Insects

by Michael Chinery

Insects Offers an insight into the lives of insects. This book helps the reader have a glimpse of their almost alien world and includes information on various aspects of their lives, from their lifecycle and habitats to the amazing ingenuity of their defence tricks. It contains colour photographs that cover a myriad of species from around the globe. Full description

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 15, 2007

About the author

Michael Chinery is an English naturalist.

He studied in Cambridge where he graduated in natural sciences and anthropology.

He edits Cecidology, the journal of the British Plant Gall Society.

Books:
- Animals in the zoo,
- Animal communities,
- Britain's Plant Galls. A photographic
guide (2011) WildGuides. Old Basing, Hampshire. ISBN 978 190365743 0
- Purnell's concise Encyclopedia of Nature,
Forests, Kingfisher, London, 1992 ISBN 0-86272-915-7


Chinery is well known for his books on insects :

Insects of Britain and Northern Europe, 3rd edition, Collins field guide. ISBN 0-00-219918-1
Insects of Britain and Western Europe, Collins Guide, 1986 (reprinted in 1991)
Butterflies of Britain and Europe, Collins Wildlife Trust Guides.