Recommended Entomology Books
When I started this blog, one of my aims was to provide some book recommendations. Today I shall list three books which I have found very useful, especially when I first started to study insects more seriously.
‘Domino Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe‘ by Michael Chinery
This book is fantastic and is my favourite general field guide because it has excellent colour illustrations accompanied with important identification features, some notes of nymphs/larvae, sexual dimorphism and concise descriptions of many families. It also covers some other arthropods “which the beginner might confuse with insects”.
‘Essential Entomology: An Order-by-Order Introduction‘ by George C. McGavin
For readers looking to learn more about the different types of insects with some basic insect biology, I would recommend this book. It is more accessible than the following recommended book by Gullan and Cranston, giving the reader an informative tour through the insect orders.
‘The Insects: An Outline of Entomology‘ by P.J. Gullan and P. Cranston
This was our recommended MSc Entomology course textbook which I bought and started reading well before the course started. As implied by the title, this book gives a summary of the important sections of entomology ranging from anatomy and reproduction to parasitism and evolution. Each chapter has a useful list of recommended further reading.
I intend to have a page soley for recommended books once I have listed some more.
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