Acknowledgements
Introduction
Regional guide to dragonflies
Identification
Appendices
Index
A revised and thoroughly updated edition of THE definitive guide to identifying dragonflies in Europe.
KlaasDouwe ‘KD’ B Dijkstra developed an interest in
natural history as a child living in Egypt. The discovery of the
first Anax ephippiger in The Netherlands in 1995 incited an active
involvement in Dutch dragonfly work. In that year, KD also
developed a passion for Africa. He published The Dragonflies and
Damselflies of Eastern Africa: Handbook for all Odonata from Sudan
to Zimbabwe in 2014 and African Dragonflies and Damselflies Online
in 2016; a book on Madagascar is forthcoming. KD has held positions
in Suriname, South Africa and the UK, and is currently working on
freshwater biodiversity conservation and awareness at the Naturalis
Biodiversity Center in The Netherlands.
Asmus Schröter is an expert in European dragonfly fauna with
a special interest in identification, ethology and biogeography,
especially that of mountain regions and the Subarctic. For the last
decade his interest has focused on the dragonfly fauna of the
south-eastern corner of the Western Palaearctic, resulting in
numerous publications. He is Executive Editor of the international
odonatological journal Notulae Odonatologicae.
Over forty years, Richard Lewington has built up a
reputation as one of Europe’s finest wildlife illustrators. He
first became interested in insects as a child when he inherited a
cabinet of insects from his father. He studied graphic design at
the Berkshire College of Art, and since leaving in 1971 has
specialised in natural-history illustration. His meticulous
paintings of insects and other wildlife are the mainstay of many of
the modern classics of field-guide art, including The Butterflies
of Britain and Ireland, Field Guide to the Moths of Great Britain
and Ireland, Guide to Garden Wildlife and Field Guide to the Bees
of Great Britain and Ireland. He has also designed and illustrated
wildlife stamps for a number of countries. In 1999 he was awarded
Butterfly Conservation's Marsh Award for the promotion of
Lepidoptera conservation, and in 2010 the Zoological Society of
London's Stamford Raffles Award for contribution to zoology.
Praise for the first edition: ‘A superb guide and a magnificent
achievement. This book could scarcely have been better.’
*Birding World*
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