The RES are making all of their out-of-print handbooks from the identification of British insects series available online as free pdf downloads
A blog post listing freely-available ID resources, for beetles and many other orders
For more information on the UK Ladybird Survey contact Helen Roy.
Information gathered through the UK Ladybird Survey contributes to our understanding of ladybird ecology in Britain. Follow the research of UK Ladybird Survey organiser Helen Roy and Peter Brown.
Follow the UK Ladybird Survey on Twitter @UKLadybirds.
Books relevant to ladybirds
Scientific opportunities presented by the arrival of the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, in Britain
There have been 3500 species of coccinellid described worldwide but until recently only 43 were considered as resident in Britain. The herbivorous Bryony ladybird, Epilachna argus, and the small inconspicuous brown ladybird, Rhyzobius chrysomeloides, are recent additions but neither have attracted as much attention as the Harlequin ladybird, H. axyridis, first encountered in 2004. Of the 46 ladybird species now found in Britain only 26 are readily recognisable as ladybirds and these are the focus of the Ladybird Survey. A ladybird identification sheet (163Kb) and a ladybird larvae identification sheet (290Kb) are available in PDF format.