Britain's Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction
Insect identification
Class Insecta (insects)
Insect orders of Great Britain and Ireland
	– a simplified guide to adults
	– selected larvae and nymphs
Glossary
Watching and photographing insects
THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS
	ARCHAEOGNATHA – Bristletails
	ZYGENTOMA – Silverfish
	EPHEMEROPTERA – Mayflies
	ODONATA – Dragonflies & damselflies
	PLECOPTERA – Stoneflies
	DERMAPTERA – Earwigs
	ORTHOPTERA – Grasshoppers & crickets
	EMBIOPTERA – Webspinners
	MANTODEA – Mantids
	PHASMIDA – Stick-insects
	BLATTODEA – Cockroaches & termites
	PSOCODEA – Lice, barklice & booklice
	HEMIPTERA – Bugs
	THYSANOPTERA – Thrips
	NEUROPTERA – Lacewings & antlions
	MEGALOPTERA – Alderflies
	COLEOPTERA – Beetles
	RAPHIDIOPTERA – Snakeflies
	DIPTERA – Flies
	MECOPTERA – Scorpionflies
	TRICHOPTERA – Caddisflies
	STREPSIPTERA – Stylops
	SIPHONAPTERA – Fleas
	LEPIDOPTERA – Butterflies & moths
	HYMENOPTERA – Ants, wasps, bees & relatives
Status and legislation
Further reading and sources of useful information
Acknowledgements and photographic credits
Index of English and scientific names