A guide to the identification of larval Psepehnidae water pennies. (Insecta: Coleoptera)
Albury: Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, 1998. Quarto, spirally bound, text illustrations. Identification guide no. 17. More
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A preliminary list of the Coleoptera of Windsor Forest.
London: Nathaniel Lloyd, 1939. Octavo, binder's cloth, bookplate, very good copy. More
Fireflies, glow-worms, and lightning bugs: identification and natural history of the eastern and central United States and Canada.
Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. This is the first comprehensive firefly guide for eastern and central North America ever published. It is written for all those who want to know more about the amazing world of lightning bugs and learn the secrets hidden in..... More
Beetle destroying boots and shoes in Sydney.
Sydney: George Stephen Chapman, 1891. Octavo, wrappers, folding plate. More
A guide to Stag beetles of Australia.
Clayton South: CSIRO Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Many Australian stag beetles live secretive lives with some species spending their entire life cycle inside decaying timber or under logs sunken into the soil. Yet these active recyclers of the forest are admired by beetle-loving people worldwide. Their aesthetic appeal..... More
Silent sparks: the wondrous world of fireflies.
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2016. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. In this book, noted biologist and firefly expert Sara Lewis dives into the fascinating world of fireflies and reveals the latest discoveries about these beloved insects. From the meadows of New England and the hills of the Great..... More
Annulosa Javanica, or an attempt to illustrated the natural affinities of the insects collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield and deposited by him in the museum of the Honourable East-India Company [number one, all published].
London: Kingsbury, Parbury and Allen, 1825. Quarto, one handcoloured engraved plate. Early binder's cloth, title printed wrappers retained, the signature of F. Erasmus Wilson, rare. William Sharp Macleay (1792-1865), son of Alexander Macleay (1767-1848) and cousin of William John Macleay (1820-1891) arrived in Sydney in 1839 and served as a...... More
A natural history of ladybird beetles.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, tables. The Coccinellidae are a family of beetles, known variously as ladybirds or ladybugs. In Britain alone, some 46 species belong to the Coccinellidae family, although only 26 of these are recognisably ladybirds. Composed largely of Professor Michael Majerus' lifetime..... More
Fauna of New Zealand Number 28: Larvae of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera): a systematic overview.
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 1993. octavo, paperback, text illustrations. More
Beetles in conservation.
London: John Wiley, 2010. Octavo, laminated boards, Beetles, the most diverse group of insects, are often abundant in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. Many species are under threat from human changes to natural environments, and some are valuable tools in conservation, because they respond rapidly to changes that occur. Knowledge of..... More
The beetles of the Galapagos, Ecuador: evolution, ecology, and diversity (Insecta: Coleoptera).
Ottawa: NRC Research Press, 2006. Octavo, paperback, photographs. This book is a synthesis of both previously published information and abundant new data derived from extensive recent field studies on Galpagos beetles, and is a companion to a previous book on 18 other orders of Galpagos insects. The dynamics and patterns..... More
Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) volume one: introduction and subfamily Lamiinae.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2013. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. The first volume of a three volume set, this book provides a general introduction to the Australian Cerambycidae with sections on biology, phylogeny and morphology of adult and larvae, followed by the keys to the subfamilies and an overview of the..... More
Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) volume two: subfamily Cerambinae.
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2016. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This second volume of a three on Australian longhorn beetles covers the taxonomy of genera of the Cerambycinae, with comments on natural history and morphology. One hundred and forty-two Cerambycinae genera are diagnosed and described, an illustrated key to their identification..... More
Australian beetles volume two: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part).
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2019. Quarto, laminated boards, photographs, black and white illustrations, line drawings. The second in what will be a three-volume series presenting a comprehensive treatment of the beetles of Australia, a relatively under-studied fauna including many unusual and unique lineages found nowhere else in the world. Volume two..... More
Ladybird beetles of the Australo-Pacific Region Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellini.
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2020. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs, maps. True ladybirds, classified in the tribe Coccinellini, are easily recognisable by their relatively large and shiny bodies and contrasting colour patterns. They are one of the most widely studied groups of beetles, being of economic importance and used as model..... More
Fauna of New Zealand Number 42: Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Dung Beetles.
Lincoln: Manaaki Whenua Press, 2001. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. More
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