American insects: a handbook of the insects of America north of Mexico.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1985. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, (1985. Quarto, photographs, text illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. 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
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
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
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: 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
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Small octavo, paperback, colour photographs. This pocket-sized book is an introduction to around 240 of the most easily noticed British insects selected from a range of orders and families. Each species is divided into simple sections covering general information followed by its flight period, habitat and..... 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: John Wiley and Sons, 1999. Octavo, dustwrapper, A wonderful journey into the insect world through literature, science, art and popular culture. 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
Sofia: Pensoft, 2005. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, other illustrations. This book highlights the very successful and much diversified group of organisms, the insects, and deals with some interesting aspects of insect life, which are often ignored in entomology textbooks. There are chapters on ants making "slaves", insect migrations, chemical..... 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
Manchester: Siri Scientific Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Because of its transcontinental geography and the great variety of natural habitats and climatic features prevailing throughout most of the Kazakhstan, it is home to a high diversity of different insect species. However, most of Kazakhstan's insects have been poorly studied..... 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
Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2004. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps. This guide will be of value to entomologists, both amateur and professional, as well as to students, nature conservation officers, game rangers, gardeners, farmers, tourists and anyone with an interest in natural history. An introductory chapter discusses the insect body..... More
Ramsbury: Crowood Press, 1996. Octavo, dustwrapper, colour photographs. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Quarto, colour photographs, softcover. Combining breadth of coverage with detail, this logical and cohesive introduction to insect ecology couples concepts with a broad range of examples and practical applications. It explores cutting-edge topics in the field, drawing on and highlighting the links between theory and..... 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
Collingwood: CSIRO, (2007. second edition). Duodecimo, spirally bound, colour photographs. This handy pocket guide allows the non-specialist to identify major insect and arachnid pests found in stored cereal grains, grain products and grain legumes. It describes most storage pests found worldwide rather than concentrating on Australia and provides concise information..... 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
Sydney: Australian Geographic, 2020. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs, text illustrations. Featuring numerous diagrams and more than 200 colour photographs, this user-friendly guide is perfect for anyone interested in learning more about insects. More
New York: Columbia University Press, 2014. Octavo, laminated boards, colour photographs. Insects will be appearing on our store shelves, menus, and plates within the decade. In this book, two entomologists and a chef make the case for insects as a sustainable source of protein for humans and a necessary part..... 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
Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1996. Octavo, dustwrapper, illustrations. More