Ben Williams has been interested in all things natural since, aged four, he caused pandemonium in his grandmother’s kitchen after returning from a walk with a frog in his coat pocket. With an MSc. in Coastal Conservation and Management from the University of Glamorgan, Ben went on to work as Rivers Project Officer for Keep Wales Tidy. In his spare time he volunteered and as a contractor on habitat management for butterflies, assisting Butterfly Conservation (South Wales).

This field guide to the butterflies of Wales presents itself as both an identification handbook and an accessible introduction to butterfly ecology, and it succeeds well on both fronts... a well-balanced and visually engaging guide.

• 1. Introduction Butterflies in Wales The naming of butterflies Migration and introductions2. The Lifecycle of Butterflies The egg (ovum) The caterpillar (larva) The chrysalis (pupa) The butterfly (imago)3. Photographing Butterflies4. Species Accounts How this list is compiled Pieridae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Satyridae Hesperiidae5. Rare MigrantsGlossary Indexes English Names Scientific Names Enwau Cymraeg

Ben Williams has been interested in all things natural since, aged four, he caused pandemonium in his grandmother’s kitchen after returning from a walk with a frog in his coat pocket. With an MSc. in Coastal Conservation and Management from the University of Glamorgan, Ben went on to work as Rivers Project Officer for Keep Wales Tidy. In his spare time he volunteered and as a contractor on habitat management for butterflies, assisting Butterfly Conservation (South Wales).

This field guide to the butterflies of Wales presents itself as both an identification handbook and an accessible introduction to butterfly ecology, and it succeeds well on both fronts... a well-balanced and visually engaging guide.

• 1. Introduction Butterflies in Wales The naming of butterflies Migration and introductions2. The Lifecycle of Butterflies The egg (ovum) The caterpillar (larva) The chrysalis (pupa) The butterfly (imago)3. Photographing Butterflies4. Species Accounts How this list is compiled Pieridae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Satyridae Hesperiidae5. Rare MigrantsGlossary Indexes English Names Scientific Names Enwau Cymraeg

Ben Williams has been interested in all things natural since, aged four, he caused pandemonium in his grandmother’s kitchen after returning from a walk with a frog in his coat pocket. With an MSc. in Coastal Conservation and Management from the University of Glamorgan, Ben went on to work as Rivers Project Officer for Keep Wales Tidy. In his spare time he volunteered and as a contractor on habitat management for butterflies, assisting Butterfly Conservation (South Wales).

This field guide to the butterflies of Wales presents itself as both an identification handbook and an accessible introduction to butterfly ecology, and it succeeds well on both fronts... a well-balanced and visually engaging guide.

• 1. Introduction Butterflies in Wales The naming of butterflies Migration and introductions2. The Lifecycle of Butterflies The egg (ovum) The caterpillar (larva) The chrysalis (pupa) The butterfly (imago)3. Photographing Butterflies4. Species Accounts How this list is compiled Pieridae Lycaenidae Nymphalidae Satyridae Hesperiidae5. Rare MigrantsGlossary Indexes English Names Scientific Names Enwau Cymraeg