AuthorDavis, B.N.K.
Year1991
TitleInsects on Nettles
ISBN0 85546 283 3
SeriesNaturalists' Handbooks
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCovers the majority of species that are actually dependent on Nettles, rather than those that happen to land on it
SourceNaturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
IllustrationsCopious line drawings beside the text, and four colour plates of paintings are bound in the centre
Review (by Malcolm Storey)Keys to major groups of invertebrates found on these plants, followed by partial keys to Lepidoptera (adults and larvae), Coleoptera, Heteroptera (adults and larval families), Homoptera, Free-living larve of Diptera, Coleoptera, Neuroptera, Diptera mines and galls) and parasites.
Examine Stereo Microscope
Identification difficultyVaried

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentCOLEOPTERAbeetlesAnimalia
For identificationCurrentLEPIDOPTERAbutterflies and mothsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentNEUROPTERAlacewingsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentHEMIPTERAbugsAnimalia
For identificationCurrentUrticanettlesPlantae: Rosales: Urticaceae
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