Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, black and white line drawings. Originally published in the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader... More about Earthworms and their allies
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2001. Quarto, dustwrapper, colour photographs, text illustrations. This is the first book to deal specifically with the phasmids of Borneo. Contains over 800 line drawings and 24 colour photographs of stick insects and their eggs and keys for the identification of species for all the... More about Phasmids of Borneo
London: A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. With their extraordinary diversity, adaptability and abundance, insects and other invertebrates are the gardener's greatest foe. Packed with stunning photography, this book provides a reader-friendly introduction to the identification of 200 of the commonest insect pests of the backyard, along... More about Garden pests of Britain and Europe
Canberra: CSIRO, 1998. Octavo, text illustrations. Monographs on invertebrate taxonomy, volume 6. This catalogue is a compilation of all known records and summarises our knowledge of the fauna of Australian Oribatid mites. More about Oribatid mites: a catalogue of Australian genera and species
Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. An accessible visual guide to the top 150 insects, spiders, and other crawling creatures combines readable text, representative photographs, and explanatory illustrations to highlight key features of body shape, life cycle, and behavior. Organized by scientific taxonomy, the book offers... More about National Geographic guide to the insects and spiders of North America
London: Crowood Press, 1996. Octavo, paperback, colour illustrations. A guide to the enormous variety of northern European insects that will enable readers to identify over 1000 species. Photographs show the species in their natural environments. The book also contains an introduction to the anatomy and life cycle of insects. More about Field guide to insects of Britain and Northern Europe
Canberra: CSIRO Publishing, (2009. reprint). Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, text illustrations. The waterbug book is a comprehensive and accurate identification guide. It contains a simple key to all groups and colour photographs of live specimens. It provides information on the biology of macroinvertebrates and is full of useful tips about... More about The waterbug book: a guide to freshwater macroinvertebrates of temperate Australia
Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Visitors to tropical forests generally come to see the birds, mammals, and plants. Aside from butterflies, however, insects usually do not make it on the list of things to see. This is a shame. Insects are everywhere, they are often as... More about Insects and other arthropods of tropical America
Melbourne: Museum Victoria, 2008. Large octavo, paperback, colour photographs, line drawings. Contains detailed descriptions (including life-cycle, breeding and feeding) for over 90 species, as well as easy to follow instructions for housing and caring for invertebrates. More about Bugs alive: a guide to keeping Australian invertebrates
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Octavo, paperback, illustrations, maps. Acanthocephalans, or spiny-headed worms, are endoparasites found in almost all marine, freshwater and terrestrial systems. They infect a huge range of definitive and intermediate hosts during their life cycles, including both vertebrates and arthropods. This volume, first published in 2006, examines... More about Ecology of the Acanthocephala
Enviroquest, 2007. Octavo, paperback, illustrations. This book covers all aspects of bee biology: anatomy, physiology, behaviour, diversity and ecology and was developed from an apiculture course taught at the University of Guelph (Ontario). More about Bees: biology and management
Exeter: Pelagic Publishing, (2013. reprint). Quarto, paperback, black and white photographs and illustrations. A practical guide to the management of habitat for invertebrates. Many invertebrates are highly specialised creatures with very precise habitat requirements, meaning that they can be very sensitive indicators of environmental change. It also means that they... More about Habitat management for invertebrates: a practical handbook
London: Reaktion Books, 2013. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs and illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. The leech is one of nature's most tenacious yet mysterious animals. Possessing a hold on the human body and culture, few creatures feature so unexpectedly yet consistently in human history. Popularly thought to... More about Leech
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2006. second edition). Octavo, paperback, text illustrations and diagrams. An Introduction to the Invertebrates is a short guide to the invertebrate phyla, looking at their diverse forms, functions and evolutionary relationships. This user-friendly and well-illustrated introduction will be invaluable for all those studying invertebrates. More about An introduction to the invertebrates
Cornell: Cornell University Press, 2017. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Encounter some of the most beautiful creatures in Costa Rica in Piotr Naskrecki's Hidden Kingdom. This book is a visual journey into the world of the insects and their relatives that dominate all terrestrial habitats in Costa Rica through their sheer... More about Hidden kingdom: the insect life of Costa Rica
London: Reaktion Books, 2016. Octavo, paperback, colour and black and white photographs, illustrations. Reaktion Animal Series. From the dawn of civilization scorpions have captured the human imagination. Yet the scorpion is often a misunderstood animal with a bad reputation that overshadows its many exceptional qualities. Older than dinosaurs, these small... More about Scorpion
Kota Kinabalu: Natural History Publications, 2000. Quarto, dustwrapper, text illustrations. Consists of keys to families and genera and line drawings of species and also includes three pages of references. More about An illustrated guide to the stick and leaf insects of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
United Kingdom: Elsevier Science Publishers, 2009. Hardback, illustrations. This third edition continues the tradition of in-depth coverage of the biology, ecology, phylogeny, and identification of freshwater invertebrates from the USA and Canada. This edition is in color for the first time and includes greatly expanded classification of many phyla and... More about Ecology and classification of North American freshwater invertebrates
New York: Academic Press, 2011. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs. Focuses on freshwater invertebrates that can be identified using at most an inexpensive magnifying glass. This guide will be useful not only to researchers and students in aquatic biology, but also to anglers who use identification of invertebrates to identify fertile... More about Field guide to freshwater invertebrates of North America
Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008. Quarto, laminated boards, line drawings. Describes the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects, including their relationships with host plants and natural enemies. This book focuses on the dynamic relationships between insects and plants from the standpoint of evolutionary change at different levels of biological organization... More about Specialization, speciation, and radiation: the evolutionary biology of herbivorous insects