Britain's Insects: A Field Guide to the Insects of Great Britain and Ireland

by Paul D. Brock

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

608 pages, Paperback

Published July 13, 2021

About the author

Paul D. Brock moved to the New Forest in 2008, keen to regularly survey one of the most important areas for insects in the UK, being home to numerous rarities. A Scientific Associate of the Natural History Museum, London, he is a world authority on stick and leaf insects and author of several popular, major reference books. He has a passion for observing and photographing insects of all orders - and is publishing this knowledge in the hope that it will help others to identify, record and study the fascinating and often beautiful, but still understudied insects. His book of New Forest insects published by Pisces Publications in 2011 also features photographs by several like-minded enthusiasts. This has been followed up by A comprehensive guide to Insects of Britain & Ireland published in May, 2014 (reprinted early 2015). The most complete guide to British & Irish insects ever published, there are over 2,700 photographs covering over 2,100 species. Reviews include 'the result is a quiet masterpiece...an incredible achievement' Peter Marren, British Wildlife 2014, '..a superb addition to the range of UK insect guides available and stands out as a leader in the field' Peter Smithers, Antenna 2014 and 'This book is an immense and astonishing achievement' Mark Parsons, Butterfly, 2014. The book was included in the Guardian 'Best nature literature of 2014' listing http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014...

Reviews

[Jamie T · Rating 5 out of 5]

An incredibly detailed but easy-to-use guide that I usually dive into during/after walks. Particularly enjoy the distribution maps and the physical description of each insect family.