Books

Books relevant to ladybirds

Field Guide to Invasive Plants and Animals in Britain
Booy, O. Wade, M. and Roy, H.E.
Bloomsbury, London2015
ISBN: 9781408123188

Field Guide to the Ladybirds of Great Britian and Ireland
Brown, P. and Roy, H.E
Bloomsbury2018
ISBN: 9781472935687
A Field Guide to Harlequins and Other Common Ladybirds of Britain and Ireland
Helen Boyce
Pelagic publishing2021
ISBN: 9781784272449
A Natural History of Ladybird Beetles
Majerus, M.E.N., Roy, H.E. and Brown, P.M.J.
Cambridge University Press2016
ISBN: 9781107116078

Ladybirds
Michael Majerus & Peter Kearns
Richmond1989

An excellent guide to the ecology and identification of British ladybirds with superb colour drawings of the main species. It costs £9.95 and if not found with book sellers is available direct from Richmond Publishing (tel. 01753 643104)

A Guide to the Ladybirds of the British Isles
Michael Majerus, Helen Roy, Peter Brown and Remy Ware, with illustrations by Chris Shields
Field Studies Council2006

A new colour fold-out field chart with superb illustrations of all 26 British ladybird species (including the harlequin) and lots of ladybird ecology information. It costs £2.50 from some book sellers or direct from the Field Studies Council (tel. 0845 3454072)

Cover of book. A year in the lives of British ladybirds
Michael Majerus, Remy Ware and Christina Majerus
Royal Entomological Society for the Amateur Entomologists' Society Bug Club

Written by three hugely experienced 'ladybirders', the book provides instructions of how, when and where to find different species of ladybird, how to identify the adults, and facilitates involvement in current research projects on ladybirds. Available to order online from the Amateur Entomologists' Society

From biological control to invasion: the ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, as a model species
Roy, H.E. and Wajnberg, E.
Springer2008
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6938-3

Ladybirds (Naturalists’ Handbook 10)
Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J., Comont, R.F., Poland, R.L. and Sloggett, J.J.
Pelagic Publishing, Exeter2013
ISBN: 9781907807077

Ladybirds (Coccinellidae) of Britain and Ireland
Roy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J., Frost, R. and Poland, R.L.
Biological Records Centre, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology UK2011
ISBN: 978-1-906698-20-1