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New Books on Entomology and Other Natural History
Welcome to our January Newsletter, with a selection of recent and forthcoming books on entomology and other natural history.
May we wish all our customers a Happy New Year.
Our shop in Iver is open and customers are welcome visit and browse our stock.
Julie and Ian Johnson
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by Macadam, C.R.; Feeley, H.B.; Doe, J.
Cat No. : 52549, Published : 2022, Illustrations : line drawings, col photos, distribution maps
Paperback £45.00
Plecoptera (Stoneflies) are an extremely important component of British and Irish freshwaters, and are most common in clean headwater streams and on stony and rocky shorelines of lakes. This book (more)
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by Kasparek, M.
Cat No. : 51466, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 618 col photos, 150 line drawings
Hardback £72.00
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 Cocking, G.; Bond, S.; Edwards, T.
Cat No. : 51040, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £45.00
£55.00 (Save £10.00)
A new book to guide you through the fascinating world of moths in and around Canberra, presented in the context of general accounts of their Australian moth families. This detailed reference is (more)
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by Gallardo, R.J.; Diaz, O.
Cat No. : 52872, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 113 col plates
Paperback £29.99
For the first time ever, the butterfly diversity of this little-known Central American country is revealed. This is the first book for the region that covers all the known species in each of the six (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 Feulner, G.R.; Roobas, B.; Hitchings, V.; Otto, H.H.H.; Campbell, O.; Roberts, H.G.B.; Hornby, R.J.; Howarth, B.
Cat No. : 52869, Published : 2021, Illustrations : col photos, b/w illus
Paperback £69.95
The first comprehensive, illustrated account of the butterflies found in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and adjacent areas of Northern Oman. Featuring 58 species in the main checklist, these include (more)
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by Wale, M.
Cat No. : 51387, Published : 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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by Kriska, G.
Cat No. : 50202, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 635 col illus, 3 b/w illus
Paperback £69.99
2nd edition. This up-to-date guidebook on freshwater invertebrates of the central European region is a richly illustrated work, providing an excellent source of systematic information on freshwater (more)
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by Athanassiou, C.G; Nayak, M.K
Cat No. : 52469, Published : JAN 2023
Hardback £95.00
Psocids have become widespread pests of stored products during the last two decades, yet little was known about their biology and management until this change in their pest status. The aim of this (more)
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by Behan-Pelletier, V.; Lindo, Z.
Cat No. : 48784, Published : JAN 2023, Illustrations : 5 col illus, 165 b/w photos, 1 b/w table
Hardback £99.99
Oribatid mites, also called beetle or moss mites, include more than 10,000 named species representing 172 families worldwide. This book provides an identification key to the 96 families, 250 genera (more)
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by American Museum of Natural History; Biss, L. (Photographer)
Cat No. : 50947, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 80 col photos
Hardback £28.00
£35.00 (Save £7.00)
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 Rudd, H.
Cat No. : 51487, Published : 2023
Paperback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
Discover the incredible diversity of life within our seas and learn how we can all play a role in protecting and conserving it. Our seas are home to an abundance of fascinating creatures and (more)
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by Love, J.A.
Cat No. : 51460, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 200+ col & b/w illus
Paperback £24.95
This is the story of lightkeepers' contributions to the natural history of lighthouses in conjunction with the history and maintenance of the manned navigation beacons - their primary function of (more)
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by Daly, S.
Cat No. : 51459, Published : 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 Benito, J.; Pous, R.O.
Cat No. : 49588, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 250+ col illus
Paperback £29.50
Birds are the most diverse tetrapod group today, but they have a rich and complex evolutionary history beyond that of their modern radiation. Appearing during the Jurassic, more than 160 million (more)
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by Lefranc, N.; Worfolk, T. (illus)
Cat No. : 52672, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 21 col plates, col photos, b/w illus, col distribution maps
Hardback £48.00
£60.00 (Save £12.00)
2nd edition. Beautiful, colourful, often fearless hunters of large insects and small vertebrates, shrikes are among the most admired of all avian groups. The group is widespread (particularly in the (more)
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by Pfister, O.
Cat No. : 51453, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
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 Svensson, L.; Mullarney, K.; Zetterström, D.; Grant, P.J.
Cat No. : 50638, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 4000+ col illus, 700 col distribution maps
Hardback £19.95
£30.00 (Save £10.05)
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 Freile, J.; Cooper, M.
Cat No. : 51488, Published : 2023, Illustrations : 400 col photos
Paperback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
For sheer diversity of birds, Ecuador cannot be beaten. Nowhere else is it as easy to experience such a range of habitats, from the high Andes to the Amazon and Choco rainforests and those jewels in (more)
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by Bou, X.
Cat No. : 51475, Published : 2022, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £58.95
This innovative project focuses on birds, revealing in a single time frame, the shapes they generate when flying, making visible the invisible. The result, presented in a unique book format, is a (more)
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by Raffaelli, J.
Cat No. : 52389, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 4000+ col photos, 154 maps
Hardback £115.00
£130.00 (Save £15.00)
Over 900 species illustrated. Jean Raffaelli, a French herpetologist, journalist and author, was born on July 2, 1954 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After many years spent in Africa during his childhood (more)
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by Pils, G.
Cat No. : 51500, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 7150 col illus
Hardback £98.00
With c. 4460 taxa (species and subspecies) of vascular plants, Morocco is clearly the most species-rich country in North Africa. This book opens the door to a more profound knowledge of its flora, (more)
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by Fenton, M.B.; Rydell, J.
Cat No. : 48954, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £30.00
Bats have long been the focus of fascination, and sometimes fear: they move faultlessly through the darkness and spend the day hanging upside down in gloomy caverns and cracks - most at home where (more)
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by Garbutt, N.
Cat No. : 51484, Published : 2023, Illustrations : col photos, col distribution maps
Hardback £40.00
£47.00 (Save £7.00)
Madagascar is home to one of the most remarkable assemblages of mammals on earth. Millions of years of isolation has resulted in the evolution of a suite of species that are exceptional for two major (more)
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by Campbell, H.; Blanchard, B.
Cat No. : 51406, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : 215 col illus, 44 maps
Hardback £18.75
£28.00 (Save £9.25)
A richly illustrated natural history of ants, covering their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and more. Plentiful and familiar, ants make up an estimated one-third of the world’s insect (more)
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by Lewington, R.
Cat No. : 51013, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : Col illus + maps
Paperback £8.99
£10.99 (Save £2.00)
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 Packer, L.
Cat No. : 51007, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : 217 col + 10 b/w illus, 106 maps
Hardback £18.75
£25.00 (Save £6.25)
A beautifully illustrated introduction to the incredible variety of bees from around the world. When many people think of bees, they are likely to picture the western domesticated honey bee, (more)
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by Lowen, J.
Cat No. : 51411, Published : FEB 2023
Paperback £8.99
£11.99 (Save £3.00)
James Lowen narrates a year-long quest to see Britain's rarest and more remarkable moths. Although mostly unseen by us, moths are everywhere. And their capacity to delight astounds. Inspired by a (more)
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by Johnson, N.
Cat No. : 51004, Published : JAN 2023
Paperback £115.00
Ticks: Biology, Ecology and Diseases provides a detailed overview of the fascinating world of tick biology and ecology. This book discusses disease transmission to humans and livestock, (more)
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by McGavin, G.
Cat No. : 52470, Published : FEB 2023
Hardback £14.99
Insects conquered the Earth long before we did and will remain here long after we're gone. They outnumber us in the billions and are essential to many of the natural processes that keep us alive (more)
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by McGavin, G.C.; Davranoglou, L.-R.; Lewington, R. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 51385, Published : JAN 2022
Paperback £34.99
2nd revised edition. Comprising well over half of all known animal species, insects are the most successful organisms on the planet. Indeed, it is no exaggeration to say that one cannot study (more)
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by Tilford, T.
Cat No. : 51485, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £13.99
£16.99 (Save £3.00)
The definitive photographic guide to the avifauna of Bail, Sumatra and Java. The islands of Bali, Sumatra and Java, covering some 613,000 square kilometres, are home to an extensive and varied list (more)
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by Carwardine, M.
Cat No. : 51482, Published : JAN 2023, Illustrations : 250 col photos
Paperback £15.50
£18.99 (Save £3.49)
This accessible, practical guide includes everything you need to know to capture fantastic photographs of birds on your doorstep. In RSPB How to Photograph Garden Birds, celebrated (more)
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by Pienkowski, M.
Cat No. : 52589, Published : MAR 2023, Illustrations : 200 col photos, 40 col illus
Hardback £20.00
£29.95 (Save £9.95)
Foreword by Rt Hon. the Lord Randall of Uxbridge PC. In 2020, looking back over more than 30 years of the project, RSPB described the Red Kite project as “the biggest species success story in UK (more)
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by Peterken, G.
Cat No. : 51486, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : 300 col photos, illustrations, maps
Hardback £32.00
£40.00 (Save £8.00)
Features almost 300 colour photographs and brings together more than 60 years of research by a leading voice in British woodland ecology. Trees define woodland. They provide a complex, (more)
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by Çolak, A.H.; Kirca, S.; Rotheram, I.D.
Cat No. : 45075, Published : FEB 2023
Hardback £49.99
As trees age, they become ecologically richer and more full of life. The process of a tree, wood or forest becoming 'ancient', however defined, involves a vast and subtle web of relations - among the (more)
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by Stroh, P.A.; Walker, K.J.; Humphrey,T.A.; Prescott, O.L.; Burkmar, R.J.
Cat No. : 52861, Published : MAR 2023, Illustrations : 5400+ col illus, 2709 maps
Hardback £95.00
£132.00 (Save £37.00)
An authoritative two-volume survey of the wild plants of Britain and Ireland. Plant Atlas 2020 presents the results of field surveys by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, building on (more)
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by Petersen, J.H.
Cat No. : 52670, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : 429 col photos, 45 b/w illus
Hardback £14.95
£17.99 (Save £3.04)
A richly illustrated guide to edible mushrooms by one of Europe's leading fungi experts. In this beautifully illustrated introductory guide, Jens Petersen shows how to successfully identify and (more)
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by Trueman, I.C.; Poulton, M.W.; Hodder, M.; Large, L.; Hancock, S.A.; Phipps, S.M.
Cat No. : 51393, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £16.00
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Sutton Park National Nature Reserve is a botanical jewel in the urban midlands supporting a treasure trove of botanical diversity. At over 400 pages, this book includes chapters on the flowering (more)
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by Bothwell, J.
Cat No. : 51477, Published : JAN 2023, Illustrations : 249 col illus, 17 b/w illus, 77 maps
Hardback £18.75
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A lavishly illustrated guide to the seaweed families of the world. Seaweeds are astoundingly diverse. They're found along the shallows of beaches and have been recorded living at depths of more (more)
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by Dunayev, E., Orlova, V.
Cat No. : 51228, Published : FEB 2023, Illustrations : 600 col photos, distribution maps
Hardback £86.00
Revised and updated edition. The original edition has been completely updated, there is a distribution map for each species and the book has been supplemented with the most extensive bibliography (more)
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by Brock, P.; Büscher, T.H.
Cat No. : 51308, Published : 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 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 John, E.; Makris, C.
Cat No. : 46105, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 300+ col photos, 56 col maps
Hardback £75.00
£95.00 (Save £20.00)
Cyprus offers the butterfly enthusiast, whether amateur or professional, an opportunity to study species not encountered elsewhere in the Mediterranean basin. Included in this book are details of (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 Singh, D.
Cat No. : 50681, Published : 2022, Illustrations : 500+ col photos
Paperback £64.00
The book is a first of its kind, lavishly illustrated, and beautifully designed field guide which provides the first comprehensive overview of Odonata of the northwestern part of India, comprising (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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