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

We have published handbooks for the identification of British insects since 1949, view the list of all RES handbooks up to July 2021.

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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 Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Polleniidae, Rhiniidae)

Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae, Polleniidae, Rhiniidae)

Cover of A Check List of British Insects - Part 4: Hymenoptera

A Check List of British Insects – Part 4: Hymenoptera

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