Customer Reviews:
 An excellent beginners guide but also invaluable for any level of entomologist August 21, 2007
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
It's clear that a lot of painstaking effort has been taken in producing this wonderfully comprehensive and well balanced field guide. The illustrations are superbly clear and the narrative informative and sufficiently detailed to accurately identify different species, although I have struggled a bit with bumble bees, simply because there appears to be so much natural variation. This book really opens your eyes to a whole new world that you might otherwise have taken for granted. Its really quite amazing how much diversity there is on your doorstep, especially moths. I'd recommend carrying a camera with good macro/ telephoto capability though, simply because recalling details later on can be difficult, especially if you're a beginner.
Insects of Britain & Western Europe July 3, 2007
21 out of 21 found this review helpful
Very possibily, the best book on layman insect identification, is now back in print. It is detailed enough to be useful to those people with more than just a passing interest. The full colour drawings I find are far far better than photos on glossy paper, easier on the eye, you will see what I mean when you purchase. The book is also a handy size
190mm X 120mm making it a useful for carting around when on a walk for example.
Highly recomended publication.
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