Life Cycles of British and Irish Butterflies

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Jordano, D. & Thomas, C.D. (1992) Specificity of an ant-Lycaenid interaction, Oecologia, 91, 431-438. With detailed descriptions and photos of the adult, egg, caterpillar and chrysalis of each species, this book provides unique insights into a hidden world, illustrated with over 1,300 high-quality colour photos that reveal the subtle beauty in something as small as a butterfly egg.

Outstanding. I’ve learnt something interesting every time I’ve sat down today and browsed my new favourite butterfly book. And the pictures are flawless. I will be constantly referring to my ‘Eeles’ from now on, and not just for information about the early stages.”– Padfield, UK Butterflies forums Butterflies are infinitely fascinating. What may start as a simple hobby of photographing the adult insects can evolve into a deep interest in their immature stages, ecology and conservation and this book will help light your way. Dennis, R.L.H. & Sparks, T.H. (2006) When is a habitat not a habitat? Dramatic resource use changes under differing weather conditions for the butterfly Plebejus argus, Biological Conservation, 129, 291-301. Not since that lepidopteran legend F.W. Frohawk studied and etched them nearly one hundred years ago have all the stages in the life cycles of all of Britain and Ireland's butterflies been illustrated in one volume. No mean feat!"Davies, Z.G., Wilson, R.J., Coles, S. & Thomas, C.D. (2006) Changing habitat associations of a thermally constrained species, the Silver-spotted Skipper butterfly, in response to climate warming, Journal of Applied Ecology, 75, 247-256. Brereton, T.M. (1997) Ecology and conservation of the butterfly Pyrgus malvae (Grizzled Skipper) in south-east England. PhD thesis. Chapman, J.W. & Nesbit, R.L. (2008) Mysteries of Lepidoptera Migration Revealed by Entomological Radar, Atropos, 35, 28-35.

This week I’m speaking to butterfly expert Peter Eeles. If you’re interested in encouraging more butterflies into your garden and you’d like to know what plants to grow to encourage them, we discuss how you can be a better gardener for butterflies and it doesn’t stop at growing some buddleia! Peter is the author of the book Life Cycles of British & Irish Butterflies. The book is THE definitive guide to UK butterflies and documents the different life stages from adults down to the smallest eggs.

Life Cycles of British and Irish Butterflies

Mendel, H. & Parsons, E. (1987) Observations on the life-history of the Silver-studded Blue Plebejus argus L., Transactions of the Suffolk Natural History Society, 2-8.