New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1985. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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

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

London: Black Dog Publishing, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. The result of photographer and lecturer Tim Edgar's three-year project examining the insect life in his home through a close-up lens. With macro photography Edgar is able to capture the fragile nature of the insects and the conflict in the chaotic..... More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. Quarto, text illustrations. Topics include reproductive systems; male and female gametogenesis; sperm transfer and use; fertilization; sex determination; parthenogenesis; embryogenesis; hormones; and the role of ontogeny in insect evolution. More

New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2014. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Take a close-up look into a world you cannot see with the naked eye. Bugs are usually so small that we hardly notice them, let alone think of them as living beings. But call upon the magnifying glass, and a shapeless..... More

Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs. Insects are the most extreme organisms on Earth and, despite their diminutive size, they wield inordinate power. With the exception of the polar icecaps, every terrestrial ecosystem on earth is colonized by them, and they account for almost three-quarters of all..... More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009. Octavo, paperback, text illustrations. Using examples from around the world, this book brings together a wealth of information on insect conservation. Also available in hardcover [stock id 29798]. Contents 1. Needs and priorities for insect species conservation; 2. Plans for insect species conservation; 3. Habitat..... More

Ramsbury: Crowood Press, 1996. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. More

Oxford: John Beaufoy Publishing, 2015. Octavo, paperback, limp plastic, colour photographs, colour poster. A user-friendly identification guide to 280 insect species most commonly seen in Britain, Ireland and other parts of Northern Europe. Every species is illustrated by a colour photograph along with authoritative text that describes key identification features..... More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. Octavo, dustwrapper, photographs. This book provides a sweeping account of insects' evolution from their humble arthropod ancestors into the bugs we know today. Leaving no stone unturned, Shaw explores how evolutionary innovations such as small body size, wings, metamorphosis, and parasitic behavior have enabled..... More

Berkeley: University of California Press, 2012. Octavo, dustwrapper, black and white illustrations. Waldbauer explores the relationship between predatory insects and their food. By explaining the many ways in which insects avoid becoming a meal for a predator, and the ways in which predators evade their defensive strategies, Gilbert Waldbauer conveys..... More

Irvington: Columbia University Press, 2005. Octavo, text illustrations, dustwrapper. Flies (Diptera) have had an important role in deepening scientists' understanding of modern biology and evolution. The study of flies has figured prominently in major advances in the fields of molecular evolution, physiology, genetics, phylogenetics, and ecology over the last century..... More