| Author | Davis, B.N.K. |
| Year | 1991 |
| Title | Insects on Nettles |
| ISBN | 0 85546 283 3 |
| Series | Naturalists' Handbooks |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | Covers the majority of species that are actually dependent on Nettles, rather than those that happen to land on it |
| Source | Naturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
| Illustrations | Copious 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 difficulty | Varied |
| Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| For identification | Current | COLEOPTERA | beetles | Animalia |
| For identification | Current | LEPIDOPTERA | butterflies and moths | Animalia |
| For identification | Current | NEUROPTERA | lacewings | Animalia |
| For identification | Current | HEMIPTERA | bugs | Animalia |
| For identification | Current | Urtica | nettles | Plantae: Rosales: Urticaceae |
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