ID Resource Resource Finder

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Title Description Author(s)sort ascending Free Availability
Harvestmen of Britain & Ireland There are some 30 different species of harvestmen (Opiliones) in the UK. Richards, P & Burkmar, R. Yes Online View Edit
Harvestmen This 12-panel laminated fold-out chart covers the adults of the harvestmen found in the field in the British Isles. Richards No Publication View Edit
Bristol University Tick ID This site includes online dichotomous keys for ticks of the family Ixodidae (hard ticks). Richard Wall, University of Bristol Yes Online View Edit
Pocket Guide to the Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland (2nd edition) This handy pocket-sized book has become the essential guide to identifying the butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Richard Lewington No Publication View Edit
Quick ant guide Quick ID Guide to ants designed to be used on a beginners ant course but also available as a download as well. Richard Becker Yes Online, PDF View Edit
BSBI Handbook No 14 Whitebeams, Rowans and Service Trees of Britain and Ireland **This book is now out of print.** ISBN: 9780901158437 This book contains an account of 52 native or naturalised S Rich, Houston, Robertson and Proctor No Publication View Edit
UK Linyphiidae Identikit The knowledge-base for this visualisation is adapted from a spreadsheet created by Nigel Cane-Honeysett which, it turn, Rich Burkmar Yes Online View Edit
British plant galls (2nd edition) This AIDGAP identification guide contains around 300 keys to galls on plants in Britain, arranged alphabetically by genu Redfern & Shirley No Publication View Edit
A guide to plant galls in Britain Oak apples... robin's pin cushions on dog roses... red pimples on sycamore leaves... Redfern & Shirley No Publication View Edit
A guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians found in the UK Webpage designed to help identify a lizard, snake, toad, frog or newt seen in the UK, RAUK Yes Online View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 5b. Coleoptera. Phalacridae THE family Phalacridae comprises a considerable number of genera and species and is represented in almost all parts of t R. T. Thompson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 2b. Hymenoptera 2. Chalcidoidea Section (b) Trus handbook covers the small family Elasmidae and introduces the very large family Eulophidae. R. R. Askew Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 2c. Coleoptera - Heteroceridae THE family Heteroceridae is represented in Britain by a single genus, Heterocerus Fabricius, containing eight species. R. O. S. Clarke Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 iii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Chironomidae) FLIES of the family CHIRONOMIDAE may be distinguished from other Nematocerous families of Diptera by the following combi R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 ii. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Trichoceridae - Culicidae) THis is a small family represented in Europe by two genera, Trichocera (winter gnats) and Diazosma. R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 9 Part 2 i. Diptera - 2. Nematocera: families Tipulidae to Chironomidae (Tipulidae) FLIES of the family TIPULIDAE may be recognized by their slender bodies and long, slender legs, the latter characteristi R. L. Coe, Paul Freeman & P. F. Mattingly Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 2c. Diptera. Pipunculidae FLIES of the family Pipunculidae may be recognized by their strikingly large eyes, semiglobular or nearly globular and e R. L. Coe Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 1. Diptera. Syrphidae. FLIES of the family SYRPHIDAE are commonly known as " Hover-flies" and "Flower-flies," the former po R. L. Coe Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 10 Part 8. Diptera - Phoridae Genus Megaselia (Scuttle Flies) This Handbook constitutes the second part of a two-part introduction to the British scuttle flies. R. H. L. Disney Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 5 Part 7. Coleoptera - Coccinellidae & Sphindidae THE World fauna of Coccinellidae includes over 3000 known species, of which only 42 occur in the British Isles. R. D. Pope Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 8 Part 1a. Hymenoptera. Cynipoidea. Key to families and subfamilies and Cynipinae (including galls) Hymenoptera, the British species, as listed in Kloet and Hincks (1945), numbering just over two hundred. R. D. Eady and J. Quinlan Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2c. Hymenoptera - Symphyta OF the three tribes in this subfamily only the Cladiini and Nematini occur in Britain; the Pristolini are, so far as is R. B. Benson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2b. Hymenoptera - Symphyta Tenthredinidae is the predominant sawfly family in almost all parts of the world except Australia, where it is mainly re R. B. Benson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 6 Part 2a. Hymenoptera - Symphyta OF the two Suborders of the Hymenoptera the Symphyta are much the smaller and are dealt with here in only four parts. R. B. Benson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
A Field Key To The Slugs Of The British Isles Mollusca: Pulmonata (Note that this key is now superceded by the 2014 FSC key to slugs.) Keys, notes and illustrations are provided to assis R. A. D. CAMERON Yes Online, PDF View Edit
RES Handbook Vol 4 Part 1. Coleoptera, Introduction and keys to families THE Coleoptera of the British Islands have been treated in a series of comprehensive works, the most important of which R. A. Crowson Yes Online, PDF View Edit
BSBI Handbook No 4 Willows and Poplars of Great Britain and Ireland Useful identification guide to native Salix and Populus species, hybrids and varieties in Britain - 65 described. R .D. Meikle No Publication View Edit
BSBI Flora Search Online multi-access key for the identification of British flora. Quentin Groom Yes Online View Edit
Botanical Keys - Find Wild Flowers The Botanical Society for Britian and Ireland (BSBI) hosts this on line plant key produced by one of their members. The Quentin Groom Yes Online View Edit
Guide to the British Stonefly (Plecoptera) families: adults and larvae This introductory AIDGAP field guide to stoneflies includes identification keys for the identification of both stonefly Pryce, Macadam & Brooks No Publication View Edit
Identikit Mosses Multi access key to UK and Irish Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee Yes Online View Edit
Identikit Sphagnum Mosses (Mobile Version) Multi access key to UK and Irish Sphagnum Mosses (trial version) created by Lyn Jones using Identikit Professor Lyn Jones, University of Dundee Yes Online View Edit
Winter trees: a photographic guide to common trees and shrubs Identifying trees in winter without their familiar leaves can apear a daunting challenge, but a closer look will reveal Price & Bersweden No Publication View Edit
Les myxomycètes Information on 853 taxa of myxomycetes (530 of them illustrated by colour photographs) in two complementary volumes, one Poulain, Michel, Marianne Meyer et Jean Bozonnet No Publication View Edit
Free-living marine nematodes (Part 2: British chromadorids) The chromadorids are small nematode worms mostly less than 2mm long and so form part of the meiofauna in marine habitats Platt & Warwick No Publication View Edit
July Wildflowers Spotter's Sheet Guide to the commonest wildflowers seen in July. Plantlife Yes PDF View Edit
October Fungi Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most common autumnal fungi. Plantlife Yes PDF View Edit
June Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
May Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in May Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
April Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in April. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
What to look out for in July Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in July. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Plant & fungi species A to Z of plant and fungi species, with photos, brief description, distribution, habitat, facts and conservation status. Plantlife Yes Online View Edit
What’s in bloom in June? Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in June (alternate version). Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Wild Plants of the Woods Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in woodland. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Seaside wildflowers Photo guide to the most commonly seen seaside wildflowers. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Lawn wildflowers Say no to the mow! Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in our garden lawns. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
March Wildflowers Spotter’s Sheet Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in March. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Wildflowers to look for in September Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in September. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
Wildflowers to look for in August Photo guide to the most commonly seen wildflowers in August. Plantlife Yes Online, PDF View Edit
A key to the adults of British lacewings and their allies (Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Raphidiptera and Mecoptera) This AIDGAP identification guide will help identity the adults of 73 species of lacewings and allied species (including Plant No Publication View Edit

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