Brock, P.D. A Comprehensive Guide to Insects of Britain and Ireland.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pisces Publications. 2014 pp.iv, 524 with 2,700 colour photos., and 2,000 dist. maps. 8vo. Fine softback.
With its wide species coverage and emphasis on both popular and somewhat neglected insect orders, this book will be of interest to naturalists throughout Britain, Ireland and Europe.
£19.50 [ref: 72385]

Brown, V.K. Grasshoppers. Naturalists Handbook 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Uni. Press. 1983 pp.65 with 4 colour plates and text figs. Large 8vo. A thor. vg. hardback.
£8.00 [ref: 59931]

Brown, V.K. Grasshoppers. Naturalists’ Handbooks 2.
1st. Ed. Pub. Cambridge Univ. Press. 1983 pp.65 with b/w. figs. and four col. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback.
A compact and informative guide for enthusiasts and professionals alike.
£9.00 [ref: 63547]

Carter, D.J. & Hargreaves, B. A Field Guide to Caterpillars of Butterflies & Moths in Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1986 pp.296 with 35 colour plates. 8vo. Nr. fine hdbk. Out-of-print. Scarce.
£45.00 [ref: 49752]

Carter, D.J. & Hargreaves, B. A Field Guide to Caterpillars of Butterflies and Moths in Britain and Europe.
1st. Ed. Pub. Collins. 1986 pp.296 with 35 colour plates. 8vo. Spotting to fore-edges of text block and a gently sunned spine o/w. a fine hardback. Title page signed by the author and illustrator. Out-of-print. Scarce.
The only comprehensive field guide on caterpillars. Over 500 species are described and illustrated, with 300 miniatures of the corresponding butterflies and moths. 165 characteristic food plants are also illustrated.
£30.00 [ref: 68745]

Clarke, R.O.S. Coleoptera Family Heteroceridae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. V. Part 2 (c).
1st. Ed. Pub. RES. 1973 pp.17 with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
£3.95 [ref: 61566]

Cooter, J. & Barclay, M.V.L. (Ed.). A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
4th. Ed. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 2006 pp.439 with 119 col. plates plus b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine hardback. Latest edition.
Considers field equipment, how, when and where to find beetles, identification, preserving, rearing and more.
£35.00 [ref: 72353]

Cooter, J. & Barclay, M.V.L. (Ed.). A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
4th. Ed. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 2006 pp.439 with 119 col. plates plus b/w. figs & illus. 8vo. Upper fore-corners very gently bumped o/w. a fine hardback. Title page signed by J. Cooter. Loosely inserted are some very charming and funny rhyming verses written by “G. de C” about members of the Raven Society to be said at the Annual Hot Pot Supper of the Raven Entomological Society on November 22nd. 1952. Latest edition.
Considers field equipment, how, when and where to find beetles, identification, preserving, rearing and more.
£35.00 [ref: 71641]

Cooter, J. & Cribb, P.W. (Ed.). A Coleopterist’s Handbook.
3rd. Ed. Pub. Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 1991 pp.142 with b/w. figs and illus. 8vo. Previous owner’s label to front paste down. Fine hardback. With author’s typed and signed letter to the owner, loosely inserted.
Considers field equipment, how, when and where to find beetles, identification, preserving, rearing and more.
£19.50 [ref: 63615]

Cranston, P.S. A Key to the Larvae of the British Orthocladiinae (Chironomidae).
1st. Ed. Pub. FBA. 1982 pp.152 with 57 b/w. figs. 8vo. Fine softback.
This book keys 92 of over 130 species of Orthocladiinae.
£10.00 [ref: 66659]