Appendix 1: Equipment Suppliers Listing:

Please Note: Equipment Suppliers, in these uncertain economic times, with some notable exceptions, come and go with a deal of regularity. Always make contact with the supplier to ensure their continuing existence and viability before entrusting your order/money to the postal service.

The inclusion of any suppliers details within this list does not imply any reference of quality or service by the author although most of the firms quoted have been used by the author in the past.
 

Suppliers:
 

Please Note: New and Second-hand book dealers, with some notable exceptions, come and go with a great deal of regularity. Always make contact with the dealer to ensure their continuing existence and viability before entrusting your order/money to the postal service. Always request a catalogue in order that you can pursue their available stock at your leisure at home. Do not make impulse purchases.

The inclusion of any dealers details within this list does not imply any reference of quality or service although most of the firms quoted have been used by the author in the past.
 

Please note:  Details of recording schemes can alter, sometimes on a frequent basis, as the people who run them change their interests, become disillusioned with the lack of interest shown by other invertebrate workers, conversely become swamped with data, their family circumstances change, the scheme completes its original targets and objectives, the scheme is passed on to a 'new' organiser, or even that the organiser dies. Consequently it is always advisable when making initial contacts with a scheme not to send your data straight away but to write first and ensure that the scheme is still viable and that the organiser would welcome your data.

An up to date list of currently registered, national recording schemes can be obtained from: The Biological Records Centre, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood Experimental Station, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE17 2LS  -  (Tel.: 01487-773-318 - or Fax: 01487-773-467 - or E/Mail: p.harding@ite.ac.uk)

The Monks Wood Biological Records Centre being the organisation from which most of the national invertebrate recording schemes are led and controlled, and even funded in some cases.
 

National Recording Schemes
Arachnida (Araneae) Recording Scheme
Dr P Merrett - (Spider Recording)
British Arachnological Society
c/o Furzebrook Research Station
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 5AS

Pseudoscorpiones Recording Scheme
Dr G Legg - (False Scorpions Recording)
The Booth Museum of Natural History
Dyke Road
Brighton
Sussex
BN1 5AA

Opiliones Recording Scheme
Mr JHP Sankey - (Harvestmen Recording)
3, Glenrose
Old London Road
Mickleham
Dorking
Surrey
RH5 6BY

Acari Recording Scheme

Mr KP Martyn - (Mites & Ticks Recording)

Department of Zoology

British Natural History Museum

Cromwell Road

London

SW7 5BD

Isopoda Recording Scheme
Mr GD Fussey - (Woodlice Recording)
Biology Department
Repton School
Repton
Derby
Derbyshire
DE6 6FH

Diplopoda Recording Scheme

Mr DT Richardson - (Millipede Recording)

5, Carlton Terrace

Carlton Road

Skipton

North Yorkshire

BD23 2AY

Chilopoda Recording Scheme Orthoptera, Dermatera & Dictyoptera
Mr AD Barber - (Centipede Recording)                                                 Recording Scheme
Department of Science & Mathematics Mr ECM Haes - (Grasshopper & Earwig Recording)
Plymouth College of Further Education 6, Hatch's Hill
Kings Road Angarrack
Devonport Hayle
Plymouth Cornwall
PL1 5QG TR27 5HY

Ephemeroptera Recording Scheme Odonata Recording Scheme
Dr SP Nicholls - (Mayfly Recording) Mr R Merritt - (Dragonflies & Damselflies)
8, Fairacre Close 48, Somersby Avenue
Purdown Walton
Lockleaze Chesterfield
Bristol Derbyshire
BS7 9TW

Aquatic Hemiptera Recording Scheme Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme
Mr JH Blackburn - (Water Bug Recording) Dr BS Nau - (Land Bug Recording)
Freshwater Biological Association 15, Park Hill
River Laboratory Toddington
East Stoke Dunstable
Wareham Bedfordshire
Dorset LU5 6AW
BH20 6BB

Heteroptera Study Group Auchenorhyncha Recording Scheme
Mr BC Eversham - (Bug Recording) Dr WJ Le Quesne - (Plant Hopper Recording)
c/o Monks Wood Experimental Station Anne Cottage
Abbots Ripton 70, Lye Green Road
Huntingdon Chesham
Cambridgeshire Buckinghamshire
PE17 2LS HP5 3NB

Neuroptera, Mecoptera & Megaloptera Neuroptera Recording Scheme
                                    Recording Scheme Colin W Plant - (Lacewing Recording)
Dr MA Kirby - (Lacewings & Scorpionflies) 14 West Road
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums Bishops Stortford
Towneley Hall Hertfordshire
Burnley CM23 3QP
Lancashire ( 01279-507697
BB11 3RQ

Carabidae Recording Scheme Aquatic Coleoptera Recording Scheme
Dr ML Luff - (Ground Beetles) Dr GN Foster - (Water Beetles)
Department of Agricultural Biology Balfour-Browne Club
The University 3, Eglinton Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne Ayr
NE1 7RU KA7 1JJ

Elmidae Recording Scheme Staphylinidae Recording Scheme
Mr DG Holland - (Riffle Beetles) Mr PM Hammond - (Rove Beetles)
North West Water Authority Department of Entomology
Dawson House British Natural History Museum
Great Sankey Cromwell Road
Warrington London
Cheshire SW7 5BD
WA5 3LW

Atomariinae & Ptiliidae Recording Scheme Coccinellidae Recording Scheme
Mr C Johnson - (Beetles) Mr J Muggleton - (Ladybirds)
Department of Entomology MAFF
Manchester Museum Slough Laboratory
The University London Road
Manchester Slough
M13 9PL Berkshire
 SL3 7HJ

Cambridge Ladybird Survey Cerambycidae Recording Scheme
Dr Michael EN Majerus Dr PFG Twinn - (Longhorn Beetles)
Department of Genetics Field Station Upper Woodlands
219d, Huntingdon Road Llanover
Cambridge Abergavenny
 Gwent
 NP7 9EP

Elateroidea Recording Scheme Chrysomelidae & Bruchidae Recording Scheme
Mr H Mendel - (Click Beetles) Dr ML Cox - (Leaf & Pulse Beetles)
c/o The Museum Commonwealth Institute of Entomology
High Street Department of Entomology
Ipswich British Natural History Museum
Suffolk Cromwell Road
IP1 3QH London
 SW7 5BD

Scolytidae Recording Scheme Scarabaeoidea Recording Scheme
Bark Beetle Research Dr DB Shirt - (Stag, Rove & Chafer Beetles)
c/o Dr CP Fairhurst c/o Biological Records Centre
Department of Biology Monks Wood Experimental Station
University of Salford Abbots Ripton
Salford Huntingdon
Manchester Cambridgeshire
M5 4WT PE17 2LS

Cleroidea, Lymexyloidea & Heteromera Cantheroidea & Buprestoidea Recording Scheme
      Recording Scheme (Soldier & Jewel Beetles & Glow Worms)
Dr RS Key - (Beetles) Dr KNA Alexander
Nature Conservancy Council 22, Cecily Hill
Northminster House Cirencester
Peterborough Gloucestertershire
PE1 1UA GL7 2EF

Orthocerous Weevils Recording Scheme Trichoptera Recording Scheme
Dr PS Hyman Dr ID Wallace - (Caddisfly Recording)
Luton Museum Department of Invertebrate Zoology
Wardown House Liverpool Museum
Luton William Brown Street
Bedfordshire Liverpool
LU2 7HA L3 8EN

Aculeate Hymenoptera Recording Scheme Symphyta Recording Scheme
Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Scheme Dr DA Sheppard - (Sawflies)
Mr GR Else - (Wasps, Bees & Ants) Nature Conservancy Council
Department of Entomology Northminster House
British Natural History Museum Peterborough
Cromwell Road PE1 1UA
London
SW7 5BD

Parasitic Hymenoptera Recording Scheme Bumblebee Nest Survey
Dr Mark R Shaw c/o Mike Fussell
Royal Museum of Scotland Dept. Of Zoology
Chambers Street Downing Street
Edinburgh Cambridge
EH1 1JF

Tipuloidea & Ptychopteridae Dixidae Recording Scheme
                     Recording Scheme Dr EK Goldie-Smith - (Meniscus Midges)
Mr AE Stubbs - (Craneflies) The Tweedles
Nature Conservancy Council 44-46 Military Road
Northminster House Rye
Peterborough East Sussex
Cambridgeshire TN31 7NY
PE1 1UA

Culicidae Recording Scheme Larger Brachycera Recording Scheme
Dr NRH Burgess - (Mosquitoes) Dr CM Drake - (Flies)
Department of Army Preventative Medicine Nature Conservany Council
Royal Army Medical College Northminster House
Millbank Peterborough
London Cambridgeshire
SW1P 4RJ PE1 1UA

Syrphidae Recording Scheme Conopidae & Lonchopteridae Recording Scheme
Mr PF Entwistle - (Hoverflies) Mr DK Clements - (Conopid Flies)
NERC Institute of Virology 9, Cecily Hill
Mansfield Road Cirencester
Oxford Gloucestershire
OX1 3SR GL7 2EF

Sepsidae Recording Scheme Sciomyzidae Recording Scheme
Mr AC Pont - (Sepsid Flies) Dr IFG McLean (Snail-killing Flies)
38, Gatehampton Road Nature Conservancy Council
Goring-on-Thames Northminster House
Reading Peterborough
RG8 0EP Cambridgeshire
 PE1 1UA

Siphonaptera (Fleas) Recording Scheme
Mr RS George - (Fleas & Lice)
54, Richmond Park Avenue
Queen's Park
Bournemouth
Dorset
BH8 9DR

Dipterous Parasite Recording Scheme

Robert Belshaw - (Parasitic Flies)

Department of Entomology (Diptera Section)

British Natural History Museum

Cromwell Road

London

SW7 5BD

Empid & Dolichopodid Study Group
Roy Crossley - (Flies)
1 The Cloisters
Birker Lane
Wilberfoss
Yorkshire

Non-Marine Mollusca Recording Scheme
Dr MP Kerney - (Snails & Slugs)

Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

c/o Department of Geology, Imperial College

Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2AZ

National Ant Recording Scheme
Simon Hoy, c/o Pest Identification Service,
MAFF, Harpenden Laboratory,
Hatching Green, Harpenden,
Herts., AL5 2BD
 

Many other recording schemes, both National and Local, are extant throughout the country. Some of these can be found in the Amateur Entomologists' Society (AES) publication "A Directory for Entomologists" by Duncan Reavey and Mark Colvin; this can be purchased from the AES at the address shown in "Groups & Societies" above. Other schemes and more detail can be found in the various issues of the Lancashire & Cheshire Entomologists' Society Newsletter (published Quarterly) which can be obtained from the LCES Secretary, c/o Liverpool Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EN.

Many of these National Recording Scheme organisers also run an identification service, usually free of charge, for those who are not adept or do not possess the skills necessary for identifying specimens caught. If you have specimens which need identifying, always, contact the scheme organiser before sending the specimens through the post. When the specimens are sent, following agreement with the organiser, make sure they are well packed and padded with 'bubble plastic wrap' to help prevent breakage due to shock damage. All specimens must be accompanied by a data label which records essential data, this being: the date the specimen was caught, the name of the site where it was caught, the Ordnance Survey Grid Reference of the spot/site at which it was caught, the name of the person who caught the specimen; other information about how it was caught, the habitat within which it was caught and what the specimen was doing is all useful but not essential.
 

1. Insect Line

 This new telephone based service provides up to date information on all Butterflies, Moths, Dragonflies and Damselflies in the North West. Simply ring the Insect Line number and use the phone's push buttons to select the service you require. The relevant keys are as follows:

 INSECT LINE TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0891 - 700249

 For National News including the latest Migrants and Rarities press the buttons:  Star and 1  (*1),

 To find out Where to Visit to see all of the regularly occurring UK Butterflies press the buttons:  Star and 2  (*2),

 To find out Where to Visit to see all of the regularly occurring UK Dragonflies and Damselflies press the buttons: Star and 3 (*3),

 For all the Moth News, including Migrants, press the buttons:  Star and 4 (*4).
 
 All calls are charged at 39 pence per minute cheap rate and 49 pence per minute at other times inc. VAT.
 
2. UK Wildlife

An InterNet based e-mail communications group devoted to wildlife matters within the UK. To join point your browser at the following address: http://ww.UKWildlife.com

Useful Identification Guides:

"Collins Guide To The Insects Of Britain And Western Europe" - by Michael Chinery, published by Collins

"Colour Identification Guide To Moths Of The British Isles" - by Bernard Skinner, published by Viking Press

"The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland" - edited by J. Heath and A.M. Emmet, published by Harley Books, Colchester - (11 volumes - 6 completed)

"British Tortricoid Moths - Vols 1 & 2" - by J.D. Bradley and Tremewan, published by The Royal Society

"British Pyralid Moths" - by Barry Goater, Published by Harley Books, Colchester

"A Key To The Major Groups Of British Terrestrial Invertebrates" - by S.M. Tilling, published by AIDGAP - Field Studies Council

"A Key To The Major Groups of British Freshwater Invertebrates" - by P. Croft, published by AIDGAP, Field Studies Council

"British Planarians - Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 19" - by I.R. Ball & T.B. Reynoldson, published by the Linnean Society of London

"Millipedes - Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 35" - by J.G. Blower, published by the Linnean Society of London

"British Land Snails - Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series)" - by R.A.D. Cameron, and M. Redfern, published by the Linnean Society of London

"A Field Guide To The Land Snails of Britain and North-west Europe" - by M.P. Kerney and R.A.D. Cameron, published by Collins, London

"A Field Guide To The Slugs of the British Isles" - by R.A.D. Cameron, B. Eversham and N. Jackson, published by AIDGAP, Field Studies Council

"Centipedes of the British Isles" - by E.H. Eason, Wayside & Woodland Series, published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd, London

"A Key To The Adults of the British Ephemeroptera - Scientific Publication No. 47" - by J.M. Elliot and U.H. Humpesch, published by the Freshwater Biological Association

"A Key To The British Freshwater Leeches - Scientific Publication No. 40" - by J.M. Elliot and K.H. Mann, published by the Freshwater Biological Association

"A Field Guide To The Smaller British Lepidoptera" - by A.M. Emmet, published by the British Entomological and Natural History Society, London

"Pseudoscorpiones - Synopses of the British Fauna (Old Series) No. 10" - by G.O. Evans and E.B. Browning, published by the Linnean Society of London

"The Dragonflies of the British Isles" - by C.O. Hammond, published by Harley Books, Colchester

"Woodlice in Britain and Ireland" - by P.T. Harding and S.L. Sutton, published by the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Monks Wood, Huntingdon

"The Country Life Guide To Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe" - by Dick Jones, published by Country Life Books (Newnes), London

"British Spiders, Vols 1 & 2" - by G.H. Locket and A.F. Millidge, published by the Ray Society, London

"British Spiders, Vol. 3" - by G.H. Locket, A.F. Millidge and P. Merrett, published by the Ray Society, London

"The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland - 3 vols." - by M.J. Roberts, published by Harley Books, Colchester

"Grasshoppers and Allied Insects of Great Britain and Ireland" - by J. Marshall and C. Haes, published by Harley Books, Colchester

"A Key To The Families of British Coleoptera (beetles) and Strepsiptera" - by D.M. Unwin, published by AIDGAP, Field Studies Council

"A Practical Handbook of British Beetles - (2 vols)" - by N.H. Joy, published/reprinted by E.W. Classey Ltd., Faringdon, Oxfordshire

"Beetles of the British Isles - 2 vols." - by R.F. Linssen, Wayside and Woodland Series, published by Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London

"A Key To The Families of British Diptera" - by D.M. Unwin, published by AIDGAP, Field Studies Council

"British Hoverflies - an Illustrated Identification Guide" - by A.E. Stubbs and S.J. Falk, published by the British Entomological and Natural History Society

"Bees, Ants and Wasps - The British Aculeates" - by Pat Wilmer, Published by AIDGAP, Field Studies Council

"Bumblebees - Naturalists' Handbooks" - by O.E. Prys-Jones and S.A. Corbet, published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

"British Harvestmen - Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 4" - published by the Linnean Society of London

"Earthworms - Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) No. 31" - published by the Linnean Society of London

All of the "Handbooks For The Identification Of British Insects" - published by the Royal Entomological Society of London

All of the "Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica" series published by E.J. Brill, of The Netherlands. All of this series is written in English and the vast majority of British as well as Scandinavian species are covered in each volume. The keys are clear and the illustrations excellent. A superb series. 

Conservation & Habitat Management:

"The Conservation of Insects and Their Habitats" - by N.M. Collins & J.A. Thomas, published by The Royal Entomological Society

"Habitat Conservation For Insects"  - by R. Fry, published by English Nature

"Insect Conservation Biology" - by M.J. Samways

"Managing Habitats for Conservation" - by W. Sutherland & D. Hall
 

Capture & Curation Techniques:

"Collecting Lacewings - AES Leaflet No. 22" - by F.C. Fraser, published by the Amateur Entomologists' Society

"The Hymenopterist's Handbook" - by B.A. Cooper, published by the Amateur Entomologists' Society

"Collecting Fleas - AES Leaflet No. 29" - by R.S. George, published by the Amateur Entomologists' Society

"Collecting and Studying Dragonflies - AES Leaflet No. 12" - by D. Keen, published by the Amateur Entomologists' Society

"A Dipterist's Handbook" - by A. Stubbs and P. Chandler, published by the Amateur Entomologists' Society

"A Coleopterist's Handbook" - by J. Cooter and P.W. Cribb, published by the Amateur Entomologists' Society 

Journals:

"Antenna - Bulletin of the Royal Entomological Society" - published by: The Royal Entomological Society, Editor, SR Leather, Department of Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire, SL5 7PY

"British Journal of Entomology and Natural History" - published by: British Entomological and Natural History Society, General Secretary, RF McCormick, 36 Paradise Road, Teignmouth, Devon, TQ14 8NR - ( 01626-779543

"British Wildlife" - published by: British Wildlife Publishing, Lower Barn, Rooks Farm, Rotherwick, Basingstoke, Hants., RG27 9BG - ( 01256-760663

"Journal of Natural History" - published by: Taylor & Francis, 1 Gunpowder Square, London, EC4A 3DE - ( 0171-583-0490

"Lancashire Wildlife Journal" - published by: Steve Garland FRES, c/o Bolton Museum, Le Mans Crescent, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 1SE - ( Bolton (01204)-22311

"The Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society" - published by: The Amateur Entomologists' Society, Secretary - Wayne Jarvis, 9a Brook Street, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 1DS - ( 01582-485820

"The Coleopterist" -  - edited by:  Dr Andrew G. Duff, 2 Weavers Court, Frome, Somerset, BA11 4EJ

"The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation" - edited by: Paul A. Sokoloff FRES, 4 Steep Close, Green Street Green, Orpington, Kent, BR6 6DS
 

Consult-Eco is a quality enterprise specialising in the generation, production, aggregation and analysis of accurate biological survey data and also in the education of young and old alike, in the wonders of invertebrate life and the necessity of preserving it for the future good and enjoyment of all.

Consult-Eco can provide expertise in a wide ranging variety of invertebrate groups and invertebrate survey methods and can provide assistance in building up site species lists as well as attempting to find the scarcer species which can be used to build a case for LNR, SBI or even SSSI status. Services which can be provided include:

 - Data Input to Site and/or Species Databases,
 - Aggregation of Historic Data Into One Accessible Report,
 - Ecological Surveys,
 - Site surveys,
 - Invertebrate Surveys,
 - Site Analysis,
 - Species Interaction Analysis,
 - Consultancy, Advice and Assistance on Computerisation Strategies,
 - Advice on Computer Hardware and Software Purchasing,
 - Assistance In Computerisation Set-Up,
 - Business Plan Development,
 - Moth Trapping,
 - Training in Field Craft Expertise,
 - Training in Invertebrate Capture and Identification Techniques,
 - Specimen Identification Service (specific groups only),
 - Specimen Loan Service,
 - Collection Set-Up, Curation and Cataloguing Service,
 - Nature Reserve Management Planning and Consultancy,
 - Conservation Planning and Consultancy,
 - Nature Trail Design.
 - Webpage Design and Construction.
 - Computer and Computing (I.T.) Support for Schools, Small Business and Home Users.

Consult-Eco can also provide an Educational Service to train your staff in invertebrate capture and identification techniques, field craft and Phase-1 survey and site-mapping, as well as computer package usage. Should you wish to use your site(s) for the public then the following services / functions can be provided:

 - Public Moth Trapping Sessions with a talk and set specimens if required,

 - Invertebrate Based Slide-shows and Talks on a range of subjects,

 - Conservational and Biological Recording Talks, Lectures and Discussions,

 - Leading of Public Field-Trips,

 - Public Pond-dipping Sessions,

 - Children's Events, such as leaf-litter sieving, dung-dunking, habitat mapping, pond-dipping,  moth trapping, etc. are  our educational speciality - free teacher's packs, work-sheets and  follow-up notes always available,

 - Small Displays of Invertebrate Related Material.

Our aim is always to meet your requirements in the field of invertebrates and their uses in science and education. If you feel we may be of any assistance then please do telephone for further information, to discuss your requirements or for a free quotation.
 

CONSULT-ECO : 

If any of the above information has altered or changed since it was first input, or if you would like your organisation, society or services included within this list, please inform Steve McWilliam as soon as possible at: 4 Priory Close, Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire; or via e-mail at: stevemc@consult-eco.ndirect.co.uk.