Collins Complete British Insects

By Michael Chinery,

Book cover of Collins Complete British Insects: A Photographic Guide to Every Common Species

Book description

A photographic field guide to 1,500 species of insects found in Britain A photographic field guide to all the common and some unusual species of insects across Britain that the keen amateur naturalist is likely to spot. Approximately 1,500 species are illustrated with clear photographs chosen for their help in…

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1 author picked Collins Complete British Insects as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

In the summer, this book takes over from British Wildlife as my favourite reference book that doesn’t bamboozle me with science. I nearly always find the insect I’m looking for and then inevitably spend half an hour lost in details of the plants it eats or places it lives.

I wouldn’t want to be without this book, and I regularly buy it as a present for friends and family. 

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