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British Invertebrates - terrestrial and freshwater

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Ground beetle (Perileptus areolatus)
This ground beetle is the only member of the genus Perileptus that occurs in central Europe. It is a small, flat beetle, and... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Ground beetle (Anisodactylus poeciloides)
This beetle is of 'medium' size (in beetle terms), with an attractive colouration and the 'typical' ground beetle shape. The colour... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Ground beetle (Pterostichus aterrimus)
Pterostichus aterrimus is a large and shiny black ground beetle that has curved edges to the pronotum. The wing cases... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Hairy click beetle (Synaptus filiformis)
This click beetle is blackish in colour, and covered in small, greyish fine hairs. The sides of the thorax are wavy, and the... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Hairy wood ant (Formica lugubris)
The hairy wood ant can be distinguished from the other wood ants by the possession of a fringe of hairs that reaches down to the... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Harvestman (Leiobunum rotundum)
This small arachnid has no separation between the head and the abdomen, giving the small, smooth body the appearance of an oval... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Hazel pot beetle (Cryptocephalus coryli)
An orange and black insect that has the typical - if slightly squarish - 'beetle' shape. The thorax is black in males and red in... More	16 Images	2 Videos

Heart Moth (Dicycla oo)
The Heart Moth is pale in colour with light brown patterning and off-white hind-wings. It takes its common name from the single... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Heath bee-fly (Bombylius minor)
Bee-flies are named for their resemblance to true bees. However, they belong to the order Diptera (flies), which only possess two... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Heath fritillary (Mellicta athalia)
One of our rarest butterflies, the heath fritillary is a light orange-brown in colour with dark brown markings; the underside is... More	12 Images	2 Videos

Heath tiger beetle (Cicindela sylvatica)
Cicindela sylvatica is the largest tiger beetle. It is bluish-black in colour, with a bronze sheen, and a metallic blue... More	6 Images	3 Videos

High brown fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
This large and attractive butterfly has orange upperwings chequered with black, and pale green hindwings with mottled white, black... More	16 Images	0 Videos

Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
The honey bee is probably one of the best-known of all insects in the world; it performs a vital role in the pollination of... More	27 Images	7 Videos

Hornet (Vespa crabro)
The hornet is an impressive insect, and is Britain's largest social wasp. Despite its rather fearsome appearance, it is rarely... More	19 Images	7 Videos

Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
This fearsome looking fly, large and giving every appearance of aggression is, nonetheless, completely harmless to man. Most of the... More	10 Images	4 Videos

Horse-fly (Chrysops relictus)
Apart from entomologists, there are probably few people who would actively look for horse-flies. For their size, they have one of... More	7 Images	0 Videos

House fly (Musca domestica)
The house fly is, perhaps, the most common and widespread animal in the world. It is a serious pest, which spreads many... More	10 Images	4 Videos

House spider (Tegenaria domestica)
The house spider is probably the best known and perhaps the most hated of the British spiders, and is often encountered trapped in... More	8 Images	4 Videos

Ichneumon wasp (Ophion luteus)
This slender parasitic wasp has a yellowish or orange coloured body with a distinctive ‘waist’ and a very short ovipositor. They... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Jumping weevil (Rhynchaenus testaceus)
This small jumping weevil, formerly known as Orchestes scutellaris, is reddish in colour, and has a long, elongated snout... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Kugelann's ground beetle (Poecilus kugelanni)
This ground beetle has a stout body, with long legs, and typically has a coppery coloured fore-body and green wing cases (elytra)... More	2 Images	2 Videos

Ladybird spider (Eresus sandaliatus)
The attractive ladybird spider is one of the rarest in the UK. The males have a bright orange or vermilion back with four large... More	10 Images	0 Videos

Lagoon sandworm (Armandia cirrhosa)
This rare, small worm is ribbon-like in appearance, and has three eyes on its head. The body comprises of 26 or 27 segments, each... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Large blue butterfly (Maculinea arion)
This butterfly is blue with a black outer margin and black flashes on the upper wing. It is greyish on the underwing with a blue... More	7 Images	0 Videos

Large copper butterfly (Lycaena dispar)
The large copper butterfly has wings of a bright coppery-orange, fringed with black. The undersides are silvery-blue with black... More	8 Images	6 Videos

Large garden bumblebee (Bombus ruderatus)
In comparison with other bumblebee species, the large garden or ruderal bumblebee, has a long face and tongue; these are... More	13 Images	0 Videos

Large heath (Coenonympha tullia)
Adult large heath butterflies always have their wings closed when at rest; males are smoky orange-brown in colour, and females are... More	5 Images	1 Video

Large marsh grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum)
This species is the largest grasshopper in Great Britain. It is normally vivid greenish yellow or olive brown in colour, and a... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Large white (Pieris brassicae)
This familiar, strong-flying species is our largest white butterfly, and is often an unwelcome visitor to gardens because the... More	14 Images	8 Videos

Leaf rolling weevil (Byctiscus populi)
This leaf rolling weevil has a shiny metallic upper surface, which varies in colour from bright green to a vibrant coppery red. The... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Lesser silver water beetle (Hydrochara caraboides)
This beetle earns the name 'silver' from the bubbles of air that are trapped in the fine hairs on its underside. These hairs form... More	5 Images	1 Video

Light crimson underwing moth (Catocala promissa)
The generic name of the Light Crimson Underwing, Catocala derives from the Greek 'kato' meaning below and 'kalos' meaning... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Lizard weevil (Cathormiocerus britannicus)
The Lizard weevil, so called because it is found only on the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall, was once thought to be a species endemic... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon)
The Lulworth skipper is one of our smallest butterflies. Males are orange-brown with light spots and a black band on the forewings... More	7 Images	1 Video

Lunar yellow underwing moth (Noctua orbona)
The scarce Lunar Yellow Underwing has dark brown forewings but deep yellow hindwings with a broad brownish-black border. There is a... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Marsh fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia)
The marsh fritillary has a highly patterned pale yellowish-brown upperside with orange-brown markings and brown spots, giving a... More	14 Images	1 Video

Marsh mallow moth (Hydraecia osseola hucherardi)
The common name of the Marsh Mallow moth refers to the larval (caterpillar) foodplant of the same name (Althaea officinalis)... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Marsh moth (Athetis pallustris)
This moth is highly secretive and unpredictable in its appearances. There is a noticeable size difference between the male and the... More	3 Images	2 Videos

Mayfly (Heptagenia longicauda)
This mayfly is very rare in Britain, and has only ever been found three times in this country. The aquatic nymphs of Heptagenia... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)
The meadow brown is a common butterfly. It is dark brown in colour with an eye-spot on each forewing. Females can be distinguished... More	9 Images	0 Videos

Medicinal leech (Hirudo medicinalis)
This animal has a slightly flattened cylindrical body, divided into 33 or 34 segments. The upperside is dark brown or black with... More	7 Images	1 Video

Mire pill beetle (Curimopsis nigrita)
Pill beetles have rounded, convex bodies. The mire pill beetle, or 'bog hog' is tiny, measuring just 2 mm in length, and is black... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Moccas beetle (Hypebaeus flavipes)
The very rare Moccas beetle is a false soldier beetle, or malachite. They are black in colour, with a soft cuticle, and males have... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
This is our largest native orthopteran and one of our most impressive and unusual looking insects. The scientific name derives... More	8 Images	3 Videos

Mottled bee-fly (Thyridanthrax fenestratus)
As the common name suggests, the mottled bee-fly is somewhat similar in appearance to a bee. Like all flies, it has a single pair... More	6 Images	2 Videos

Narrow headed ant (Formica exsecta)
The workers of this endangered ant can be distinguished from other wood ants by the characteristic deep notch on the back of the... More	5 Images	1 Video

Narrow-bordered bee hawk-moth (Hemaris tityus)
Adults of the Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth are extremely similar in appearance to bumblebees, and gain a level of protection from... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Narrow-mouthed whorl snail (Vertigo angustior)
The shell is pale yellow-brown in colour with many thin growth ridges and 5 whorls. The mouth of the shell has 5- 6 teeth and is... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Netted carpet moth (Eustroma reticulatum)
The forewings of the Netted Carpet moth are dark brown and are criss-crossed with a network of pale lines, from which both the... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Netted mountain moth (Macaria carbonaria)
Adult Netted Mountain moths have blackish abdomens and dark wings with variable white flecks. The caterpillar grows to 22 mm in... More	2 Images	0 Videos

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