Canelones: Naturalia Scientific Editions, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, black and white photographs, line drawings, map. This book aims to provide students and the scientific world with a collection of knowledge relating to methods and capture techniques. This book offers a brief summary of the physical and structural characteristics of... More
CSIRO, 2000. Octavo, dustwrapper, Based on a collection of papers presented at the Fourth International Hymenoptera Conference. More
Princeton: Princeton University Press/WILDGuides, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. A beautifully illustrated photographic field guide to all the genera of hoverflies found in Britain, focusing on the species most likely to be identified. Accessible and designed to appeal to a wide audience, the book contains more than 500 remarkable... More
London: Abrams, 2006. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. A photographic book on butterflies and moths. It captures the metamorphosis from caterpillar to winged adults as well as the vast diversity of butterflies. More
London: Granta, 2010. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour illustrations. Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months... More
London: Granta, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. A few survive for months... More
London: John Wiley and Sons, 2011. Quarto, laminated boards, colour photographs. This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known. It is beautifully... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Quarto, dustwrapper, black and white photographs, line drawings. The cockroach is truly an evolutionary wonder. This definitive volume provides a complete overview of suborder Blattaria, highlighting the diversity of these amazing insects in their natural environments. Beginning with a foreword by E. O. Wilson... More
Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This easy-to-use, fully comprehensive identification guide to the 158 butterflies found in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Netherlands and the Baltics is perfect for amateur naturalists. High-quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include common and scientific name, wingspan, distribution... More
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and line drawings. In Britain and Ireland there are about ten times more species of solitary bee than bumblebee and honeybee combined, yet the solitary bees tend to be ignored and we know much less about them. They are a fascinating, attractive... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2009. Octavo, dustwrapper, line drawings. Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. The real and the imaginary blended seamlessly in these books - at the time, the existence... More
Portland OR: Timber Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs and illustrations. Can gardening change the world? It certainly can when it comes to butterflies. Butterflies are in danger, but everyone who has a garden can do their part to make a difference. Gardening for Butterflies is an optimistic call to... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour and black and white illustrations. This landmark book is the first full appraisal of Vladimir Nabokov's long-neglected contributions as a scientist. Although his literary achievements are renowned, until recently his scientific discoveries were ignored or dismissed by many. Nabokov created well... More
Chicago: University of Chicago, 2003. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. In Butterflies: ecology and evolution taking flight, the world's leading experts synthesize current knowledge of butterflies to show how the study of these fascinating creatures as model systems can lead to deeper understanding of ecological and evolutionary patterns and... More
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 2007. CD-ROM, Barry Bolton's "New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World", published in 1995, was the first attempt in more than one hundred years to collect all taxonomic decisions for ants worldwide, including extinct as well as extant taxa. One reviewer said of... More
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2017. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Borneo, one of the world’s most exciting biodiversity hotspots, is renowned for its spectacular species richness residing in evergreen tropical rain forests, home also to a myriad of insects, including the lanternflies. Thus far, just 34 taxa are known from... More
Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, (2016. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, other illustrations, maps. As biologically fascinating as they are beautiful, butterflies are a pleasure to watch and an important group of invertebrates to study. In the twelve years since the first edition, the volume of discoveries and changes in information... More
Collingwood: CSIRO Publishing, 2009. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings, maps. This excellent field guide covers all stick and leaf insects found in Australia and includes photographs, line drawings, maps and identification keys. Australia has a rich diversity of Phasmids - otherwise known as stick and leaf insects. Most of... More
Frenchs Forest: New Holland, (2010. second edition). Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, line drawings. In this new updated edition, chapters include: an insect's body; life cycles; wings and flight; behaviour and survival; habits and habitats; collection and observation; pseudo insects; primitive wingless insects; primitive winged insects; and modern winged insects. More
Brisbane: Queensland Museum, 2008. Duodecimo, paperback, colour photographs, map. This pocket companion contains information on ants, roaches, bees and many more insects that you'll find in a Brisbane household. Filled with their appetites, activities and habitats, it's the essential guide for any Brisbanite curious about insects. More
Ithaca: Comstock, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour plates, text illustrations, maps. This field guide introduces readers to the biology, behaviour, and ecological significance of one of the most obvious (abundant, large, and colorful) and important (ecologically and economically significant) insect groups in North America, the order Orthoptera. A simple, illustrated identification... More
Albury: Co-operative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, 1998. Quarto, spirally bound, text illustrations. Identification guide no. 15. More
London: Harper Collins Publishers, 2005. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. A photographic field guide to 1,500 species of insects found in Britain and Ireland. More
Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, (2003. third edition). Octavo, laminated boards, colour plates, text illustrations. Includes a general introduction to insects. For each order, there is an introduction to key features and details of biology, and a further key to the insect families. The 60 colour plates illustrate 778 commonly found... More
London: A & C Black, (2007. second edition). Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. Over 2,000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential pocket guide. More