Common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, on lavender Credit Hayley Wiswell
Common blue butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, on lavender Credit Hayley Wiswell

Out-of-print handbooks are available to download for free

Download out-of-print handbooks for free
We have published handbooks for the identification of insects since 1949.
Browse all our available handbooks on this page or click the links below to browse by taxa.

Coleoptera

Diptera

Hemiptera

Hymenoptera

Lepidoptera

Psocodea

Trichoptera

No items can be considered for return or exchange 6 months after purchase date.

RES Gradient Spacer
Cover of Scuttle Flies - Diptera, Phoridae (except Megaselia) RES Handbook

Scuttle Flies – Diptera, Phoridae (except Megaselia)

Cover of handbook: British Lonchaeidae - Diptera. Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae

British Lonchaeidae – Diptera. Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae

Cover of Checklists of Insects of The British Isles (New series) Part 1: Diptera RES Handbook

Checklists of Insects of The British Isles (New series) Part 1: Diptera

Cover of The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae RES Handbook

The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland Scaphidiinae, Piestinae, Oxytelinae

Cover of Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles RES Handbook

Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles

Cover of The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland. Parts 7 & 8: Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euaesthetinae, Pseudopsinae, Paederinae, Staphylininae RES Handbook

The Staphylinidae (rove beetles) of Britain and Ireland. Parts 7 & 8: Oxyporinae, Steninae, Euaesthetinae, Pseudopsinae, Paederinae, Staphylininae