A HANDBOOK FOR LEPIDOPTERISTS, third edition
$49.50
Peter May, compiler
2014, 228 pages, 24 color plates, 41 b/w plates. The last edition of the Handbook (published in 1992) went out of print in 2005. Since that year, there have been huge advances in the study of Lepidoptera. This completely new edition includes many new topics, is almost twice the size of the previous edition, and is generously illustrated.
This edition was compiled and authored by Peter May with contributions from 10 other authors. Chapters are:
Basic field equipment
Field methods
Moth trapping
Breeding considerations
Adult to Ova
Larvae
Pupae
Conservation
Preparing the collection
Housing the collection
Pest control in the collection
Identification
Genitalia
Recording
Photography
Glossary
Hardcover; 6 x 8-1/2″.
