GRASSHOPPERS OF BRITAIN AND WESTERN EUROPE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC GUIDE. By Eric Sardet, Christian Roesti and Yoan Braud.

(2015) 2021 1st English edition. 8vo (167 x 240mm). Pp295,9 pages for Field Notes. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations throughout, bibliography, 10 pages of oscillogram patterns, CD of grasshopper songs enclosed at rear. Laminated card covers.

The first guide to the 261 species of Orthopterans - grasshoppers, crickets and katydids - of Britain and Western Europe ever published. In an accessible format, and covering identification criteria of all of the main species and subspecies, with detailed photographs of males and females, distribution maps, status, habitat descriptions, oscillograms, advice on where and when to find them, and tips to avoid confusion during the often tricky process of identification. First published in French in 2015.