Eastern Europe

[Nick Greatorex-Davies]

.. or the more recently published Collins Field Guide: Butterflies of
Britain and Europe By Tom Tolman, illustrated by Richard Lewington,
1997,  ISBN 0  00 219992 0. An excellent book in similar style to
Higgins and Riley with superb illustrations.

Regards
Nick

>>> "Chris J. Durden" <drdn at mail.utexas.edu> 15/06/00 08:45:10 >>>
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 
>
>