"Breeding Butterflies and Moths" is something of a tour de force of rearing instructions for a vast range of European butterfly and moth species, but also contains excellent chapters that examine general principles of breeding, necessary equipment, disease and hand-pairing techniques etc. Due to the sheer scale of the task a few species are not dealt with individually, but the reader is referred to instructions for a close relative in the same family grouping. This publication also contains a select bibliography of works on British and European Lepidoptera and a complex dual index to both insects and plants. Unrivalled in its scope, this is a highly recommended book for the practical lepidopterist.
176 page, paperback edition.
