Britain's Insects

The go-to photographic guide to all the insect orders of Britain and IrelandBritain's Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be identified in the field. Featuring superb photographs o

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The go-to photographic guide to Britain and Ireland’s insects

Britain’s Insects is an innovative, up-to-date, carefully designed and beautifully illustrated field guide to Britain and Ireland's twenty-five insect orders, concentrating on popular groups and species that can be identified in the field. Featuring superb photographs of live insects, the guide covers the key aspects of identification and provides information on status, distribution, seasonality, habitat, food plants and behaviour. It also offers insight into the life history of the various insect groups, many of which are truly amazing. This is the go-to guide for entomologists, naturalists, gardeners, wildlife photographers and anyone else interested in insects, whatever their level of knowledge.




More than 2,600 stunning photographs, carefully selected to show key identification features
Photo guides to every insect order, covering 316 families and almost 850 genera
Covers 1,653 species, of which 1,476 are illustrated
Designed to allow easy, accurate comparison of similar species
Up-to-date distribution maps and charts summarizing adult seasonality
QR codes that link to sound recordings of grasshoppers and crickets
Information on photographing and recording insects to help conservation