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An indispensable guide to Great Britain and Ireland''s resident and migrant dragonfly and damselfly species. Whizzing over water with metallic bodies and often iridescent wings, dragonflies and damselflies are arguably one of our most overlooked and beautiful insects. This practical guide will help you to distinguish between skimmers and darters, with fascinating species accounts and insect-watching tips. To aid quick and accurate identification, the book also contains more than 280 stunning paintings by renowned artist, Richard Lewington.The 2002 edition was shortlisted for the BP Natural World Book Prize. This updated edition has been fully revised and redesigned to feature full descriptions, ecological notes and distribution maps, as well as a general introduction and regional guide to the best places to watch dragonflies.>
About the author
Steve Brooks became fascinated by dragonflies when he was young, and pursued this interest in his career as a specialist in freshwater insects and environmental change at the Natural History Museum in London. He has published 281 scientific papers and book chapters, many of them on dragonflies, and five books, including a New Naturalist volume.
Steve is a founder member of the British Dragonfly Society (BDS), a former editor of the Journal of the British Dragonfly Society, and served on the BDS Conservation Committee. He is Associate Editor of Odonatologica.
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, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe, Guide to Garden Wildlife and the Pocket Guide to British Spiders. 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. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.Steve Cham has had a life-long interest in natural history from an early age.
He is the author of a number of books on dragonflies, including popular field guides to larvae and exuviae, and was co-editor of the Atlas of Dragonflies in Britain and Ireland.
Steve has been granted honorary membership of the NBN Trust in recognition of his services to biological recording in the UK, and in 2011 was awarded the Royal Entomological Society Marsh Award for Insect Conservation.
