Quarto, colour photographs, fine copy in dustwrapper. Starts with an overview of hawkmoth morphology and biology, including discussion of the moths' immature stages, their roles as pollinators and as pests, and their imortance in conservation issues. The authors then propose a new system for higher..... More
Moths of Europe, volume one: Saturnids, Lasiocampids, Hawkmoths, Tiger moths.
Buisson: NAP Editions, 2006. Octavo, laminated boards, colour illustrations, text illustrations, maps. Volume one of four. This guide covers around 500 moths (Lepidoptera, Heterocera) traditionally gathered under general names of Saturnids, Lasiocampids, Hawkmoths, Tiger moths, Swifts and so on. Arctiidae, Sphingidae, Lasiocampidae, Saturniidae, Endromidae, Lemoniidae, Bombycidae, Drepanidae, Axiidae, Limacodidae, Notodontidae..... More
Moths.
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2002. Octavo, photographs, graphs, softcover. New Naturalist #90. Moths occur throughout the terrestrial world, from inside the Arctic circle to the tropics. As the major part of the Lepidoptera, they thus comprise the Earth's second largest order of organisms after the beetles: nearly 200,000 species exist..... More
British moths: a photographic guide to the moths of Britain and Ireland.
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, (2015. second edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. Now in its second edition, this book has been thoroughly updated and is now far more comprehensive than the original edition. Containing over 3000 stunning full colour photographs, this book is the perfect single-volume guide to Britain's moths..... More
A field guide to the butterflies and burnets of Spain.
Hampton: E W Classey, 1970. Quarto, 40 coloured plates, lacks dustwrapper. More
Moths of Victoria: part eight, Night moths and allies Noctuoidea (B).
Melbourne: Entomological Society of Victoria, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, CD-ROM. Part eight in a series of ten to twelve which will cover the 2,000 species of Victorian moths. This part is the second book for the diverse superfamily Noctuoidea covering the family Euteliidae and parts of the families Erebidae..... More
Moths of Victoria: part four, Emeralds and allies, Geometridae (B).
Melbourne: Entomological Society of Victoria, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, CD-ROM. Part four in a series of ten to twelve which will cover the 2,000 species of Victorian moths. This part covers the Emeralds and allies. Part one see [stock id 28859], part two [28868, part three [32931], part five..... More
Moths of Victoria: part one, Silk moths and allies Bombycoidea.
Melbourne: Entomological Society of Victoria, 2008. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, CD-ROM. This is the first part in a series of ten to twelve which will cover the 2,000 species of Victorian moths. This handy sized booklet figures the 85 species of Silk moths found in Victoria, Australia. Species are set..... More
Moths of Victoria: part three, Waves and Carpets and allies Geometroidea (C).
Melbourne: Entomological Society of Victoria, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, CD-ROM. Part three in a series of ten to twelve which will cover the 2,000 species of Victorian moths. This part covers the Looper caterpillars which are a familiar sight on plants everywhere. Most belong to the geometrid family of..... More
A guide to the hawkmoths of the Serra dos Orgaos, south-eastern Brazil.
Brazil: Regua, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. Very well-produced, this is the only guide to all 110 species of hawkmoths in Brazil's Organ Mountains. Each species has a detailed text which includes taxonomic nomenclature, distribution and flight times, along with key identification features. 37 colour plates show all..... More
The pursuit of moths and butterflies: an anthology.
London: Chatto and Windus, 1957. Octavo, photographs, inscription, a fine copy in dustwrapper. More
100 Butterflies and Moths: portraits from the tropical forests of Costa Rica.
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. Oblong format, paperback, colour photographs. WAS $47. Walking a forest trail in Costa Rica, a visitor might be struck by the sight of an iridescent blue morpho butterfly fluttering ahead in the filtered daylight, or an enormous silk moth, as magnificently patterned and subtly..... More
The mistletoes of subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
Runcorn: Butterfly and other Invertebrates Club, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings and maps. A comprehensive reference book and a field guide to all 46 species of mistletoe known to occur in subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It provides a detailed introduction to mistletoes, their biology and..... More
Hawkmoths of Australia: identification, biology and distribution.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. Quarto, laminated boards, colour and black and white illustrations, maps, photographs. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Series Volume 13. Allows identification of all of the Australian hawkmoths for the first time and treats species found on mainland Australia, Tasmania and all offshore islands within Australian limits. It..... More
Lepidoptera and conservation.
West Sussex: John Wiley and Sons, 2014. Octavo, maps, laminated boards. Minor wear to front cover. The third in a trilogy of global overviews of conservation of diverse and ecologically important insect groups. The first two were Beetles in conservation[31199] and Hymenoptera and Conservation[34597]. Each has different priorities and emphases..... More
Britain's day-flying moths: a field guide to the day-Flying moths of Britain and Ireland.
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This concise photographic field guide details over 150 day-flying moths found in Britain and Ireland. Combining stunning photographs, authoritative text, and an easy-to-use design, this book makes a perfect travelling companion and one that will increase your enjoyment of these..... More