National Insect Week | 21st

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Life In The Undergrowth
This superbly-illustrated book by David Attenborough, the most effective and best-known natural-history communicator of our time, was published to accompany the BBC television series Life In The Undergrowth, with chapters examining invertebrate adaptation to terrestrial habitats, the development of insect flight, the many uses of silk, insect ecology and behaviour, and the evolution of insect societies. The book looks at the lives of insects and their relatives around the world: their arrival on land and mastery of every habitat, their fantastic variety of hunting, mating and highly organized social behaviour.

This book - and the television series available on DVD - shows just how important insects are for the global ecosystem, with many illustrated examples of their amazing lives.

Publisher: BBC Books ISBN: 0563 52208 9
Price: £20.00 - Hardback

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Interesting websites

Children's insect books

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Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
Butterfly A Photographic Portrait	Thomas Marent	Dorling Kindersley	978-1-4053-2540-0 Hardback - £25.00
Bumblebees	Oliver Prys-Jones & Sarah Corbet	Richmond Publishing	0855462574
The Bumblebees of Essex	Ted Benton	Lopinga Books	0953036243
Bumblebees: Their Behaviour & Ecology	Dave Goulson	Oxford University Press	019852607
Collins Complete British Insects	Michael Chinery	Harper Collins Publishers	0007179669
British Pyralid Moths – a Guide to their Identification	Barry Goater, BSc, MIBiol, illustrated by Geoffrey Senior, Robert Dyke and Michael Tweedie	Published by Harley Books	0946589089 Hardback - £22.50
Grasshoppers and allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland	Judith A. Marshall BSc and ECM Haes BSc	Harley Books	0946589364 Paperback - £18.95
A Sound Guide to the Grasshoppers and allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland Harley Books			0946589224 Cassette - £6.00
The Aurelian Legacy – a History of British Butterflies and their Collectors	Michael A. Salmon, FRCP, FRES, with contributions by Peter Marren and Basil Harley	Harley Books	0946589402 Hardback - £30.00
Identification Chart of British and Irish Dragonflies		Harley Books	0946589380 Poster - £5.25
Dragonflies: Behaviour and Ecology of Odonata	Philip S. Corbet, DSc, FRES	Harley Books	094658964X Hardback - £62.60
Maggots, Murder and Men: memories and reflections of a forensic entomologist	Zakaria Erzinclioglu, BSc, PhD, FRES, with vignettes by Michael J. Roberts	Harley Books	0946589658 Paperback - £13.95
Minibeasts	Peter Smithers	John Walters	0-9540256-2-8 £6.50
British and Irish Pug Moths - a Guide to their Identification	Adrian Riley and the late Gaston Prior	Harley Books	0946589518 Hardback - £29.50
The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland	Editors: John Heath and A. Maitland Emmet	Harley Books	0946589372 Paperback - £30.00
The Dragonflies of Europe (revised edition)	R.R. Askew, BSc, DPhil, FRES	Harley Books	0946589755 Paperback - £30.00
True Weevils (Part 1 )- Royal Entomological Society Handbook, Volume 5 Part 17b	M G Morris	Royal Entomological Society and FSC Publications	Paperback - £16.95
The Freshwater Name Trail - A Key to the Invertebrates of Ponds and Streams	Richard Orton, Anne Bebbington and John Bebbington	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £2.50
Guide to the Shieldbugs of the British Isles	Bernard Nau	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £2.50
Woodland Name Trail	Anne Bebbington, John Bebbington and Steve Tilling	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £2.50
Butterflies of Britain	John Bebbington and Richard Lewington	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £2.50
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain	Steve Brooks and Richard Askew	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £3.25
British Grasshoppers and Allied Insects	Judith Marshall and Denys Ovenden	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £2.50
Caterpillars of Butterflies of Britain and Ireland	Richard Lewington and John Bebbington	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £2.50
Bugs on Bushes	Anne and John Bebbington	FSC Publications	Laminated fold-out chart £3.25
A Key to Families of British Bugs	Denis Unwin	FSC Publications	£5.00
A Key to the Adults of British Lacewings and Their Allies	Colin Plant	FSC Publications	£6.95
A Key to the Families of British Beetles	Denis Unwin	FSC Publications	£6.95
Bees, Ants and Wasps: the British Aculeates	Pat Wilmer	FSC Publications	£5.00
Butterfly Landscapes: A Celebration of British Butterflies Painted in Natural Habitat	Richard Tratt	Langford Press	1-904078-15-X Hardback 28x31cm £35.00

Website	Link
entomophonix Blog detailing the project of sound artist Robert Jarvis, who creates pieces based on insect sounds and rhythms	entomophonix.wordpress.com
Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm The UK's largest tropical butterfly paradise	www.butterflyfarm.co.uk
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats. The website features information on the Society's Zoos, conservation projects, and wildlife events.	www.zsl.org
Butterfly Conservation Moths Count Moths Count aims to encourage interest in moths throughout the UK and to establish an ongoing National Moth Recording Scheme to improve knowledge and conservation of the 900+ species of larger moths.	www.mothscount.org
Natural World Experience.com Website which lists wildlife activities and events in Shustoke (Birmingham).	www.naturalworldexperience.com
Sticktalk International website and mailing list for stick insect enthusiasts	www.sticklist.com
Natural England’s leaflet “Minibeasts in the Garden“	www.naturalengland.org.uk (PDF)
RSPB Click on the Gardens section and discover how you can create a garden that’s ideal for wildlife.	www.rspb.org.uk
BBC Wildlife For the best and most informative writing of any consumer magazine in its field, all illustrated with world-class wildlife photography.	www.bbcmagazines.com/wildlife
Spiny Software Butterflies, Bugs & other Beasties CD-rom Animals of the British Isles CD-rom	www.spinysoft.co.uk
Virginia Cheeseman Virginia breeds and supplies many types of "pet" insects.	www.virginiacheeseman.co.uk
Stag Beetle Helpline Details of Deborah Harvey's stag beetle monitoring scheme, plus information on logpiles and identifying larvae.	www.stagbeetlehelpline.co.uk
Uk Glow-worm Survey by Robin Scagell	www.glowworms.org.uk
An online exhibition about locusts	www.bbsrc.ac.uk/life/crowd/index.html
Solitary Bees and Things	www.insectpix.net
Phil Wilkinson's Peregrine Productions for supplies of laminated identification cards	www.bombus.freeserve.co.uk

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	Puffin	0140500871
Bad Tempered Ladybird	Eric Carle	Puffin	0140503986
Beetle in the Bathroom	Brian Moses	Puffin	0140567046
Scritch Scratch	Miriam Moss	Orchard	1841211125
The Hoppameleon	Paul Geraghty	Red Fox	0099408538
Snail Trail	Ruth Brown	Anderson	0862649198
Ladybird Ladybird	Ruth Brown	Anderson	1842700405
Tiny	Paul Rogers	Bodley Head	0370326326

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
Little Bug series: • Cindy Centipede • Wally Woodlouse • Lilly and the Ladybirds • Danny Longlegs	Damian Burnard	Hodder	0340787783 0340787791 0340787805 0340787813
Emily’s Legs	Dick King-Smith	Hodder	0340854081
Spinderella	Julia Donaldson	Egmont	1405200723
Leon Loves Bugs	Dyan Sheldon	Walker	074457790X
Omnibombulator	Dick King-Smith	Transworld	0552527998
Little Stupendo	Jon Blake	Walker	074459023X

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
Harry the Poisonous Centipede	Lyn Reid Banks	Harper Collins	0006751970
Harry the Poisonous Centipede’s Big Adventure	Lyn Reid Banks	Harper Collins	0006755356
Charlotte’s Web	E. B. White	Puffin	0140364498
Invasion of the Vampire Spiders	Susan Gates	Puffin	014131074X
Spid	Ursula Williams	Red Fox	0099408538
Bug Muldoon and the Garden of Fear	Paul Shipton	O.U.P	019275274X

Title	Author	Publisher	ISBN
Buzzing! (CD of poems, with booklet) www.theBigBuzz.biz	Anneliese Emmans Dean	The author	None
Minibeasts	Chosen by Brian Moses	Mac	033037057X
Mini Beasties	Chosen by Michael Rosen	Puffin	0140544909
Minibeasts (12 orginal songs for ages 4-7) Book & CD pack (compilation) www.outoftheark.com		Out of the Ark Music	1-901980-68-5

Title	Author	Publisher	ISSN
Insect Conservation and Diversity	Simon R. Leather Yves Basset Bradford A. Hawkins	Blackwell Publishing	1752-458X
Ecological Entomology	Jens Rolff Jane Hill	Blackwell Publishing	0307-6946
Physiological Entomology	Graham Goldsworthy Jim Hardie	Blackwell Publishing	0307-6962
Insect Molecular Biology	Linda M. Field Dave O’Brochta, USA	Blackwell Publishing	0962-1075
Medical & Veterinary Entomology	Gay Gibson (Medical) Doug Colwell (Veterinary), Canada	Blackwell Publishing	0269-283X
Systematic Entomology	Frank Krell, USA Peter Cranston, USA	Blackwell Publishing	0307-6970
Agricultural and Forest Entomology	Allan D. Watt Keith F. A. Walters Hefin Jones	Blackwell Publishing	1461-9555