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August Newsletter - New and forthcoming entomology/natural history titles
A selection of recently published and forthcoming entomology and other natural history books.
Highlights include:
New Royal Entomological Society Handbook: British Coleoptera Larvae (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Vol. 4, pt 1a)
A new edition of Britain's Day-Flying Moths
A major new 3-volume work on the plant galls of Europe: Plant Galls of Europe: Keys to Plant Galls (Zoo- and Phytocecidia) of Central- and Northern Europe
For a full selection of titles please see our website.
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by Barclay, M.V.L.; Garner, B.H.; Hammond, M.; Marshall, J.E.; Cos, M.; Jessop, L.;
Cat No. : 29495, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 68 col photos, 311 text figs (line drawings)
Paperback £39.95
Key to the larvae of the families and major subfamilies of beetles present in the British Isles, short summaries of the morphological and ecological characteristics of each taxon, guidance on (more)
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by Newland, D.; Still, R.; Swash, A.
Cat No. : 38728, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 322 col photos, 159 col maps
Paperback £12.99
£17.99 (Save £5.00)
Fully revised and updated second edition. A carefully designed and beautifully illustrated photographic guide to the moths you are most likely to see during the day. This concise photographic field (more)
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by Haddad, N.
Cat No. : 38732, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 16 col plates + 7 b/w illus
Hardback £16.00
£20.00 (Save £4.00)
A remarkable look at the rarest butterflies, how global changes threaten their existence, and how we can bring them back from near-extinction. Most of us have heard of such popular butterflies as (more)
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by Hsu, Y.F.; Huang, C.L.; Liang, J.Y.
Cat No. : 37770, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 55 col plates
Hardback £65.00
£68.00 (Save £3.00)
Text English/Chinese. Third of a series of volumes on the butterfly fauna of Taiwan; the series is planned in five volumes, to be published over the next six or seven years. Includes an introduction (more)
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by McMonigle, O.
Cat No. : 38517, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £18.95
Orin McMonigle's series of insect-rearing guidebooks for beginning and advanced entomological enthusiasts has a new addition focusing on raising butterflies and moths through all their stages. Orin (more)
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by Roskam, J.C.
Cat No. : 38636, Published : 2019, Illustrations : line drawings
Hardback £370.00
Text English. In 1964-1965 Herbert Buhr published his ‘Bestimmungstabellen der Gallen (Zoo- und Phytocecidien) an Pflanzen Mittel- und Nordeuropas’. These keys were developed in the great tradition (more)
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by Baldizzone, G.
Cat No. : 38467, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col + b/w photos, line drawings
Hardback £155.00
Text Italian, keys English/Italian. The Italian fauna includes more than half the known species of Europena Coleophoridae (Microlepidoptera). This volume presents the current state of knowledge on (more)
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by Pesarini, F.
Cat No. : 38541, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col + b/w photos, line drawings
Hardback £65.00
Text Italian, keys English/Italian. This volume includes families: Xyelidae, Pamphiliidae, Megalodontesidae, Blasticotomidae, Argidae, Heptamelidae, Tenthredinidae. Species accounts include (more)
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by Jones, R.
Cat No. : 37508, Published : OCT 2019, Illustrations : 100 illustrations, 80 in colour
Paperback £12.95
Fear and fascination sets wasps apart from other insects. Despite their iconic form and distinctive colours, they are surrounded by myth and misunderstanding. Often portrayed as cartoon-like (more)
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by Pauly, A.
Cat No. : 38624, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 1200 col photos, 90 distribution maps
Paperback £65.00
Text French. Identification keys enable the identification of the 84 species of the solitary bee family Halictidae occurring in Belgium. Species accounts include detailed descriptions of ecology, (more)
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by Degiovanni, A.; Magrini, P.
Cat No. : 38210, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 166 col plates, 80 distribution maps
Hardback £65.00
Text Italian. The first Italian monograph on the genus Trechus. All species and subspecies are represented on 72 excellent colour photographs. For easier identification of each species, the photo of (more)
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by Bouget, C.; Brustel, H.; Noblecourt, T.; Zagatti, P.
Cat No. : 38471, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £72.00
Text French. (more)
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by Tarboton, W.; Tarboton, M.
Cat No. : 37753, Published : AUG 2019, Illustrations : c. 1000 col photos, b/w figs
Paperback £12.99
£15.99 (Save £3.00)
Second edition. Comprehensive and fully up to date field guide covering all 164 species of dragonflies and damselflies found in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. A detailed introduction covers (more)
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by Rentz, D.; Su, You Ning
Cat No. : 37649, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col photos, illus, maps
Paperback £36.95
Identify Australia's crickets with this detailed and fully illustrated guide. Cricket song is a sound of the Australian bush. Even in cities, the rasping calls signify Australia’s remarkable (more)
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by Koh, J.K.H.; Bay, N.
Cat No. : 38521, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 540 illus
Paperback £59.00
As a biodiversity hotspot in tropical Asia, Borneo is a must-visit destination of naturalists around the world. Borneo’s rainforests offer more than just hornbills, orang-utans, proboscis monkeys and (more)
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by Cambodia Bird Guide Association
Cat No. : 38047, Published : 2019, Illustrations : c.1300 col illus, 600 distribution maps
Hardback £45.00
Sandwiched principally between its better-known neighbours of Thailand, to the north and west, and Vietnam, to the east, the relatively small and comparatively low-lying country of Cambodia is (more)
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by Chikara, O.
Cat No. : 37709, Published : 2019, Illustrations : c.1500 col illus, 500 distribution maps
Hardback £49.95
£54.00 (Save £4.05)
Spanning more than 3000 km from northeast to southwest, the Japanese archipelago comprises four major islands and thousands of rocks and islets that stretch from Taiwan to the Russian Far East, and (more)
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by Kirwan, G.M.; Levesque, A.; Oberle, M.; Sharpe, C.J.
Cat No. : 37707, Published : 2019, Illustrations : c.1600 col illus, 570 distribution maps
Hardback £49.95
£54.00 (Save £4.05)
Most people associate the Caribbean with palm-fringed sandy beaches, cricket and rum. Mention the West Indies to birders and they think todies and tremblers, among a remarkable array of c.190 endemic (more)
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by Toms, M.
Cat No. : 30922, Published : JULY 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £44.50
£60.00 (Save £15.50)
Gardens make a significant contribution to the amount of urban green space and are the main contributors to urban biodiversity. Birds are one of the most visible components of this urban (more)
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by Wilkey, R.
Cat No. : 38248, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 151 col photos, 134 b/w line drawings, 66 col distribution maps
Paperback £48.99
2nd revised edition. Snakes of Malawi has taken over 40 years of field research to complete and is the most up-to-date snake guide on the country's snakes in more than half a century. This book (more)
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by Leenders, T.
Cat No. : 38309, Published : AUG 2019, Illustrations : 800 col photos, 91 illus, 245 distribution maps
Paperback £27.99
£28.99 (Save £1.00)
The long-awaited companion to Amphibians of Costa Rica is the first ever comprehensive field guide to the crocodilians, turtles, lizards, and snakes of Costa Rica. A popular destination for tourists (more)
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by Laessoe, T.; Petersen, J.H.
Cat No. : 38736, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 7000 col illus
Hardback £71.25
£95.00 (Save £23.75)
One of the most comprehensive mycological guides ever published. Featuring more than 7,000 photographs, this lavish two-volume set treats more than 2,800 species of fungi across the region. Including (more)
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by Gardner, C.; Gardner, B.
Cat No. : 38057, Published : OCT 2019, Illustrations : 600 col photos
Hardback £32.00
£40.00 (Save £8.00)
Following on from their widely acclaimed Flora of the Silk Road, Chris and Basak Gardner present a stunning selection of 600 of the finest wild flowers that grow in the Mediterranean regions of the (more)
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by Heller, T.; Upson, R.; Lewis, R.
Cat No. : 38311, Published : JULY 2019, Illustrations : 500 col photos
Paperback £72.00
£80.00 (Save £8.00)
a collaboration between scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Falklands Conservation, who have been working together for many years. With recent additions to the flora, there are now 181 (more)
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by Ebert, D.A.
Cat No. : 29103, Published : August 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £28.00
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by Hatcher, J.; Trewhella, S.
Cat No. : 37662, Published : MAY 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £15.29
£16.99 (Save £1.70)
The marine environment is a remarkable place - unfamiliar and a source of endless fascination. The rocky shore where land meets sea, its array of life ever-changing with the tides, offers us a chance (more)
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by Wich, S.A.; Koh, L.P.
Cat No. : 38206, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 45 Illus
Paperback £29.99
Increasing numbers of ecologists and conservation biologists have begun to explore the use of drone technology to obtain accurate and up-to-date data on the distribution and density of species, as (more)
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by Bass, M.A.
Cat No. : 38725, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 192 col illus
Hardback £45.00
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How the nature illustrations of a Renaissance polymath reflect his turbulent age This pathbreaking and stunningly illustrated book recovers the intersections between natural history, politics, art, (more)
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by Cannon, R.J.C.
Cat No. : 38410, Published : DEC 2019
Hardback £95.00
The aim of this book is to present a readable account of butterfly behaviour, based on field observations, great photographs and the latest research. The main focus is on courtship and mating - (more)
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by Lees, D.C.; Zilli, A.
Cat No. : 38312, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £12.99
£14.99 (Save £2.00)
An accessible introduction to the stunning diversity, life habits and evolution of moths. This iconic insect group encompasses 128 of the 135 families Lepidoptera, with some 140,000 known (more)
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by Danforth, B.N.; Minckley, R.L.; Neff, J.L.
Cat No. : 38314, Published : SEP 2019, Illustrations : 17 col + 113 b/w illus
Hardback £26.50
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The most up-to-date and authoritative resource on the biology and evolution of solitary bees. While social bees such as honey bees and bumble bees are familiar to most people, they comprise less (more)
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by Brock, P.D.
Cat No. : 38320, Published : NOV 2019, Illustrations : 2900+ col photos
Paperback £24.95
£28.95 (Save £4.00)
This new and expanded edition, the most complete guide to insects ever published, now has 544 pages and covers over 2,300 species with updated maps and over 2,900 colour photographs throughout, with (more)
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by Wilson, D.E.; Mittermeier, R.A. (Ed.)
Cat No. : 37048, Published : SEP 2019, Illustrations : col plates, col photos, distribution maps
Hardback £125.00
£145.00 (Save £20.00)
This volume on bats (Chiroptera) completes the Handbook of the Mammals of the World series. Our knowledge of bats has exploded in the past two decades, and all of that information is reflected in (more)
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by Thorogood, C.
Cat No. : 38277, Published : OCT 2019, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £32.99
£39.99 (Save £7.00)
The most comprehensive and up-to-date plant identification guide to the area. This large area has a complex and varied geology and topography but is united by its typically Mediterranean climate of (more)
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by Lewington, R.
Cat No. : 38396, Published : SEP 2019, Illustrations : 900+ col illustrations + photos
Hardback £9.99
£12.99 (Save £3.00)
A superb new guide to the full range of wildlife in your garden. From blue tits to bumblebees and hedgehogs to hawkmoths. Illustrated by Richard Lewington, acknowledged as one of the finest natural (more)
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by Monastyrskii, A.
Cat No. : 38715, Published : 2019, Illustrations : 78 col plates
Paperback Price: Not yet confirmed
The fourth volume in the monographic series of Butterflies of Vietnam. This volume (in two parts) includes all representatives of the family Nymphalidae that were not grouped in Satyrinae, Danainae (more)
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by Müller, B.; Erlacher, S.; Hausmann, A.; Rajaei, H.; Sihvonen, P.; Skou, P.
Cat No. : 3001, Published : JUNE 2019, Illustrations : 30 col plates, b/w plates, text figs, distribution maps
Hardback £167.40
£186.00 (Save £18.60)
Final part of The Geometrid Moths of Europe concluding the revision of the European Ennominae moths, covering a total of 181 species plus 21 species of Geometridae found in Europe since publication (more)
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by Gaedike, R.
Cat No. : 37958, Published : 2019, Illustrations : col plates, b/w figs
Hardback £78.30
£87.00 (Save £8.70)
This second volume on Tineidae treats the subfamilies Myrmecozelinae, Perissomasticinae, Tineinae, Hieroxestinae, Teichobiinae and Stathmopolitinae of Europe. It presents information for the (more)
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by Marren, P.
Cat No. : 37168, Published : MAY 2019, Illustrations : col & b/w illus
Hardback £25.00
£30.00 (Save £5.00)
**SIGNED COPIES ** Many have remarked on the poetic names of our butterflies and moths. Their beauty fires our imaginations. Some are named after human occupations and social rank: Emperors, (more)
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