A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO BRITISH EPHEMEROPTERA. By Craig Macadam and Cyril Bennett. A Field Studies Council publication.

(2010) 2021 new edition. Large 8vo paperback (174 x 246mm). Ppiv,128. Colour photographs of mayflies, b/w line ills, distribution maps.

This very useful guide is published as part of the Aids to Identification In Difficult Groups of Animals and Plants scheme. A well-illustrated (with colour photographs) practical guide to the identification of mayflies occuring in British freshwater, both in the adult and larval stages. Contents include; Identifying Ephemeroptera; Collection and preservation; The Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme; Checklist of the British Ephemeroptera. Identification charts (nymphs and adults) and species accounts include; Ephemeroptera families; Baetidae; Caenidae; Ephemeridae; Ephemerellidae; Heptageniidae; Leptophlebiidae; Potamanthidae; Siphlonuridae; Adult fly recognition and flight period tables. Aimed at biologists making a collection for scientific purposes, but currently the most comprehensive and best-illustrated guide to upwinged flies for the angler-naturalist.