Eastern Europe

[Chris J. Durden]

How about -
Higgins & Riley, 1970. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and
Europe. Houghton Mifflin.
  Is this still in print? If not check the used book dealers, although
books this good that are field guides, tend to get used up and worn out fast.
.....Chris Durden


At 01:37  16/06/00 +0800, you wrote:
>For a general insect guide, Michael Chinery's "Insects of Britian and
Northern
>Europe" and "Insects of Britain and Western Europe" (both published by
Collins)
>will be very useful, allowing for identification of most species to subfamily
>and many to genus - most of the central and eastern European fauna extends
>further west. There is a large range of more specialist books (e.g. the
series
>of Microlepidoptera Palaearctica), but be prepared for a hefty bill if you
want
>to obtain a set that covers the major insect orders.
>
>hope this helps,
>
>Roger.
>
>Patricia and Jeff Harding wrote:
>
>> My daughter, Katie Harding, has plans to work in Poland this summer, in
>> Krakow, in Environmental Toxicology. She just finished her undergraduate
>> education, with degrees in Biology and Entomology at Oregon State
>> University. Are there good field guides she should have, to insects,
>> lepidoptera, or general natural history, covering Poland, or Eastern
Europe,
>> in English, or as a second choice, German?
>> Patricia and Jeff Harding
>
>--
>Roger C. KENDRICK
>  (still a Ph.D. Student!)
>  Dept. of Ecology & Biodiversity, The University of Hong Kong
>  mailto:kendrick at hkusua.hku.hk or mailto:hkmoths at yahoo.co.uk
>
>Hong Kong Moths website coordinator
>  http://hkusub.hku.hk/~kendrick/hkmoth.htm
>
>HK Lepidopterists' Society Website
>  http://www.hkls.org
>  http://hklg.163.net/ (Chinese summary)
>  mailto:hkls at xoommail.com
>
>