I almost feel sorry for George Beccaloni for having made himself so miserable over such a worthy project to have ditched it.
Cockroaches might be a little more simple, and maybe even interesting, whatever, it's a new challenge and he has mastered one subject so another must be, in a way, satisfying.
Pemberley books here has an amazing selection of books on Entemology, they have the one you mention. I can see how difficult it must have been!
18,000+ hostplant records (3,656 of which have not previously been published). The Neotropical region (Central/South America and the Caribbean) has 7,783 butterfly species, of which this book contains hostplant records for 1,991 (representing 614 of the 957 genera from the region)
http://www.pemberleybooks.com/...
There's not many people on ATP asking for identification of insects, those who want a name will usually get one or something close. I know how enthusiasm can run away with people though, accepting the impossibilities isn't always easy. If, like myself, anyone becomes so obsessed with knowing what they have, that requires joining specialist forums, getting a camera and lens capable of increasing your chances of a positive ID, and a mountain of determination to conquer.
