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Invertebrates

You can download a full list of recommended Invertebrate books and other resources here.

Insects

General insect guides
Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)
True Bugs (Hemiptera)
Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera)
Beetles (Coleoptera)
Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera)
Flies (Diptera)
Caddisflies (Trichoptera)
Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)
Cockroaches and termites (Blattodea; latter formerly Isoptera), Earwigs (Dermaptera), Grasshoppers & Crickets (Orthoptera), Mantids (Mantodea; often treated as a suborder of Dictyoptera [Blattodea+Mantodea]) + Stick-insects (Phasmida/ Phasmatodea/Phasmatoptera)
Stoneflies (Plecoptera)
Barklice/Booklice and (chewing/sucking) Lice (Psocodea)
Bristletails (Archaeognatha/Microcoryphia) + Silverflish/Firebrats (Zygentoma)
Thrips (Thysanoptera)
Scorpionflies and Snowfleas (Mecoptera) / Lacewings, Antlions and Wax-flies (Neuroptera) / Alderflies (Megaloptera) / Snakeflies (Raphidioptera)
Siphonaptera (Fleas)

Other invertebrates

Other invertebrates – general guides
Springtails (Collembola)
Spiders (Araneae)
Harvestmen (Opiliones)
Pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones)
Centipedes (Chilopoda)
Millipedes (Diplopoda)
Woodlice and Waterlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea & Asellota)
Ticks and Mites (Acari)
Earthworms (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
Slugs and Snails (Terrestrial) (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
Freshwater and marine

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