Hi life through a lens (great name),
try this one, its been around a while but when I had a clear out on ebay it was one I kept tight hold of
Habitat Conservation for Insects, a neglected green issue
by R. Fry and D. Lonsdale (Eds)
ISBN = 0 900054 52 2
Price (including P&P) = HB £12.00 in the UK
Published = 1991
262 pages
This is an excellent book, it covers all aspects of Insect Habitat conservation in the UK in good detail. It is well set out with a discussion of, and management recommendations for, all the common habitat types in the UK. It is well referenced, has an excellent series of appendices, including advice on setting up and maintaining a wildlife pond, and on monitoring aquatic invertebrates for water quality control. This is an easily readable book and personally I think it will be enjoyable and thought provoking reading for anyone with an interest in the Countryside, Conservation and or Entomology, it should also be available in every secondary school and university in the UK at least. The really nice thing about this book, apart from the wealth of information it contains and the practical attitude it adopts, is that though the lepidoptera feature strongly, because of the input of people like Alan Stubbs they do not dominate the scene completely way they do in some other insect conservation literature. This book was written basically for the British market, and therefore all its reference material relates to British insects, however it will be a valuable resource to anyone managing temperate habitats in the Northern hemi-sphere.
Highly Recommended
(review not by aeshna but I agree with it)
Cheers
Aeshna