British Insects: A photographic guide to every common species (Collins Complete Guide)

Great guide to help you identify different insects. Alas, this book will probably be useless in 5-10 years from now because us humans would have killed off all the insects in the world. ☹️

As a child I wanted an encyclopaedia on sharks but was given one on insects. I don't have that book anymore, it was a big old hardback and the pictures were all drawn. On the butterfly pictures the wings would be drawn and coloured in one top and one underside and I thought for a while there were actually butterfly's with different coloured wings- one fancy, one dull. I bought this book to replace that one. It's not covered in male and female symbols and doesn't have extensive info on caddis fly larvae but it is full of close up pictures of mini beasts. I got given a butterflies and moths book by a friend but it was generic round the world stuff. You can't beat a book full of back garden critters, uncomplicated by their overseas relations.In the front of the book it tells you how to narrow the creature down to a portion of the book, through its body shape and short description, but for bug identifying on the move you can just flick through and find the caterpillars page.

Delivered on time, as described.Great book, very detailed.

This is an easy to use reference and identification book. All the common insects are covered with general information and colour photographs. One drawback is the general information boxes don't give the size of the insect shown in the photograph, only the range of sizes across the species.

I have had a copy of this book for years but my daughters keep borrowing it so it is getting tatty, decided to buy them their own copies to preserve the life of mine. Wonderful book and very useful if you like six legged critters

Extremely useful book

Bought this book for my husband. Nice little book.

As described. Fast delivery. Good service.