Identifying dragonflies and their larvae
This fully updated and expanded third edition identifies the 104 species and subspecies (adults + larvae) in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. With the help of an illustrated key, photographic plates and distribution maps, readers will be able to easily identify the various dragonflies and their larvae. All the species of dragonflies that we come across during our fishing sessions are covered in this book: dragonflies that prefer running water, those that prefer stagnant water and migratory dragonflies.
You will find :
- A distribution map for each species
- Their status
- Description of their habitat
- Possible confusions
Drawings and photographs illustrate all the species described and their various identification criteria. In addition, appendix plates allow comparison of abdominal and wing venation patterns.
A field guide written by leading specialists, this is the current reference for identifying the Odonata of France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, and complements another book: "Les libellules de France, Belgique, Luxembourg et Suisse", also published by Biotope.
Extract
"In our regions, as almost everywhere else, dragonflies are dependent on the presence of water. The aquatic environments they frequent are nonetheless varied, and while some species are ubiquitous (as is the case of Aeshna cyanea, which breeds in almost all types of aquatic environments, from the plains to the upper limit of the forest in mountain ranges), others are more specialized and depend more or less strongly on a particular type of habitat."
Dragonfly identification workbook, third edition
- Authors: Jean-Pierre Boudot-Guillaume Doucet-Daniel Grand
- Publisher: Biotope Éditions
- Publication date: 09/07/2024
- Weight: 0.3980 kg
- Number of pages: 152
- Format: 16.60 x 24.00 x 1.00 cm
- Public price: ?30
