Aphids on Decidous Trees

Pictorial Card Covers 6 x 9 inches tall.Lavishly llustrated with Colour photos and B&W line drawings throughout.

Aphids are tempting subjects for investigation because they are often abundant, easily found, and unlikely to run away, and because of intriguing facets of their biology such as polyphenism, parthenogenesis, gall formation and the production of a soldier morpho. However, until now identification has presented a severe challenge to the beginner, because there are so many rather similar species, many of which have several different forms. We have long wanted a Naturalists' Handbook that would make the study of aphids more accessible to those unfamiliar with the group. We are delighted that Tony Dixon and Thomas Thieme have met this challenge.By confining themselves to aphids living on broad-leaved trees, they have reduced problems of identification to manageable proportions, and we hope this book will encourage more field studies of this important and ubiquitous group of insects.The coloured illustrations in the other books in this series are all paintings. At the authors' suggestion, we have departed from that tradition for this title, and we feel that these excellent colour photographs, showing both the aphids and their effects on the host plants, will be a superb aid to identification.

Author: Tony Dixon & Thomas Thieme
Publisher: Richmond Publishing