As Oxycera says all of these insect books are only skimming the surface but useful for getting to the correct order or maybe family. "FGIBNE" is useful in that there are written descriptions of the orders/families which are very good summaries and give a lot of background information on behaviour, ecology, numbers &c. Being northern, you are not likely to be confused by descriptions of southern species which are very unlikely to be seen in UK .... yet. This latter is a difficulty with the parallel book "FGIB and Western Europe" - has lots of southern insects and lacks the background information.
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Originally Posted by squishy  yes, its the field guide to insects of 'A Field Guide To The Insects Of Britain And Northern Europe' that i'm looking at.
i already have complete british insects, but am looking for something just that little bit more detailed.
would you recommend it to a slightly-better-then-amatuer insect lover LL? |