Richard Comont

RSPB Spotlight Ladybirds (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

RSPB Spotlight: Ladybirds is packed with eye-catching, informative colour photos, and features succinct, detailed text written by a knowledgeable naturalist.

Brightly coloured and pleasingly pattered, ladybirds are among some of our most beloved and familiar invertebrates. Their role in helping to protect our crops by devouring huge numbers of pests has firmly established these tiny, flying beetles as the gardeners' friend.

Spotlight Ladybird focuses on the 26 species that are resident in the UK, from the widespread but unusual Orange Ladybird to the rare - and aptly named - Scarce 7-spot Ladybird. Ladybird expert, Richard Comont considers the conservation challenges facing these iconic species, whose populations are now at risk thanks to the threat posed by one of their own, the invasive alien Harlequin Ladybird. And he covers all aspects of ladybirds' biology, from tiny larvae emerging from their oval eggs to large aggregations that converge at specific sites around the world. Richard also examines the natural history and cultural significance of this fascinating group of beetles, from Ladybird Books to Thor.

The Spotlight series introduces readers to the lives of our favourite animals with eye-catching colour photos and informative expert text.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472955869
• Artikelnr.: 56716508

Autorenporträt

Richard Comont is an ecologist and works as a data collection monitor for the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. Richard has a PhD in Entomology from the University of Oxford. He writes a wildlife blog and is a regular 'Local Patch' contributor to BBC Wildlife magazine.

Inhaltsangabe

Meet the Ladybirds
Ladybirds Across Time and Space
The Ladybird Year
Feeding and Foraging
Ladybirds in the Landscape
Natural Ladybird Enemies
Cultural Connections
Watching Ladybirds
Looking After Ladybirds
Glossary
Further Reading and Resources
Ladybird Species in Britain
Acknowledgements
Image Credits
Index