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New Books - June 2026
As we approach the summer season, we are pleased to highlight a selection of new publications spanning entomology, zoology, ecology and conservation. Be sure to explore our forthcoming publications as well, place your order now to be among the very first to receive your copy when it is published.
A reminder that throughout 2026 every customer who makes a purchase within each three-month period will automatically be entered into a prize draw, one lucky winner has already received a £25.00 Pemberley Books voucher. Will you be next?
With best wishes from all the team at Pemberley Books.
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by Duff, A.G.
Cat No. : 64413, Published : 2026
Hardback £125.00
This volume covers the phytophagous (plant-feeding) beetles in the superfamilies Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea, including the familiar and popular longhorn beetles, seed and leaf beetles, weevils (more)
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by Brooks, S.; Cham, S.; Lewington, R. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 64133, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos, artwork + maps throughout
Hardback £36.00
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Cat No. : 64132, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos, artwork + maps throughout
Paperback £22.00
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6th edition. A fully updated and expanded edition of the essential field guide to British Odonata, featuring unrivalled full-colour artwork of all 58 species. Adult dragonflies are among the (more)
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by Williams, B.
Cat No. : 63409, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 120 col illus
Paperback £19.99
Wales has a diverse range of butterflies - from the familiar Peacock to the elusive Large Heath, from the blisteringly quick High Brown Fritillary to the dainty Wood White, from the shimmering (more)
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by Brown, D.C.G.
Cat No. : 64984, Published : MAY 2026, Illustrations : col photos, col distribution maps, col charts
Hardback £30.00
A book to celebrate exactly 20 years since the publication of The Larger Moths of Warwickshire in 2006, during which time many species have dramatically changed status. This review concentrates on (more)
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by Balletto, E.; Barbero, F.; Casacci, L.P.; Lees, D.C.
Cat No. : 64744, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 78 col plates, col distribution maps
Paperback £95.00
Text French. Madagascar is unanimously recognised as a global biodiversity ‘hotspot’, meaning that it is one of the 25 regions characterised by the highest levels of biodiversity in the world. This (more)
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by Arita, H.; Asahi, J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 64719, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £97.00
Text Japanese and English. Mr. Masa-aki Samusawa, the great collector of the World's Great Orange Tip, presents 48 subspecies of genus Hebomoia. The author not only indicates the detailed (more)
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by Toshiyuki, N.
Cat No. : 64058, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col illus + photos
Paperback £50.00
Text Japanese. This illustrated guide introduces the life histories of 116 Hokkaido butterfly species through illustrations and over 450 ecological photographs. It is divided into two parts: (more)
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by Zhang Ying; Yang Zhixin; Zeng Xinying (Eds)
Cat No. : 64739, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £179.00
Text Chinese with Latin names. Features six chapters, focusing on common butterflies from the families Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae, and Hesperiidae. In each chapter, (more)
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by Fang Lijun
Cat No. : 64740, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col illus + photos, distribution maps
Hardback £205.00
3 volume set. Text Chinese with Latin names. This 3 volume set consists of two main parts: a general overview and specific chapters. The general overview briefly introduces the natural environment of (more)
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by Harris, K.
Cat No. : 64781, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £23.50
Covers 137 species of lacewings across 14 families found in Victoria. Featuring colour photographs from 81 contributors, it offers an accessible introduction to this delicate and fascinating group of (more)
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by Darsie, R.F.; Ward, R.A.; Burkett-Cadena, N.D.
Cat No. : 63681, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 1072 illus, 134 maps
Paperback £69.00
3rd edition. The essential guide to North American mosquitoes for researchers, professionals, and students, now available in an updated third edition. Because of the occurrence of mosquito-borne (more)
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by Brackenbury, J.H.
Cat No. : 63383, Published : 2026
Paperback £30.00
This remarkable book offers a portrait of insects unlike any seen before. Using an original lens-based method of high-speed photography inspired by the wraparound vision of the compound eye, it (more)
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by Baldock, L.; Bolton, C.; Dixon, I.M.T.
Cat No. : 64129, Published : 2026
Paperback £19.99
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Crustaceans are a diverse group of animals found all around the coasts of Britain and Ireland, from beaches to deep offshore waters. This field guide offers a practical, easy-to-use approach for (more)
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by Perks, J.
Cat No. : 63685, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos throughout
Paperback £16.00
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From sparkling springs and babbling brooks to urban canals and muddy estuaries, discover the fascinating journey of our rivers and the plethora of wildlife that calls them home. Our rivers are home (more)
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by Stanford, C.
Cat No. : 63748, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 9 b/w figs
Hardback £92.00
Around the world, many reptile and amphibian species - from the iconic Komodo dragon to the unglamorous Telfair's skink - are facing grave threats to their survival. For many, like the Belalanda (more)
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by Lister-Kaye, J.
Cat No. : 64411, Published : 2026, Illustrations : b/w illus
Hardback £18.00
In this book, the latest book in Little Toller's acclaimed monograph series, the writer and naturalist John Lister-Kaye tells a story of practical conservation with a keen eye and a poet's ear, with (more)
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by Weidensaul, S.
Cat No. : 64130, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 16 col plates
Hardback £18.00
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Across the world, scientists, conservationists and ordinary people are involved in groundbreaking work to restore billions of lost birds. Together they’re tackling the hollowing out of the springtime (more)
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by Morris, J.; Macfarlane, R.
Cat No. : 64229, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £35.00
From the creators of the internationally bestselling, award-winning title, The Lost Words, a celebration of birdlife in Britain, re-imagining the classic field guide for a new generation of (more)
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by Brusatte, S.
Cat No. : 64384, Published : JUNE 2026
Hardback £25.00
The riveting story of the dinosaurs that live among us. Billions of birds share the planet with us. With their flamboyant plumage and joyous dawn serenades, many of them are impossible to miss. But (more)
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by Gallagher, A.
Cat No. : 62883, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos, col illus, maps
Paperback £21.00
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The ultimate illustrated handbook to seeing sharks in the wild. An ocean encounter with a shark is one of nature’s most awesome experiences. There is no better way to understand sharks than to get (more)
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by Ferguson, M.
Cat No. : 63753, Published : 2026
Paperback £35.00
In this fascinating collection of interviews, award-winning sound recordist Mark Ferguson conducts in-depth conversations with a diverse range of wildlife sound recording practitioners. These diverse (more)
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by Ramsey, S.J.; Groves, D.J.
Cat No. : 64768, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos
£20.00
This guide has been specially created to help those analysing the spraint or droppings of otters to identify prey species. Records of prey species may also be useful for marine and riparian recording (more)
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by Wallace, H.
Cat No. : 64414, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos + illus
Paperback £25.00
This is an identification guide to the 85 species of sedges in Britain and Ireland. * A vegetative key: can be used all year round * Illustrated with full colour photographs throughout * (more)
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by Hibbett, D.S.
Cat No. : 63931, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 400+ col illus
Hardback £27.00
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A richly illustrated natural history of fungi. Occupying an entire kingdom of their own, fungi comprise over 155,000 species that include yeasts, rusts, and moulds, as well as the more familiar (more)
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by Bizio, E.; Campo, E.; Ferrari, J.R.
Cat No. : 64832, Published : JUNE 2026, Illustrations : 1035 col photos
Hardback £85.00
Text Italian. This volume is a nature guide dedicated to the mycological biodiversity of the Alpine ecosystems of the Dolomites. Edited by specialists with many years’ experience in the study of (more)
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by Wright, J.
Cat No. : 64637, Published : 2026, Illustrations : ca 125 col photos + b/w illus
Hardback £18.50
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A sparkling green field. A dull and scrubby patch of grass. One is the sanitised evidence of monoculture, the other a world teeming with more life than you could ever imagine. Join John Wright, one (more)
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by Marren, Peter
Cat No. : 64233, Published : 2026, Illustrations : b/w botanical line drawings
Hardback £16.00
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A lively exploration of the poisoners, tricksters, stingers, stinkers and invaders of the plant world and how their lives intertwine with ours. Some plants and fungi - those we cultivate in farms, (more)
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by Ashby, Jack
Cat No. : 62888, Published : 2026
Paperback £12.99
In this book, zoologist Jack Ashby shares hidden stories behind the world’s iconic natural history museums, from enormous mounted whale skeletons to cabinets of impossibly tiny insects. Look (more)
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by Attenborough, David
Cat No. : 64405, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £14.99
Cat No. : 64406, Published : MAY 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £26.00
40th anniversary edition. A new, beautifully illustrated edition of David Attenborough's groundbreaking Life on Earth. David Attenborough's unforgettable meeting with gorillas became an (more)
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by Uglow, Jenny
Cat No. : 64352, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col + b/w illus
Paperback £12.99
From one of the most enquiring and celebrated biographers - a glimpse into the life and mind of a pioneering naturalist. In 1781, Gilbert White was a country curate, living in the Hampshire village (more)
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by Arita, H.; Samusawa, M.; Asahi, J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 64716, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £120.00
Text Japanese. This book describes the distribution and classification of two butterfly species in the genus Luehdorfia found in Japan and nearby regions. There are two species of (more)
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by Arita, H.; Samusawa, M.; Asahi, J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 64717, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £78.00
Text Japanese. This is the long-awaited new volume of the Butterflies of the Japanese Archipelago series. It includes specimens of 12 swallowtail species not shown in the previous series. Not (more)
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by Arita, H.; Samusawa, M.; Asahi, J. (Eds)
Cat No. : 64718, Published : 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Paperback £140.00
Text Japanese. This is the 3rd volume of the Butterflies of the Japanese Archipelago series. (more)
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by Markl, G.; Wagner, W.
Cat No. : 64273, Published : JUNE 2026, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Hardback £1,200.00
20 volume set. This unprecedented 20 volume set is the result of an 8-year project that has assembled all the ecological and biological information available for all central and northern European (more)
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by Štrunc, V.; Navratil, D.
Cat No. : 62809, Published : JUNE 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £52.00
This pictorial guide presents a comprehensive encyclopedia of Cerambycidae, or Longhorn Beetles, from the western Palearctic region. 300 species from 184 genera are illustrated with high quality (more)
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by Singh Boparai, J.
Cat No. : 64279, Published : JULY 2026, Illustrations : col photos
Hardback £125.00
This book provides an accessible and richly illustrated reference guide to the Darwin wasp tribes Pimplini and Theroniini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). It includes 25 species, each represented by (more)
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by Thompson, V.
Cat No. : 64268, Published : MAY 2026, Illustrations : 16 plates with 96 col illus, 41 b/w illus, 8 charts
Hardback £56.00
This book is a comprehensive introduction to an economically important but relatively little-known group of insects of the superfamily Cercopoidea. Spittlebugs are found across all continents except (more)
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by John, T.C.; Mullen, P.; Brock, P.D.
Cat No. : 63342, Published : AUG 2026, Illustrations : 7000 col photos
Paperback £18.75
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The most detailed and best-illustrated photographic field guide to all the insect orders of Britain and Europe. Featuring more than 3,000 species and 5,500 colour photographs, this field guide is (more)
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by Egonyu, J.P.; Yusuf, A.A.; Akol, A.M. (Eds)
Cat No. : 64272, Published : MAY 2026, Illustrations : 53 col illus, 6 b/w illus
Hardback £109.99
This book is a one-stop resource for teaching entomology at undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as for training field entomologists. It addresses current knowledge gaps in all areas of insect (more)
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by Tobin, B.
Cat No. : 64276, Published : JULY 2026, Illustrations : 91 col illus, 1 historical map
Hardback £41.95
The life and work of an overlooked early American artist, naturalist, and specimen hunter. John Abbot's love of insects manifested itself in his exquisite watercolour drawings of butterflies, moths, (more)
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by Sperring, C.
Cat No. : 64453, Published : JUN 2026
Paperback £20.00
No animal better symbolises the desire to get closer and the need to respect distance than the owl. These remarkable creatures are both among and apart from us: sharing the same environments but (more)
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by Benkman, C.W.
Cat No. : 62865, Published : JUL 2026, Illustrations : col illus
Paperback £30.00
Cat No. : 62414, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col illus
Hardback £65.00
This book explores an intimate natural historical connection, revealing why crossbills have become an exemplar of diversification and coevolution. Craig Benkman takes readers on his 40-year journey (more)
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by Wilkinson, D.
Cat No. : 64731, Published : AUG 2026, Illustrations : col photos, col & b/w illus, tables
Hardback £46.50
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Cat No. : 64922, Published : AUG 2026, Illustrations : col photos, col & b/w illus, tables
Paperback £27.50
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This book brings to life a whole new ecosystem populated by a bewildering array of forms living extraordinary lives. It is a remarkable eye-opener for all naturalists. For most of the history of (more)
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by Strassmann, J.E.
Cat No. : 63757, Published : JUN 2026, Illustrations : b/w illus
Paperback £14.99
In this book, evolutionary biologist Joan Strassmann examines what it means for birds of a feather to flock together. Some birds sleep together. Some join the foraging groups of other species. Some (more)
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by Wright, J.
Cat No. : 63422, Published : JUNE 2026, Illustrations : 88 col + b/w photos
Hardback £27.99
An entertaining and informative blend of history, science, personal reflections, and extraordinary images of peregrine falcons. This go-to book on peregrine falcons provides a timely, captivating, (more)
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by Parsons, I.
Cat No. : 64639, Published : JUNE 2026
Hardback £25.00
It is one hundred years since Henry Williamson wrote Tarka the Otter, the book that first brought these captivating animals into the public consciousness. A lot has changed for us over the (more)
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by Mitchell-Jones, A.J.; Amori, G.; Kryštufek, B.; Marnell, F.; Miteva, S.; Sallay-Mo?oi, A.; Schley, L.; Thissen, J.; Vohralík, V. (Eds)
Cat No. : 62749, Published : AUG 2026, Illustrations : 429 col + b/w illus
Hardback £200.00
2nd edition. As the threats to wildlife continue to increase, precise and timely information on species distribution is essential. Since 1999, this book has proved a widely cited and valuable (more)
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by Smith, D.W.
Cat No. : 64410, Published : JUNE 2026, Illustrations : 100 col illus
Hardback £22.50
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A stunningly illustrated exploration of the lives of wolves around the world. Hunted to near extinction, wolves evoke a sense of our planet's dwindling wildernesses. Rather than fear them, we (more)
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by Wilkey, R.; Nunn, S.
Cat No. : 62653, Published : JULY 2026, Illustrations : 200 col photos
Paperback £29.99
This guide provides a complete account of all 67 snake species recorded in Malawi. Each species is illustrated with stunning photographs, over 200 images in all, as well as up-to-date distribution (more)
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by Helvarg, D.
Cat No. : 64798, Published : JUNE 2026, Illustrations : 12 b/w illus
Hardback £18.75
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A powerful call to action that shows how science, culture, and hope can converge to restore one of Earth's most vital marine habitats. In a matter of decades, a spectacular cold-water paradise (more)
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by Martins, D.J.
Cat No. : 64928, Published : JULY 2026
Hardback £20.00
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Discover the fascinating world of parasites and their hidden influence on all life. When we think of parasites, we might think of terrifying tiny creatures who suck blood and steal food, and that’s (more)
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by McPherson, S.; Golos, M.R.; Mey, F.S.; Brewer-Carias, C.; Wistuba, A.; Nerz, J.; Wrazidlo, M.; Fleischmann, A.; Plachno, B.
Cat No. : 60931, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 1100 col photos, b/w illus
Hardback £119.99
Three decades in the making, this is the seminal treatise on the beautiful genus Heliamphora. This work is crammed full of new discoveries, new observations, new information and hundreds of (more)
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by Laessøe, T.; Petersen, J.H.; Guldberg Frøslev, T; Heilmann-Clausen, J.
Cat No. : 63421, Published : JULY 2026, Illustrations : 8000+ photos
Hardback £59.95
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A beautifully illustrated identification key to the basidiomycotes of temperate Europe. The basidiomycetes comprise some of the best-known groups in the Kingdom of Fungi, including most mushrooms (more)
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by Gonella Gómez, R.
Cat No. : 64738, Published : 2025, Illustrations : col photos, distribution maps
Paperback £69.00
Text Spanish. 2nd enlarged edition. This new, improved, and expanded edition now includes 405 species of moths as well as the 257 butterflies recorded from Spain. The book aims to provide an updated (more)
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by Jacobs, M.
Cat No. : 64681, Published : 2026
Paperback £20.00
This guide offers a welcoming and informative introduction to one of the UK’s most fossil-rich landscapes. Written by local palaeontologist Megan Jacobs, it supports readers in exploring the island’s (more)
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by Sutton, P.; Beckmann, B.; Lewington, R. (Illus.)
Cat No. : 62364, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 180 col illus, 100 col photos
Paperback £32.00
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Cat No. : 62365, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 180 col illus, 100 col photos
Hardback £48.00
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A beautifully illustrated reference guide that will enable confident identification of British orthoptera. Grasshoppers are conspicuous for their giant leaping movements, bright colours and song. (more)
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by Duff, A.G.
Cat No. : 63260, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 47 col plates, text figs
Hardback £110.00
Reprinted with minor amendments (first published 2012). An identification guide to the adult Coleoptera of the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and (more)
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by Falk, S.; Ashton, G.; Dimond, R.; Creed, P.
Cat No. : 60886, Published : 2026, Illustrations : 1500+ col photos
Paperback £22.95
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With 1500+ stunning photographs this is the most complete photographic guide to flies ever published. The book covers over 1200 species from all fly families found in Britain and Ireland - from (more)
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by Moussus, J.-P.
Cat No. : 61870, Published : 2025, Illustrations : 1500 col photos, 300 distribution maps
Paperback £25.99
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A comprehensive photographic field guide to the butterflies and caterpillars of Britain and Western Europe - as well as the Canaries, the Azores, Madeira, and Cyprus. This is the first field (more)
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