Snow, K.R. Mosquitoes. Naturalists’ Handbooks 14.
1st. Ed. Pub. Pub. Richmond. 1990 pp.66 with colour plates and b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback.
£12.50 [ref: 61413]
Snow, K.S. Mosquitoes. Naturalists’ Handbooks 14.
1st. Ed. Pub. Richmond Publishing. 1990 pp.66 with b/w. figs. and four col. plates. 8vo. Fine hardback.
A compact and informative guide for enthusiasts and professionals alike.
£17.50 [ref: 63524]
Sokoloff, P. Practical Hints for Collecting and Studying The Microlepidoptera. The Amateur Entomologist Volume No. 16.
1st. Ed. Pub. A.E.S. 1980 pp.40 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Fine softback. Scarce.
With chapters on collecting, breeding and preparing specimens.
£20.00 [ref: 62185]
Staunton, I. All About Australian Spiders. A study of spiders, ticks, scorpions, centipedes and other related arthropods.
1st. Ed. Pub. Ure Smith Pty. Ltd. 1968 pp.96 with colour and b/w. photos., and illus. Small 8vo. Signature of Eric Duffey. Fine softback.
£10.00 [ref: 56584]
Stubbs, A.E. & Falk, S.J. British Hoverflies. An Illustrated Identification Guide.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. BENHS. 1993 pp.253, xv with 12 pages of colour illus. plus further b/w. illus. Large 8vo. Minor spotting to top-edge of text block o/w. a fine hardback.
This edition ran to 500 copies and includes the Supplement. The colour plates by Steven Falk are widely acknowledged to be some of the finest painted for any group of British insects.
£12.50 [ref: 57178]
Thompson, R.T. Coleoptera (Phalacridae). Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. V. Part 5 (b).
1st. Ed. Pub. RES. 1958 pp.17 with b/w. line drawings. 8vo. Fine softback.
£7.00 [ref: 61565]
Unwin, D.M. A Key to the Families of British Beetles.
1st. Ed. Pub. FSC. 1984 pp.149-197 with b/w. line drawings throughout. Large 8vo. Name to front cover. Nr. fine softback.
A field guide designed with the non-specialist in mind. The format combines accuracy with ease-of-use, ideal for those with little experience of identifying British Coleoptera and Strepsiptera.
£6.00 [ref: 71987]
Unwin, D.M. A Key to the Families of British Beetles.
Rep. Pub. FSC. 2015 pp.iv, 56 with line drawings. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback.
A field guide designed with the non-specialist in mind. The format combines accuracy with ease-of-use, ideal for those with little experience of identifying British Coleoptera and Strepsiptera.
£4.50 [ref: 68638]
Van Helsdingen, P.J. A Reclassification of the Species of Linyphia Latreille based on the functioning of the genitalia (Araneida, Linyphiidae). Part I. Linyphia Latreille and Neriene Blackwall.
1st. Ed. Pub. E.J. Brill. 1969 pp.303 with b/w. photos., illus., and figs. 8vo. Eric Duffey’s signature to front cover. Thor. vg. softback.
£25.00 [ref: 56568]
Wallace, I. Simple Key to Caddis Larvae.
1st. Ed. Pub. FSC. 2006 pp.iii, 59 with b/w. illus. throughout. Large 8vo. Fine softback.
Caddis larvae are very familiar aquatic insects but only a few of the 198 British and Irish species feature in popular guides. The challenge for this guide was to produce keys that use features visible with a hand-lens and enable identification to some level of accuracy for any caddis larva collected in the British Isles.
£6.00 [ref: 68645]