Insects of Britain and Northern Europe

by Michael Chinery

Acts as a general introduction to insects and their study for the previously inexperienced naturalist. Provides information on the insects of both Britain and of the parts of Europe which are north of the Pyrenees.

Genres: Nonfiction

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

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.

Reviews

[Graham Seibert · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are a million species! How do you do it in 300 pages?

Answer is that you have to make compromises. This author's trade-offs among taxonomy, pictures, brief textual descriptions, Latin names, keying out insects by their physical characteristics etc. is well thought out. I'll add to this review after using the book a while.