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New Books on Entomology and Other Natural History
Offered here are some newly published titles, many suitable as Christmas gifts. Also, some forthcoming titles, expected in December and early 2023.
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May we take this opportunity to wish all our many customers around the world
a very Happy Christmas and a healthy and peaceful 2023.
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However, as Royal Mail and Parcelforce have announced various strikes during December delivery may take longer than usual. We encourage customers to order as early as possible. We may use alternative services such as FedEx for some priority deliveries close to Christmas.
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by Brock, P.; Büscher, T.H.
Cat No. : 51308, Published : NOV 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £79.00
A comprehensive guide to the biology of phasmids. This book covers phasmid biology (anatomy, main biological functions, ecology) as well as advice on collecting and rearing phasmids. Over 260 (more)
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by Kasparek, M.
Cat No. : 51466, Published : DEC 2022, Illustrations : 618 col photos, 150 line drawings
Hardback £65.00
£72.00 (Save £7.00)
Most wool carder and resin bees are relatively large and have a characteristic wasp-like colour pattern with yellow or off-white spots and stripes on a black background on the head, thorax, and (more)
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by Gourvil, P.-Y.; Sannier, M. (Eds)
Cat No. : 51226, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Paperback £34.00
Pendant deux décennies (période 2000-2019), plus d’un millier d’observateurs ont collecté plus 380 000 observations sur la répartition des papillons d’Aquitaine. Ce sont ainsi 160 espèces qui ont été (more)
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by Kirkland, P.
Cat No. : 50385, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, col distribution maps
Hardback £22.95
£29.95 (Save £7.00)
Scotland is an exciting place for butterfly-watching and this richly illustrated book provides details of life cycles, habitats, ecology and distribution of the butterflies. Numerous anecdotes (more)
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by Onodera, Hiroaki
Cat No. : 51059, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 267 col plates
£199.00
Text Japanese. This is the culmination of the author's 28 visits to Laos over a 12-year period (total stay of 413 days). 765 species (approximately 75% of butterflies from Laos) collected by the (more)
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by Hacker, H. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 51315, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 248 col plates
Hardback £230.00
374 African species: descriptions and colour illustrations; figures of features of genitalia of both sexes; distribution maps; biogeographical categories; DNA sequences. Newly described taxa: 5 (more)
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by Benyamini, D.
Cat No. : 51467, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 1979 col photos
Paperback £45.00
Text Hebrew. Updated and revised edition. 157 species and subspecies of the Israeli Butterflies are illustrated life size except the small lycaenides that are enlarged. Distribution, Conservation (more)
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by Lastuvka, A.; Lastuvka, Z.; Liska, J.; Sumpich, J.
Cat No. : 50847, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col plates
Hardback £38.50
Text Czech. Sixth and final volume of this well illustrated set of field guides to the moths of central Europe. This volume - being the second of two to cover the micromoths, illustrates all species (more)
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by Stüben, P.E.
Cat No. : 51215, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 1268 plates (5448 col photos)
£115.00
Focus-stacked photos of the habitus (dorsal/lateral) and the aedeagi (ventral/lateral) are given for all 733 sub/species; with notes on ecology, biology and molecular biology, taxonomy and (more)
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by Mille, C.; Jolivet, P.
Cat No. : 51216, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, col + b/w illus
Hardback £44.00
Text bilingual French/English. This catalogue is the first to provide information on the New Caledonian leaf beetles: for each species: scientific name, description, geographical distribution, (more)
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by Cordoba-Aguilar, A.; Beatty, C.; Bried, J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 51455, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col +b/w photos, col + b/w illus
Hardback £99.99
2nd revised edition. This research level text documents the latest advances in odonate biology and relates these to a broader ecological and evolutionary research agenda. Despite being one of the (more)
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by Frank, M.; Bruens, A.
Cat No. : 44828, Published : NOV 2022, 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 Zeegers, T.; Schulten, A.
Cat No. : 51120, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, col & b/w ilus, dist maps
Paperback £14.99
Described in this field guide are eight families of flies that have three pulvilli on their feet (tarsi) as a common characteristic. These are older and closely related families of flies (more)
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by Wangyal, J.T.
Cat No. : 51227, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 123 col photos, 3 col illus, 12 col maps
Paperback £36.00
The Amphibians of Bhutan provides illustrations of a total of 83 amphibian species found in Bhutan, including frogs, toads, salamander, and the obscure and enigmatic caecilians. The (more)
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by Milton, N.
Cat No. : 48611, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 120 col illus
Hardback £24.50
£25.00 (Save £0.50)
In 2019 the most comprehensive survey ever of adders was published. According to 'Make the Adder Count' the species will disappear from most of Britain in the next 15-20 years unless we take action (more)
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by Purdie, S.
Cat No. : 51087, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 235 photos, 131 distribution maps
Paperback £12.99
This easy-to-use identification guide to the 141 reptile and amphibian species of New Zealand is perfect for resident and visitor alike. High-quality photographs from the author and the regions’s (more)
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by Eipper, S.; Eipper, T.
Cat No. : 51099, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 1028 col photos, 71 maps
Hardback £99.00
This book is a benchmark for all forthcoming books, not only on venomous snakes, but snakes in general. The width and depth of information presented is unrivaled. The combination of first-hand (more)
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by Clavreul, D.
Cat No. : 50945, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 272 col illus
Hardback £22.50
£30.00 (Save £7.50)
Foreword by David Allen Sibley, translated by Martha Le Cars. An artist's uniquely personal journey across America. In the nineteenth century, ornithologist and painter John James Audubon set out (more)
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by Oakley, G.
Cat No. : 51341, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 131 col illus
Hardback £55.00
Australian artist Greg Oakley has had a lifelong fascination with birds and bird art, and began photographing birds 20 years ago, progressing from traditional film to digital in the early 2000s. In (more)
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by Mason-Parker, C.
Cat No. : 50197, Published : 2022, Illustrations : c.300 photos
Paperback £16.99
A Photographic Guide to the Wildlife of Seychelles covers the inner and outer islands of the Seychelles archipelago, and includes photographs of over 220 species of flora and fauna, including (more)
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by Butler, H.
Cat No. : 51388, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £55.00
After 30 years of research, Wight Squirrel Project Manager, Helen Butler MBE, has published her reports about red squirrel conservation on the Isle of Wight. (more)
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by O'Reilly, Pat
Cat No. : 51450, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 1000+ col photos, col illus, col tables
Hardback £30.00
A new reprint of the 2nd edition of this splendid field guide. Extremely thorough and very well illustrated with photographs by the author, as he takes us, more or less literally, to look at one (more)
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by Harmsworth, C.V.
Cat No. : 50997, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 100 col illus
Hardback £25.00
Delve deep into the trees and find wonder in our UK woodlands. Step back from the pressures of everyday life and reconnect with nature and its mindful magic with this absorbing and engaging guide. (more)
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by Hill, M. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 49366, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £22.50
£27.50 (Save £5.00)
Cambridge is a biodiversity hotspot and its wildlife is celebrated in this multi-authored book. The city's habitats, geology, climate and development are all covered. These are followed by chapters (more)
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by Howse, P.E.
Cat No. : 50959, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 145 illus
Hardback £25.00
This masterpiece chronicles the travels, discoveries and accomplishments of Miles Moss, who went to Peru in 1907, and from 1912 to 1945 was the Anglican Chaplain of the largest parish in the world, (more)
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by Gregersen, K.; Karsholt, O.
Cat No. : 49475, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col + b/w photos, line drawings, distribution maps
Hardback £110.00
Handbook to the 269 species of Gelechiidae moths occurring in NW Europe, including the British Isles. This book is a monographic treatment of all the 269 species of the Gelechiidae, a family of (more)
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by Easterbrook, M.
Cat No. : 49316, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, dist maps, charts
Hardback £22.95
£29.95 (Save £7.00)
Situated in the relatively hot and dry south-east corner of England, Kent provides great conditions for butterflies. As well as an ideal climate, Kent has good habitats for butterflies, such as chalk (more)
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by Warren, M.
Cat No. : 43262, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 300 col photos + illus
Hardback £28.00
£35.00 (Save £7.00)
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 Asher, N.
Cat No. : 50436, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 900+ col photos, distribution maps
Paperback £15.00
Revised and fully updated second edition, expanded to cover almost twice the number of species, with many more photographs. An extensively illustrated guide to the identification of some of the (more)
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by Darby, M.
Cat No. : 49559, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 160 illus
Hardback £24.00
The intention of this book, which includes more than 1,700 biographies of deceased Coleopterists (beetle collectors), is not only to provide a tool to assist new scientific work, but also one which (more)
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by Huisman, G.J.
Cat No. : 47932, Published : 2021, Illustrations : 1052 col photos, 146 col distribution maps
Hardback £89.00
A photographic, descriptive and factual guide to All 34 genera of Estrildidae, including waxbills, seedcrackers, nigritas, twinspots, munias, mannikins and grassfinches. Intended for a wide audience, (more)
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by Mikolji, I.
Cat No. : 43304, Published : 2020, Illustrations : 150 col photos
Hardback £96.00
Written by photographer, artist and aquatic explorer Ivan Mikolji from Venezuela. Situated in the Venezuelan Amazon jungle, Ivan captures outstanding real life images of the wild underwater (more)
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by Mabey, R.
Cat No. : 47610, Published : NOV 2021
Hardback £14.99
£18.00 (Save £3.01)
Gilbert White (1720-1793) was a pioneering naturalist whose Natural History of Selborne laid the ground for works of natural history for two hundred years and which has never been out of (more)
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by Mabey, R.
Cat No. : 47608, Published : NOV 2021
Hardback £14.99
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In 1987 the Great Storm that ravaged southern England felled millions of trees, and prompted a reappraisal of the arboreal in our lives. In Beechcomings Richard Mabey set out to uncover our (more)
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by Mabey, R.
Cat No. : 47607, Published : NOV 2021
Hardback £14.99
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During the early 1970s Richard Mabey explored crumbling city docks and overgrown bomb-sites, navigated inner city canals and car parks, and discovered there was scarcely a nook in our urban landscape (more)
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by Mabey, R.
Cat No. : 47609, Published : 2021
Hardback £14.99
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To celebrate Richard Mabey's 80th birthday, a reissue of the seminal Nature Cure, originally published in 2005 to great acclaim. At the height of his career, having recently published (more)
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by McAnulty, D.
Cat No. : 41043, Published : 2020, Illustrations : photos
Hardback £11.99
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Cat No. : 45549, Published : 2021, Illustrations : b/w photos
Paperback £9.99
Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty’s world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These (more)
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by American Museum of Natural History; Biss, L. (Photographer)
Cat No. : 50947, Published : DEC 2022, Illustrations : 80 col photos
Hardback £28.00
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Extraordinary images by master macro photographer Levon Biss capture a vanishing world of insects from the collections of the American Museum of Natural History in New York Insects are at once our (more)
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by Svensson, L.; Mullarney, K.; Zetterström, D.; Grant, P.J.
Cat No. : 50638, Published : DEC 2022, Illustrations : 4000+ col illus, 700 col distribution maps
Hardback £19.95
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Cat No. : 50639, Published : MAR 2023, Illustrations : 4000+ col illus, 700 col distribution maps
Paperback £15.99
£19.99 (Save £4.00)
Third revised edition with expanded text and additional colour illustrations. This standard field guide is a must for every birdwatcher. The book provides all the information needed to identify (more)
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by Daly, S.
Cat No. : 51459, Published : DEC 2022, Illustrations : 223 col photos
Hardback £44.00
In this beautiful collection of images, award-winning wildlife photographer and filmmaker Sue Daly celebrates the stunning landscapes and fascinating wildlife of her home island of Sark. From the (more)
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by Pfister, O.
Cat No. : 51453, Published : DEC 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £13.99
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The definitive photographic guide to the fantastic avifauna of Colombia. With a spectacular range of habitats and one of the richest avifaunas of any country on earth, Colombia is home to an (more)
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by Lewington, R.
Cat No. : 51013, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : Col illus + maps
Paperback £8.99
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With contributions from Dave Goulson and Gill Perkins, founder and CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust respectively, this illustrated pocket guide is the ideal companion for anyone interested in (more)
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by Kricher, J.C.; Loughlin, K.
Cat No. : 51230, Published : NOV 2022, Illustrations : 665 col + 7 b/w illus
Paperback £26.00
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2nd edition. A richly illustrated nature tour of Galapagos - now expanded, thoroughly updated, and with more than 650 color photographs this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date, and profusely (more)
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by Goodman, S.M. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 51231, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos, b/w illus
Hardback £95.00
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2 volume set. 2nd edition. A marvelously illustrated reference to the natural wonders of one of the most spectacular places on earth. Separated from Africa's mainland for tens of millions of years, (more)
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by Wale, M.
Cat No. : 51387, Published : DEC 2022
Hardback £41.00
Popular natural history periodicals in the nineteenth century had an incredible democratizing power. By welcoming contributions from correspondents regardless of their background, they posed a (more)
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