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New Books on Entomology and Other Natural History
Here we offer a list of new books for the Autumn. Of particular note is the publication of the magnificent work, 'Collins Birds of the World', which illustrates all 10,480 species.
Another important work recently published is British Craneflies, which has been eagerly awaited by dipterists.
Please feel free to circulate this list to friends and colleagues who might be interested in seeing these titles.
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by Arlott, N.; van Perlo, B.; Erize, F.; Rodriguez Mata, J.R.
Cat No. : 40914, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : 280 col plates, 25,000 col illus
Hardback £49.99
£75.00 (Save £25.01)
For the first time, the complete collection of Norman Arlott's incredibly detailed, accurate and beautiful bird paintings has been brought together in one comprehensive volume, accompanied by concise (more)
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by Stubbs, A.
Cat No. : 19606, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 32 col plates, numerous line drawings
Hardback £36.00
Covers the 350 species of British craneflies with descriptions, distribution, ecology and habitat information. Includes illustrated keys to enable accurate identification. The plates show markings (more)
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by Bozano, G.C.; Churkin, S.; Ecweiler, W.; Sakai, S.; Verdecia, V.
Cat No. : 46142, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, maps
Paperback £32.00
The first comprehensive book about Karanasa, coming up 70 years after Avinoff & Sweadner’s revision. A team work among top specialists from all around the world. (more)
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by Bozano, G.C.; Tuzov, V.K.
Cat No. : 46141, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col plates
Paperback £32.00
2nd edition. An update of the first edition of 2006. (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 Lowen, J.
Cat No. : 44874, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 500 col photos
£13.60
£16.99 (Save £3.39)
Moths are sometimes overlooked compared to the day-flying butterflies, however, many moths are even more colourful, accessible and fascinating. Britain and Ireland are home to an incredible array of (more)
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by Cornwall Butterfly Conservation
Cat No. : 43796, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £26.95
£29.95 (Save £3.00)
Packed with information and photographs, this will be the go-to book on the state and status of butterflies from Bude to Land’s End. The book maps the ebb and flow of butterfly populations in (more)
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by Štrunc, V.
Cat No. : 45324, Published : AUG 2021, Illustrations : 142 col photos
Hardback £105.00
This book provides a pictorial guide to more than 840 representatives from about 160 genera of the ground beetles of Africa, arranged by tribe (according to Lorenz, W. (2005), Systematic list of (more)
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by Balcombe, J.
Cat No. : 42327, Published : 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 Wermelinger, B.
Cat No. : 44320, Published : AUG 2021, Illustrations : 576 col illus
Hardback £124.99
Cat No. : 44319, Published : AUG 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 : 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 Goulson, D.
Cat No. : 43296, Published : 2021, Illustrations : b/w line drawings
Hardback £15.00
£20.00 (Save £5.00)
Insects are essential for life as we know it. As they become more scarce, our world will slowly grind to a halt; we simply cannot function without them. Drawing on the latest ground-breaking research (more)
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by Hunter, G.L.
Cat No. : 44188, Published : AUG 2021, Illustrations : 61 col illus
Hardback £11.99
An estimated two billion people worldwide regularly consume insects, yet bugs are rarely eaten in the West. Why are some disgusted at the thought of eating insects while others find them delicious? (more)
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by Waldbauer, G.
Cat No. : 45562, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 10 b/w line illus
Paperback £21.00
Cat No. : 45611, Published : 2012, Illustrations : 10 b/w line illus
Hardback £24.00
All animals must eat. But who eats who, and why, or why not? Because insects outnumber and collectively outweigh all other animals combined, they comprise the largest amount of animal food available (more)
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by Rowson, B.; Powell, H.; Willing, M.; Dobson, M.; Shaw, H.
Cat No. : 45593, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photo, line drawings
Paperback £19.50
£20.00 (Save £0.50)
This guide will aid the identification and recording of over 50 species of freshwater snails (gastropod molluscs) found in Britain and Ireland. It includes species found in ponds, rivers, streams, (more)
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by Harrison, P.; Perrow, M.; Larsson, H.
Cat No. : 44028, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 239 col plates (3800+ col illus)
Hardback £69.95
£75.00 (Save £5.05)
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 (more)
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by Prichard, R.; Hughes, J.; Spence, I.M.; Haycock, B.; Brenchley A. (Eds)
Cat No. : 44543, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 200+ illus
Hardback £41.50
£45.00 (Save £3.50)
It is almost 30 years since the first avifauna was published for all of Wales and much has changed. We now have a better understanding of how humans have affected birds of Wales, particularly the (more)
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by Hugonnot, V.; Chavoutier, L.
Cat No. : 44782, Published : Jun 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £55.00
Text French. Les Bryophytes de France is the first volume in a series to appear devoted to the bryophytes of France, a reference long-awaited by botanists. With 1320 species, France is the (more)
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by McAdam, A.
Cat No. : 46146, Published : 2020, Illustrations : col + b/w text figs, colour chart
Paperback £9.00
New edition. This book takes the beginner from the first experience of foraying for fungi to some confidence in naming the genus of a cap and stem mushroom (agaricoid Basidiomycete), using the book, (more)
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by Larsson, K.H.; Ruvarden, L.
Cat No. : 46732, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, line drawings
Hardback £49.95
The first of three volumes to be published on the Corticoid Fungi of Europe. Includes an introduction, key to genera, descriptions of genera and species from A to G. Line drawings illustrate (more)
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by Nichol, P.
Cat No. : 46401, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £9.00
Fourth edition, revised and updated. The task of identifying mushrooms and toadstools has long been an overwhelming process. With over 3000 species found in Britain, field guides can add to the (more)
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by Pearce, F.
Cat No. : 46300, Published : 2021
Hardback £20.00
Trees keep our planet cool and breathable. They make the rain and sustain biodiversity. They are essential for nature and for us. And yet, we are cutting and burning them at such a rate that many (more)
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by Kenicer, G.; Parsons, R.
Cat No. : 45079, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 95 photos
Hardback £40.00
The fifth in the acclaimed series of RHS Horticultural Monographs, this volume reveals the fascinating horticulture, botany and history of the sweet pea and its many attractive relatives. (more)
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by Spalding, A.
Cat No. : 44641, Published : JULY 2021
Paperback £14.99
With a foreword by Kurt Jackson. This book attempts to put species into the context of our perception. Animals are more than their physical form. They exist within their historical setting, within (more)
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by Archibald, J.D.
Cat No. : 45613, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 60 illus
Paperback £11.99
In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. In this bedrock of biology books Darwin carved a new origin-story for all life: evolution rather than creation. In his new (more)
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by Bowen, A.
Cat No. : 45188, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £45.00
With each day spent outdoors I am reminded of what a beautiful world we all call home, and the challenges that face ecosystems across the world. Alfie Bowen The photographs are (more)
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by Grant, B.S.
Cat No. : 46297, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : 29 b/w illus
Hardback £39.50
£44.50 (Save £5.00)
A firsthand account of how a modest moth demonstrated Darwin's theory of natural selection. The extraordinary tale of the humble peppered moth is at the very foundation of our acceptance of (more)
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by Vane-Wright, R.I.
Cat No. : 46286, Published : OCT 2021, Illustrations : 1600 col illus
Hardback £58.50
£65.00 (Save £6.50)
Jones's Icones contains finely delineated paintings of more than 760 species of Lepidoptera, many of which it described for the first time, marking a critical moment in the study of natural history. (more)
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by McAlister, E.
Cat No. : 46585, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : col illus
Paperback £8.99
£9.99 (Save £1.00)
The author reveals the engineering miracles embodied in different species of fly and some of the fascinating implications they hold for human technology. Discover the physics of the mysterious 'scuba (more)
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by Scheuchl, E.; Willner, W.
Cat No. : 45142, Published : SEP 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 Hird, V.
Cat No. : 46436, Published : SEP 2021
Paperback £10.99
£12.99 (Save £2.00)
Foreword by Gillian Burke. Remember when there were bugs on your windshield? Ever wonder where they went? We need to act now if we are to help the insects survive. Robin Wall Kimmerer, David (more)
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by Swash, A.; Hume, R.; Harrop, H.; Still, R.
Cat No. : 42860, Published : OCT 2021, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £14.99
£20.00 (Save £5.01)
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 Tipper, R.
Cat No. : 46439, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : 300 photos
Paperback £12.99
2nd edition. A fully updated second edition of this introductory identification guide to the 279 bird species most likely to be seen in Hong Kong, including every species classified as Abundant, (more)
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by Grimmett, R.; Thompson, P.; Inskipp, T.
Cat No. : 44873, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : col plates, col distribution maps
Paperback £35.00
Bangladesh - an amazing country packed with rich birdlife that until recently has been very much off the beaten trail in terms of birding. Why is this? Part of the reason is there has never been a (more)
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by Düll, R.; Düll-Wunder, B.
Cat No. : 45144, Published : SEP2021, Illustrations : 450 col illus, 20 b/w illus
Hardback £28.95
Text German. Mosses are the oldest land plants of all, usually grow in the most inhospitable places and, compared to other plants, have a very simple blueprint. Nevertheless, they are a fascinating (more)
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by Rickard, M.
Cat No. : 46437, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : 647 col illus
Hardback £25.00
Over the last twenty or so years garden ferns have greatly increased in popularity and a gardener's options have never been more exciting, but making the correct choice has perhaps become more (more)
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by Mayfield, E.
Cat No. : 45546, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : col illus
Paperback £37.50
This is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, with superb colour illustrations to aid comprehension of many of the plant terms. The book covers anatomy, angiosperms, (more)
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by Thorogood, C.
Cat No. : 46653, Published : OCT 2021, Illustrations : 1400 col photos, b/w illus
Paperback £29.95
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2nd edition. This second edition of Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Western Mediterranean is the most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification guide to the region. Encompassing (more)
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by Rojas, C.; Stephenson, S. (Eds)
Cat No. : 46442, Published : SEP 2021, Illustrations : 100 illus
Paperback £115.00
2nd edition. Myxomycetes: Biology, Systematics, Biogeography and Ecology, Second Edition provides a complete collection of general and technical information on myxomycetes microorganisms. Its (more)
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by McElwain, J.; Hill Donnelly, M.; Glasspool, I.
Cat No. : 46432, Published : OCT 2021, Illustrations : 91 col plates, 15 illus
Hardback £24.00
While today's Greenland is largely covered in ice, in the time of the dinosaurs the area was a lushly forested, tropical zone. Tropical Arctic tracks a ten-million-year window of Earth's (more)
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by Sax, B.
Cat No. : 46215, Published : SEPT 2021, Illustrations : 207 illustrations, 102 in colour
Hardback £25.00
Avian Illuminations examines the many roles birds have played in human society, from food, messengers, deities and pets, to omens, muses, timekeepers, custodians, hunting companions, decorative (more)
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by Littlewood, S.; Jones, M.
Cat No. : 45076, Published : OCT 2021, Illustrations : col photos + illus
Paperback £23.50
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High above the mountaintops on the Isle of Mull, a huge bird is soaring. Its all-encompassing gaze records people in its Hebridean territory far below, but they are of no interest. The eagle is about (more)
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