I recently received a very nice book, from Japan, devoted solely to Beetles. The entire text is written in Japanese, but, fortunately, all the scientific names (@ least to Genus...) are included for every pictured beetle. The book is newly published & is available from at least 3 different sellers on Ebay: daily-use-japan, kiyoshi378, & miccha485 & probably some others. Just type "Best Beetle Book" into the book category of Ebay & it will soon come up. Like most Japanese insect books it has extremely good photos from the wild & beautiful plates of superbly mounted specimens. It is a soft cover, but still has a colorful DJ, which is unusual for soft covered books. It has 159 pages, measures 8.5" x 10" x .5" thick & surprisingly, (for Japanese insect books), is reasonably priced running around $50.00 - $60.00 USD = $70.00 - $80.00 CAD with free shipping by nearly all the sellers. This book may seem slim at only a 1/2" thick, but every page is absolutely chock full of beautiful images!
The subtitle of the book, on the front cover, reads in English, "The most beautiful photographs of Beetles" by Kazuo Unno/Keiki Fukui/Hibiki Hoshito. Following are some photos of random pages:
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John K.