Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland - Tapa blanda

An important new enlarged edition of the bestselling and most comprehensive guide to larger moths in Great Britain and Ireland. This guide, first published in 2003, is now considered the moth enthusiast's 'bible'. Contains more than 1,700 exquisitely detailed artworks of over 880 species. This edition contains additional illustrations and descriptions of new species. Also, further paintings of details and forms which will help with identification. The plates have now been grouped together for ease of use. The text has been revised throughout to include the latest information.

Martin Townsend has had a life-long interest in natural history, and started specialising in Lepidoptera at the age of ten. He works as a consultant ecologist, concentrating on insects and other invertebrates, with Lepidoptera as his main field of expertise. He graduated with a BSc in Zoology from the University of Aberdeen in 1985, and since then has worked in ecological research and conservation, including work for IACR Rothamsted, Oxford University Department of Zoology and the RSPB. He has published a number of research papers and articles and has been an independent consultant since 1998, carrying out site surveys for conservation bodies and other landowners. He is based in Oxford.
Paul Waring was born in the New Forest, Hampshire. A schoolboy interest in caterpillars led ultimately to Honours Zoology at the University of Oxford and a PhD on the impact of woodland management on the moth fauna of Bernwood Forest. Since 1987, Paul has worked full-time on moth conservation in Britain, both within the government conservation agencies and as a freelance, as well as mothing elsewhere throughout the world. He is based in Peterborough, and has authored over 1,000 papers and reports in scientific journals, including a regular report on moths in British Wildlife for the last 20 years.