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New Books on Entomology and Other Natural History
New Natural History Books - May/June 2021
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The list below provides an update on new and forthcoming publications on Entomology and other Natural History. As Covid restrictions are lifting in the UK, we are delighted that our shop is once again open to visitors. We will initially be operating an appointment system, so please contact us if you would like to arrange a visit. We continue to process orders received via our website and by telephone.
Our team is available to take orders and answer your queries.
A note on Brexit for EU customers can be found after the list of books below.
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by Brock, P.D.
Cat No. : 39643, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 2000+ col photos
Paperback £18.75
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An innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be (more)
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by Piesse, Jude
Cat No. : 45065, Published : 2021
Hardback £18.00
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The forgotten garden that inspired Charles Darwin becomes the modern-day setting for an exploration of memory, family, and the legacy of genius. Darwin never stopped thinking about the garden at his (more)
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by Bitsch, J.
Cat No. : 45136, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 30 col photos, 487 figs
Paperback £78.00
Text French. Following from the previous volume Faune des Hyménoptères Sphecidae de France et d’Europe occidentale (Faune de France 79, 1993), the author has now, in collaboration with Yvan (more)
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by Eaton, E.R.
Cat No. : 43800, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 150 col photos
Hardback £18.75
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The ultimate visual journey into the beautiful and complex world of wasps. Wasps are far more diverse than the familiar yellowjackets and hornets that harass picnickers and build nests under the (more)
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by Morel, D.; Taurand, L.; Robineau, R.
Cat No. : 45025, Published : 2020, Illustrations : 902 col photos
Paperback £32.00
A photographic atlas containing colour photographs of 902 species in their natural resting postions. Minimal text in French. Oreina Supplement 52. (more)
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by Van Gasse, P.
Cat No. : 44898, Published : 2021
Hardback £44.00
This distributional checklist includes all known butterfly (Rhopalocera) species found in what is now Pakistan, India (including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri (more)
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by Cawdell, P.; Smith, P.
Cat No. : 45066, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, maps + graphs
Paperback £24.95
Covers the history of the butterflies of Lincolnshire. This work brings together much previously unpublished data and information concerning the changing fortunes of the butterfly species found (more)
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by Gillespie, Sarah
Cat No. : 45068, Published : 2021, Illustrations : b/w illus
Paperback £45.00
2nd revised edition. Mezzotint studies of 21 British moths, and an insightful foreword from author and naturalist Mark Cocker. The book features a poem by Alice Oswald, and a conversation between (more)
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by Fritsche, O.; Foitzik, S.
Cat No. : 44670, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 15 b/w illus
Hardback £16.99
'Beautifully written and filled with mind-boggling wonders' - Dave Goulson, author of A Sting in the Tale 'Thrilling, compellingly readable and paradigm-shattering' - Charles Foster, (more)
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by Scholtz, C.; Scholtz, J.; de Klerk, H.
Cat No. : 44669, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : c. 2000 col photos
Paperback £26.50
Pollinators, parasites, predators, decomposers - insects arguably play the most important roles in the functioning of the Earth’s ecosystems. This lavishly illustrated and highly authoritative (more)
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by Theischinger, G.; Hawking, J.; Orr, A. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 44177, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col illus
Paperback £32.50
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2nd revised edition. A comprehensive guide to the 333 species of dragonflies and damselflies found in Australia. This comprehensive guide to the Australian dragonfly fauna covers eight families of (more)
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by Seow-Choen, F.
Cat No. : 43959, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos + line drawings
Hardback £75.00
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by Wang, C.; Lee, C-Y.; Rust, M.
Cat No. : 45067, Published : 2021
Hardback £120.00
The German cockroach continues to be one of the most important indoor urban pests in the world. They contaminate foods, transmit pathogens and produce allergens that trigger asthma. The last seminal (more)
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by Lundin, K.; Malmberg, K.; Pleijel, F.
Cat No. : 44434, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £65.00
Text Swedish with species summaries in English. Includes 146 species, mostly marine, (subclass Heterobranchia) from Sweden. Presented systematically with descriptions and illustrations. (more)
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by Kibby, G.
Cat No. : 44538, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col plates + photos
Hardback £35.00
£42.00 (Save £7.00)
All copies ordered pre-publication will be signed by the author. This third volume completes coverage of the gilled fungi, the agarics and covers: Agaricaceae (continued from volume 1), (more)
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by Thorogood, C.; Rumsey, F.
Cat No. : 44923, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, b/w illus, maps
Paperback £17.50
Covers 16 species and 7 infra-specific taxa in the family Orobanchaceae, providing identification guidance and keys as well as information on life-cycle, habitats and ecology. Illustrated throughout (more)
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by Waterman, A.
Cat No. : 44886, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 200 col photos
Hardback £18.00
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Over 170 woodland flowers are illustrated and described here. The final section of the book explains how our woodlands have been shaped by our history, and gives a lively overview of how plants have (more)
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by Dean, M.
Cat No. : 44883, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 91 col illus
Paperback £24.99
An essential guide to assist those surveying for water voles, whether as a professional ecological consultant, a researcher or simply an interested amateur. This book provides detailed descriptions (more)
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by Alexander, M.
Cat No. : 43960, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £29.99
Skomer is a captivating Welsh island and one of Britain's most spectacular National Nature Reserves. It has internationally important populations of seabirds, including puffins and Manx shearwaters, (more)
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by Gibson, S.
Cat No. : 41164, Published : 2021
Hardback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
Swifts live almost entirely in the air. They eat, drink, sleep, mate and gather their nesting materials on the wing, fly thousands of miles across the world, navigating their way around storms, never (more)
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by Lowen, J.
Cat No. : 44249, Published : MAY 2021
Hardback £14.99
£18.99 (Save £4.00)
Although mostly unseen by us, moths are everywhere. And there are a lot of them. Inspired by a revelatory encounter with a Poplar Hawk-moth - a huge, velvety-winged wonder wrapped in silver - James (more)
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by Manley, C.Manley, C.
Cat No. : 43119, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : numerous col photos
Hardback £33.75
£45.00 (Save £11.25)
Revised 3rd edition. A stunning new edition of the best-selling photographic guide to the moths of the British Isles - now covering all species on the British list. The most comprehensive collection (more)
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by Dykman, S.
Cat No. : 44668, Published : MAY 2021
Hardback £21.99
Science, nature, and adventure come together in Sara Dykman's riveting account of her solo bike trip along the 10,000 mile-long migratory path of the monarch butterfly. Outdoor educator and field (more)
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by Oates, M.
Cat No. : 43861, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 8 col plates, text illus
Paperback £9.99
£12.99 (Save £3.00)
The Purple Emperor Apatura iris is our most elusive and least-known butterfly. We glimpse it only through fissures in its tree top world, yet this giant insect has fascinated us for centuries. (more)
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by Howse, P.
Cat No. : 42139, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 16 col illus
Hardback £13.99
The clear skull markings on the thorax of the large and impressive Death's Jhead Hawk-moth are truly fascinating, often perceived as a threat or leading to superstitious and mythological beliefs. (more)
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by Lawrence, J.M.; Williams, M.C.
Cat No. : 42412, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 73 col plates
Paperback £29.99
Almost all the illustrations are from hand-coloured illustrations, many are more than 100 years old, some as early as the establishment of the Linnean classification system over 250 years ago. 350+ (more)
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by Rohe, W.
Cat No. : 45062, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : c. 600 col figs
Hardback £49.00
Text German. Bark beetles (Scolytinae; Curculionidae) play a central role in Europe's forest ecosystems. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland there are c. 125 species. This book acts as an (more)
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by Spicer Rice, E.
Cat No. : 44666, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 80 col photos
Hardback £30.00
Nature's most successful insects captured in remarkable macrophotography. In this book, photographer Eduard Florin Niga brings us incredibly close to the most numerous animals on Earth, whose (more)
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by Tschinkel, W.R.
Cat No. : 44318, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 105 col illus
Hardback £19.99
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The author has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build (more)
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by Scheuchl, E.; Willner, W.
Cat No. : 45142, Published : JUN 2021, Illustrations : 400 col illus
Paperback £15.95
Text German. Wild bees are fascinating insects. They are considered to be important pollinators of many plants and are mostly solitary, with the exception of bumblebees and some types of furrow bees. (more)
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by Balcombe, J.
Cat No. : 42327, Published : JUNE 2021
Paperback £12.99
From an expert in animal consciousness, a book that will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room. For most of us, the only thing we know about flies is that they're annoying, and our (more)
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by Paulson, D.R.; Haber, W.A.
Cat No. : 44667, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £26.99
Among the largest of all insects, dragonflies and damselflies are conspicuous. Active during the day, often brightly colored, and extremely photogenic-something about their appearance and dashing (more)
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by 42Boudot, J.-P.; Doucet, G.; Grand, D.
Cat No. : 42848, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £24.00
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This visually impressive encyclopedia is a must-have for Britain's army of dragonfly-watchers. Written at an advanced level, this book contains keys, first-class photography, and highlights to key (more)
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by Frank, M.; Bruens, A.
Cat No. : 44828, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : col photots
Hardback £29.95
Text German. In this new photo identification book, all dragonflies in Germany can be identified on the basis of excellent image comparisons. The book highlights the main features precisely through (more)
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by Sardet, E.; Roesti, C.; Braud, Y.
Cat No. : 42830, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £28.00
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This is the first guide to the 261 species of orthopterans - the grasshoppers, crickets and katydids - of Britain and western Europe ever published. Set out in a clear and accessible format and (more)
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by Key, R.; Fowler, L.; Pryce, D.
Cat No. : 44446, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 1200+ col photos
Paperback £14.99
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St Helena is a tiny, remote island lying 1,860 km from Africa, with dramatic landscapes of vertiginous, volcanic cliffs that rise steeply from the South Atlantic Ocean and a varied interior of (more)
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by Wermelinger, B.
Cat No. : 44320, Published : JUL 2021, Illustrations : 576 col illus
Hardback £124.99
Cat No. : 44319, Published : JUL 2021, Illustrations : 576 col illus
Paperback £49.99
Forest insects play important roles ecologically and economically. They pollinate plants, decompose dead plant and animal tissue, provide food for vertebrates, regulate pest organisms, and shape (more)
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by Toriti, M.; Durand, A.; Fohrer, F.
Cat No. : 45071, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 288 col illus, 176 b/w illus, 288 col tables
Hardback £139.99
This atlas presents a concrete tool to identify xylophagous activity by the remains they left in wooded areas in Western Europe. Xylophagous insects are among the largest predators of woody tissues. (more)
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by Piper, Ross
Cat No. : 44031, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 150 col illus
Hardback £15.50
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The essential guide to insect behaviour, perfect for the inquisitive gardener or nature lover. Most insects are too small to be easily noticed. Fewer still are watched with the appreciation we have (more)
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by LaDouceur, E.E.B.
Cat No. : 43860, Published : JUNE 2021
Hardback £179.00
The first comprehensive reference to invertebrate histology. This book is a groundbreaking text that offers a comprehensive review of histology in invertebrates. Designed for use by anyone studying, (more)
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by Harrison, P.; Perrow, M.; Larsson, H.
Cat No. : 44028, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 239 col plates (3800+ col illus)
Hardback £60.00
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This is the first comprehensive guide to the world’s 435 species of seabirds, to be published since the 1983 publication of Harrison’s Seabirds: An Identification Guide. It covers all known seabirds, (more)
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by Swash, A.; Hume, R.; Harrop, H.; Still, R.
Cat No. : 42860, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £14.99
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The most comprehensive single-volume photographic guide to Europe’s birds ever produced - from the authors of the acclaimed Britain’s Birds. Covering more than 900 species, and illustrated with (more)
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by Runkel, V.; Gerding, G.; Marckmann, U.; Macmillan, I.
Cat No. : 43264, Published : JUNE 2021, Illustrations : 95 photos + illus
Paperback £40.00
No other method of bat detection is as popular and widespread in the context of environmental assessment and voluntary work as acoustic detection; its increasing use has driven the development of a (more)
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by Wilkinson, D.
Cat No. : 42436, Published : JUNE 2021
Hardback £47.50
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Cat No. : 42437, Published : JUNE 2021
Paperback £27.50
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by Gee, C.T.; McCoy, V.E.; Sander, P.M. (Eds)
Cat No. : 44323, Published : MAY 2021, Illustrations : 13 col + 37 b/w photos, 3 col + 14 b/w illus
Hardback £89.00
Understanding the complex interplay of physical and chemical processes leading to fossilization is crucial to elucidating the 3800 million years of life on earth. And yet, the process of (more)
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by McBurney, H.
Cat No. : 45141, Published : JUN 2021, Illustrations : 250 col + b/w photos
Hardback £40.00
The life and art of the 18th-century naturalist Mark Catesby, and his pioneering work depicting the flora and fauna of North America, are explored in vibrant detail This book explores the life (more)
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by Warren, M.
Cat No. : 43262, Published : APR 2021, Illustrations : 300 col photos + illus
Hardback £28.00
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Butterflies have never been more popular. The membership of Butterfly Conservation alone has now reached over 33,000 people and is growing at around 3,000 per year. Added to this, over 110,000 people (more)
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by Wallace, H.
Cat No. : 44595, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, line drawings
Paperback £16.50
Grasses are an important diagnostic component of many habitat classification schemes, including the National Vegetation Classification (NVC). Unfortunately most keys to grasses require examination of (more)
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by Sivell, O.
Cat No. : 43382, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, text figs
Paperback £39.95
Identification guide to the adults of all British species in the families Calliphoridae, Polleniidae and Rhiniidae. It takes an original approach, using high quality diagnostic photographs (more)
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by Corbet, A.S.; Pendlebury, H.M.; van der Poorten, G.M.; van der Poorten, N.E.
Cat No. : 42641, Published : DEC 2020, Illustrations : col frontis, 138 col plates, 459 line drawings
Hardback £65.00
5th edition, revised by George and Nancy van der Poorten. The text has been updated with new information on distributions, life histories and larval food plants. The taxonomy of each species has been (more)
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