BOOKS

All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES Robert Goodden.

A comprehensive guide - packed with information and techniques for the breeding and study of butterflies and moths. This book also shows a grand selection of butterflies of every continent. Packed with essential information, colourful pictures and diagrams by the butterfly artist JOYCE BEE. Paperback. 160  pages. 7 x 4". An essential guide for the beginner.

Published by Hamlyn. Available only from Worldwide Butterflies.

All Colour Paperback BUTTERFLIES by Robert Goodden. £4.95

Breeding Butterflies & Moths Ekkehard Friedrich

A practical Handbook for British and European butterflies and moths. Very highly recommended. Information on breeding 1000 species. 10 x 8". 176 pages. 47 text figures. Hardback.  A complete and important book for anyone keen to breed and conserve insects.  One of our best selling titles.

Breeding Butterflies & Moths Ekkehard Friedrich £31.00

Butterflies of Britain and Ireland  Jeremy Thomas and Richard Lewington

Full of stunning illustrations, this new fully revised edition contains updated information about each species in the light of new research and updated maps.

All life stages are illustrated, and aspects of identification, variation, distribution, life-cycle, ecology, food plants and behaviour are all covered. A masterpiece!

Hardcover. 288 pages.

Collins Butterfly Guide  Tom Tolman and Richard Lewington

This new guide covers over 400 species, 2000 colour illustrations and distribution maps for each species. Very comprehensive text covering flight periods, variation, habitat, behaviour, life cycle and nomenclature.  384 pages. New Softback edition. Hardback no longer available.

Caterpillars of the British Isles, Colour Identification Guide.  Jim Porter

Illustrates 850 butterfly and moth larvae.  Books for identifying caterpillars are very scarce.  This excellent caterpillar guide is now available again. Foodplants, Habits etc. detailed for each species.  Compliments Skinner’s Moths. Hardback    275 pages.

The best guide for many years.

Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland Richard Lewington  

An important pocket guide to the butterflies of Great Britain & Ireland. This compact book really does fit into your pocket and is all you need for identification on all resident and migrant species, together with a selection of day-flying moths, illustrated in colour, including all stages of the life cycle. Ideal for both beginners and experienced enthusiasts. 7.5 x 4.5". 144 pages

Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland £9.95

Butterflies of Europe  Tristan Lafranchis

Field Guide covering all the butterflies of Europe. 1300 photographs and over 400 distribution maps with detailed maps for local species. A very valuable book, even contains genitalia drawings with a method of checking that does not kill the butterfly.

An essential guide for those touring Europe.  Softcover.  352 pages.

Butterflies of Europe with DVD Tristan Lafranchis

Field Guide covering all the butterflies of Europe. 1300 photographs and over 400 distribution maps with detailed maps for local species. A very valuable book, even contains genitalia drawings with a method of checking that does not kill the butterfly.

An essential guide for those touring Europe.  Softcover.  352 pages, and DVD

British Moths & Butterflies. Chris Manley

A delightful photographic guide with stunning pictures which covers more than 1420 species, including 850 macros, 74 butterflies & 500 micros, with photos of 314 species of caterpillars, pupae and eggs. The most comprehensive collection of British moth and butterfly images ever published. Softcover, 352 pages.

David Tomlinson & Rob Still

Comprehensive photographic guide to the butterflies of Britain & Ireland. Innovative and easy-to-use format to aid identification. 81 remarkable colour plates depict typical views of each butterfly, their egg, caterpillar and chrysalis, plus information on behaviour and habitat. Colour distribution maps. 8.5 x 6" 192 pages.

Breeding the British Butterflies Peter Cribb

A good comprehensive little book covering the different species, foodplants, breeding, hand-pairing etc. written by an expert on British Butterflies. Paperback 8.25 x 5.75"

Breeding the British Butterflies £6.95

One of the best works on British Moths, compact text and cross-references simplify identification. Third revised and updated edition April 2009.. A colour identification with 42 plates, illustrating over 1600 species.  Current assessment of breeding species and genuine migrants, their status, habits and distribution.  Hardcover.  325 pages. 9.5 x 7.5"  £48.00