The first publication, other than the regular journals produced by the Amateur Entomologists' Society appeared in 1939, and the Society continues to produce value for money and highly respected entomological books today.
Over the years many such publications have appeared, many of which are still available today and the following is a list of all those that have been produced, including any known reprints and new editions. Number printed, printers name, and authors (where known) are given, as well as the year they went out of print for those no longer available. Second-hand copies are sometimes available. Please contact us if there is any title you particularly want
Many people will be familiar with the books, pamphlets and leaflets categorisation of our publications, for this reason the list below also uses this system. However, all new publications (those being published from 2003 onwards) are simply classified as books irrespective of their size.
The listings are broken down by the series to which the publication belongs:
The Amateur Entomologist books
Volume 5. The Amateur Entomologist No 38
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1941 | Cockayne et al. | This is a collection of articles | | Out of print |
Volume 6. Silkmoth Rearers Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1942 | B A Cooper et al. | | 500 Printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1951) |
See also 12 below
Volume 7. Hymenopterists Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1943 | B A Cooper et al. | 1st Edition | | Out of print (1953) |
| 1969 | | Reprinted | | Out of print (1985) |
| 1986 | C Betts | 2nd Edition | 2000 printed by Kingprint | |
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Volume 7a. A Supplement To the Hymenopterists Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1988 | C Betts | | 2000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
Volume 8. The Amateur Entomologist No 41
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | Ashwell et al. | This is a collection of articles | | Out of print |
Volume 9. Practical Methods and Hints For Lepidopterists
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | G Hyde et al. | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1981) |
Volume 10. The Amateur Entomologist Vol 10. (this is a collection of articles)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | Fraser et al. | | | Out of print |
Volume 11. A Coleopterists Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1954 | J Balfour-Browne et al. | 1st Edition | 1500 printed | Out of print (1976) |
| 1975 | Cooter & Cribb | 2nd Edition | 998 printed by Lowe & Brydone | Out of print (1986) |
| 1991 | J Cooter | 3rd Edition | 1550 printed by Grosvenor Press | Out of print (2006) |
| 2006 | Cooter & Barclay | 4th Edition | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Volume 11a. Host Plants of British Beetles: A List Of Recorded Associations
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1992 | J Bullock | | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Volume 12. A Silkmoth Rearers Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1956 | W Crotch | 2nd Edition | 1500 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1969) |
| 1969 | | Reprint | 1000 printed by Lowe & Brydone | Out of print |
| 1979 | | Reprint | 420 printed. | Out of print (1982) |
| 1982 | B Gardiner | 3rd Edition | 2000 printed by Pindar Print | |
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Volume 13. A Lepidopterists Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1976 | R Dickson | 1st Edition | 2000 printed by Kingprint | Out of print (1985) |
| 1985 | | Reprint | 1000 printed | Out of print |
| 1992 | | 2nd edition | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2005) |
Volume 14. Insect Photography For The Amateur
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1977 | P Lindsley | Printed by Kingprint | Out of print (1992) | |
Volume 15. A Dipterists Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1978 | Stubbs & Chandler | 1st edition | 2000 printed by Kingprint | Out of print (1996) |
| 1996 | | Reprint | 500 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Volume 16. Practical Hints for Collecting and Studying The Microlepidoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1980 | P Sokoloff | 1st edition | 980 printed | Out of print (2004) |
| 2004 | | Photocopy reprint | 26 printed by Graham Press | Out of print (2005) |
| 2005 | | Photocopy reprint | 25 printed by Staples | Out of print (2006) |
| 2006 | | Photocopy reprint | 75 printed by Office Supplies | |
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Volume 17. The Study of Stoneflies, Mayflies and Caddisflies
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1982 | T Macan | 1st Edition | 980 printed by V B Pike | |
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Volume 18. Breeding The British Butterflies
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1983 | P Cribb | 1st Edition | 1935 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (1990) |
| 1990 | | Revised Edition | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2001) |
| 2001 | | 3rd Edition | 1400 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Volume 19. Breeding The British and European Hawkmoths
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1984 | P Sokoloff | 1st Edition | 1977 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (1998) |
| 1998 | | Reprint | 250 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2003) |
Volume 20. The Phasmid Rearers Handbook
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1985 | P Brock | | 2000 printed by V B Pike | Out of print (1992) |
Volume 21. Habitat Conservation for Invertebrates - A Neglected Green Issue
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1991 | Fry and Lonsdale | 1st edition | 1700 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (1994) |
| 1994 | | Reprint | 500 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2001) |
Volume 22. Rearing and Studying Stick and Leaf-insects
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1992 | P Brock | 1st edition | 2000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2003) |
| 2003 | | 2nd edition | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Volume 23. Practical Hints for the Field Lepidopterist
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1994 | J Tutt | Facsimile reprint | 700 printed by Henry Ling | |
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Volume 23a. An Index To The Modern Names, For Use With Vol. 23 J.W. Tutt's Practical Hints
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1995 | B Gardiner et al. | | 800 printed by Henry Ling | |
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Volume 24. A Guide To Moth Traps and Their Uses
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1996 | Fry & Waring | 1st Edition | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2001) |
| 2001 | | 2nd Edition | 1200 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Volume 25. Rearing Parasitic Hymenoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1997 | M Shaw | | 975 printed | |
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Volume 26. The Amazing World of Stick and Leaf Insects
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1999 | P Brock | | 1950 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Pamphlets
This was another numbered series of publications. The pamphlets generally provided information of a general entomological nature, rather than dealing with a specific group of invertebrates, as well as label lists for cabinets, etc.
1. A Topic For Immediate Discussion - A New System of English Naming For British Macrolepidoptera (un-numbered)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1943 | Cooper & O'Farrell | | 500 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1946) |
2. The Amateurs Library
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1949) |
3. Constitution and Byelaws of The Society
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | | 1st Edition | Printed by J Walker | Out of print (1952) |
4. A Label List Of British Macrolepidoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | B Cooper et al. | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1986) |
5. A Check-list of British Macrolepidoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | B Cooper et al. | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1986) |
6. Label List of British Butterflies
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1947 | | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1986) |
7. Directory of Natural History Societies
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1948 | H Airy-Shaw | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1972) |
7a. Directory of Natural History Societies - First Supplement
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1949 | H Airy-Shaw | | | Out of print (1972) |
Numbers 8 and 9 were not used
10. A Glossary for the Young Lepidopterist
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | W Crotch | | 1000 Printed by T Buncle | |
11. A Label List of Butterflies (Rhopalocera ) North, West and Southern Europe
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1966 | P Cribb | 1st Edition | 500 printed by S Cribb | Out of print (1981) |
| 1981 | | 2nd Edition | 497 printed. | |
11a. Appendix to 1st Edition (these may have only been duplicated/photocopied)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1971 | P Cribb | | Printed by S Cribb | Out of print (1981) |
12. Some British Moths Reviewed - A Guide To The Critical Species
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1985 | Tams & Heath et al. | | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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13. Legislation To Conserve Insects in Europe
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1987 | N Collins | | 750 printed | Out of print (1994) |
14. A Directory For Entomologists
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1989 | Reavey & Colvin | 1st Edition | 3000 printed by Quacks | Out of print (1993) |
| 1993 | Reavey & Colvin | 2nd Edition | Printed by Venture Press | Out of print (199?) |
| 199? | | Reprint | Printed by Venture Press | Out of print (2006) |
15. Butterflies of Cyprus 1998
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 2000 | E John | | 2000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Leaflets
"Coleoptera Collecting" was the first publication other than the regular journals produced by the Society in 1939, and although it was not itself numbered, as the series of such leaflets grew it was allocated the number 1. Unlike the Pamphlets, leaflets normally gave information about specific invertebrates or collecting methods etc.
1. Coleoptera Collecting. (un-numbered)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1939 | G Walsh | | 2000 printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1957) |
2. Setting Lepidoptera. (un-numbered)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1942 | B Cooper | | 2000 printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1953) |
3. Silkworm Rearing
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1943 | B Cooper | | 2000 printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1986) |
4. Collecting Sawflies
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | R Benson | | Printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1984) |
5. Collecting Flies (Diptera)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | L Parmenter | | 1000 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1976) |
6. Collecting Beetles Associated With Stored Food Products
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | E Basden | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1991) |
7. Some Improved Devices For Rearing Hymenoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | G Kloet | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1987) |
8. Collecting Ants
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | H Donisthorpe | | Printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1967) |
9. Collecting Caddises
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | W Whitehead | | | Out of print (1974) |
10. Experiments With Bees
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1947 | W Hamilton | | Printed by C A Brock | Out of print (1987) |
11. Collecting Mosquitoes
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | E Classey | 1st Edition | Printed byT Buncle | Out of print (1951) |
| 1951 | | Reprint | | Out of print |
12. Collecting Dragonflies
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | A O'Farrell | 1st Edition | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1966) |
| 1977 | D Keen | Revised Edition | Printed by Kingprint | Out of print (2001) |
13. Collecting Microlepidoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | L Ford | 1st edition | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1951) |
| 1955 | | Reprint | 1000 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1980) |
14. Setting Microlepidoptera and Simplifying The Setting Of Micros and Winter Work For The Microlepidopterist
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | Charlson & Brown | 1st edition | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1951) |
| 1955 | | Reprint | 1000 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1980) |
15. Collecting Het - Bugs (Hemiptera - Heteroptera)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | Daniels et al. | | Printed by T Buncle | |
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16. Making a Sweepnet, and Other Sweepnets
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | L Waddington | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1956) |
17. Making a Garden Pond For The Study Of Aquatic Insects
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1945 | E Duffy | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1955) |
18. Collecting Clearwings
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1946 | Classey et al. | | Printed by T Buncle | |
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19. Carded Beetles with Balsam - mounted Genitalia
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1947 | B Cooper | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1986) |
20. Preserving Caterpillars. How to "blow" and "pickle" larvae successfully
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1948 | H Hammond | | Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1983) |
21. Collecting Psocoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1950 | E Broadhead | | | Out of print (1977) |
22. Collecting Lacewings
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1951 | F Fraser | 1st Edition | | Out of print (1976) |
| 1976 | | 2nd Edition | Printed by V B Pike | |
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23. Collecting Centipedes and Millipedes. (un-numbered)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1952 | J Cloudsley-Thompson | | 400 Printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1959) |
24. The Entomology of Bird Pellets
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1952 | P Miles | | 750 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1978) |
25. Collecting Bumble-Bees
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1953 | T Poole | | 1000 printed | Out of print (1977) |
26. Collecting Collembola
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1953 | P Barrett | | 500 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1976) |
27. A Study of Insects Living on the Wayfaring Tree
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1955 | K Side | | 500 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1981) |
28. Killing, Setting and Storing Butterflies and Moths
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1956 | L Siggs | 1st Edition | 1500 printed by T Buncle | Out of print (1972) |
| 1972 | L Siggs et al. | Revised Edition | 1500 printed by V B Pike | Out of print (1988) |
| 1988 | | Revised Edition | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | Out of print (2006) |
29. Collecting Fleas
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1969 | R George | | 250 printed by Ellis & Phillips | Out of print (1995) |
30. Rearing Stick Insects
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1970 | Crotch et al. | 1st Edition | Printed by Ellis & Phillips | Out of print (1980) |
| 1980 | | 2nd Edition | 1000 printed by V B Pike | Out of print (1986) |
31. The Study of Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1969 | T Macan | | 650 printed by Ellis & Phillips | Out of print (1982) |
32. Leafhoppers (Autenorhyncha)
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1969 | W Le Quesne | | 450 printed by Ellis & Phillips | Out of print (1985) |
33. Insect Light Traps
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1970 | J Heath | 1st Edition | Printed by Ellis & Phillips | Out of print (1971) |
| 1972 | | Reprint | 500 printed | Out of print (1976) |
| 1976 | | 2nd Edition | 1000 printed by Kingprint | Out of print (1994) |
34. An Amateurs Guide to The Study of The Genitalia of Lepidoptera
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1973 | R Dickson et al. | | Printed by V B Pike | |
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35. Rearing The Hymenoptera Parasitica
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1974 | K Smith | | 750 printed by Ellis & Phillips | |
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36. Rearing And Studying The Praying Mantids
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1980 | G Heath | 1st Edition | 485 printed. | Out of print (1984) |
| 1984 | Reprinted | | 500 printed | Out of print (1990) |
| 1990 | Reprinted | | | Out of print (2002) |
37. Rearing Crickets in The Classroom
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 1986 | B Gardiner | 1st edition | 500 printed by V B Pike | |
| 1993 | | A5 cover added to above | Cover by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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38. Guidelines For Entomological Site Surveys
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 2000 | S Brooks | 1st Edition | | |
| 2002 | Reprinted | | 200 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Publications since 2003
Since 2003, our new publications have ceased to be allocated to "The Amateur Entomologist" series, or the numbered Pamphlets and Leaflets and are now 'stand alone' publications. Those produced to date are as follows
Larval Foodplants of the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 2003 | P May | | 1000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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Preparing and Maintaining a Collection of Butterflies and Moths
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 2006 | May & White | | 2000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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British butterflies throughout the year
| Year | Author(s) | Notes | Printing details | Current status |
|---|
| 2007 | P May | | 2000 printed by Cravitz Printing Company Ltd | |
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