Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) Credit Alex Perry
Lang’s Short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous) Credit Alex Perry
We have published handbooks for the identification of insects since 1949, view the list of all RES handbooks up to July 2021.
Out of print handbooks are free to download below.
Cover of Dermaptera and Orthoptera, RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 1, Part 5

Dermaptera and Orthoptera

Cover of Dung Beetles & chafers - Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea.RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 5, Part 11 new edition

Dung Beetles & chafers – Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea.

Cover of or the Identification of British Insects, Volume 1, Part 9

Ephemeroptera

Cover of Hemiptera – Cicadomorpha (excluding Deltocephalinae and Typhlocybinae), RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 2, Part 2b

Hemiptera – Cicadomorpha – Deltocephalinae

Cover of Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha (excluding Deltocephalinae and Typhlocybinae), RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 2, Part 2a

Hemiptera – Cicadomorpha (excluding Deltocephalinae and Typhlocybinae)

Cover of Hemiptera - Fulgoromorpha, RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 2, Part 3

Hemiptera – Fulgoromorpha

Cover of Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part) - Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 2, Part 4a

Homoptera – Aphidoidea (Part) – Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae

Cover of Homoptera – Aphidoidea (Part) – Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 2, Part 5a

Homoptera – Psylloidea

Cover of Hymenoptera – Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae). RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 6, Part 3b

Hymenoptera – Aculeata (Scolioidea, Vespoidea and Sphecoidea).

Cover of Hymenoptera - Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae). RES Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Volume 6, Part 3a

Hymenoptera – Bethyloidea (excluding Chrysididae).