Insects Books

[AVG]

Hi! What books you use to identify insects? I want do identify my macro photos.

I'm looking for bees and wasps in europe bu i can't find anything

[brecklundin]

wow...I was going to suggest one cannot go wrong with the Peterson's, Audubon or National Geographic "field guides", well at least their European equivalent, but I did some searches using various combinations of the terms:

entomology insect Europe identification "field guide"

And the best I got was a handful of books on Amazon UK.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=node%3D75&field-keywords=insect+field+guide+europe

If nobody else knows maybe you could call a university nearby with a dept of entomology and as them what they would recommend as a good field guide for your needs.

I was really amazed there is such a difference in the amount of info I could dig up and compare. I am sure with all the macro folks here in the UK and continental Europe there has to be some recommendations.

[LordV]

You may find Insects of Britain and Western Europe by Michael Chinery useful. PUB by Domino guides.
Brian V.