Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium) on a stem of grass Credit Peter Paul Smith

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Cover of Britain’s Spiders: A field guide Second Edition

Britain’s Spiders: A field guide (WILDGuides, 2nd edition)


by Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford & Helen Smith
Reviewed by Peter Smithers

British and Irish Butterfly Rarities


by Peter Eeles
Reviewed by Richard Harrington

Cover of the book British Coleopterists showing black and white painting of a group of coleopterists examining a museum collection

British Coleopterists: Biographies, Collections, Sources


by Michael Darby
Reviewed by Richard Jones

British Craneflies


by Alan E. Stubbs
Reviewed by Richard Jones

Bumblebees of Europe and Neighbouring Regions


by Pierre Rasmont, Guillaume Ghisbain & Michaël Terzo
Reviewed by Steven Falk

Butterflies: A natural history (British Wildlife Collection, 10)


by Martin Warren
Reviewed by Richard Jones

Cover of Butterflies of South Africa: A field guide (2nd edition)

Butterflies of South Africa: A Field Guide (2nd edition)


by Steve Woodhall
Reviewed by Peter Smithers

Cover of Butterflies of the Levant. Vol.II: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Hesperiidae.

Butterflies of the Levant, Vol.II: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Hesperiidae


by Dubi Benyamini & Eddie John
Reviewed by Arthur M. Shapiro

Cover of Butterfly Valley

Butterfly Valley


by Inger Christensen, translated from the original Danish by David Broadbridge
Reviewed by John Tennent

Cheniculture et reforestation


by Augustin Londa Ku Mbuta & Daniel Ambuehl
Reviewed by Thea Lautenschläger & Matthias Nuß

Cover of Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (Second Edition)

Concise Guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland (2nd edition)


by Martin Townsend & Paul Waring. Illustrated by Richard Lewington
Reviewed by John Walters