Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe: 2nd edition (Field Guides),New

ReviewPraise for the first edition: 'A superb guide and a magnificent achievement. This book could scarcely have been better.' Birding WorldProduct DescriptionA revised and thoroughly updated edition of THE definitive guide to identifying dragonflies in Europe.The first edition of the Field Guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe was a groundbreaking identification guide that led to an increase in Odonata recording across Europe. The second edition includes fully revised regional guides and identification texts, updated distribution maps and conservation statuses, illustrated accounts for five species that have been discovered in the region since the first edition, updated checklists and taxonomy, new photographs throughout, as well as an introduction to larvae identification. Each species is lavishly illustrated with artworks of males, females and variations, as well as closeups of important characters.About the AuthorKlaasDouwe 'KD' B Dijkstra developed an interest in natural history as a child living in Egypt. Here he made his first observations of dragonflies as a 12yearold, having to invent his own scientific names for them because he had no literature. The discovery of the first Anax ephippiger in The Netherlands in 1995 incited an active involvement in Dutch dragonfly work. KD was a founding member of the Dutch society for odonatology in 1997, as editor of its journal Brachytron, and coedited and coauthored the handbook of Dutch Odonata published in 2002. He obtained an MSc in biology at Leiden University in 1998, developing a passion for Africa during fieldwork in Uganda in 1995. As a research associate of the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis in The Netherlands, KD has worked on the systematics and biogeography of tropical African Odonata since 2001. In 2005, he shared the Worldwide Dragonfly Association outstanding achievement award for this work.Asmus Schrter is an expert in European dragonfly fauna with a special interest in identification, ethology and biogeography, especially that of mountain regions and the Subarctic. For the last decade his interest has focused on the dragonfly fauna of the southeastern corner of the Western Palaearctic, resulting in numerous publications. He is Executive Editor of the international odonatological journal Notulae Odonatologicae.Richard Lewington is an acknowledged leader in the field of insect illustration. His meticulous paintings of wildlife are the mainstay of many of the modern classics of fieldguide art, including The Butterflies of Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife and Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard has also designed and illustrated wildlife stamps for several countries. In 1999 he was awarded Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of London's Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.