| Author | Majerus, M. & Kearns, P. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Title | Ladybirds |
| ISBN | 0 85546 267 1 |
| Series | Naturalists’ Handbooks |
| Type | Book/Report |
| How Complete | Field key to Ladybirds, microscope key covers all UK species known at the time |
| Source | Naturalists’ Handbooks, 10, 103pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd |
| Illustrations | Line drawings alongside text, plus four colour plates of paintings bound in the centre |
| Review (by Malcolm Storey) | Dichotomous field keys to adults and fourth instar larvae, and more rigorous key to adults requiring stereo-microscope examination of specimens. |
| Errata, Corrigenda & Comments | Key to Larvae p77, diagrams III.5 and III.6 reversed. Key to adults: p71: *Aphidecta* could key out to couplet 24 as it has elongate body and raised border to central projection of first sternite. |
| Examine |  with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful) |
| Specimen Preparation | Live specimens |
| Identification difficulty | Fairly straightforward. Much easier than Pope’s RES Handbook. |
