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Invertebrates - terrestrial and freshwater

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Acorn weevil (Curculio glandium)
The most striking feature of the acorn weevil is its elongated snout, known as a 'rostrum', which is longer in females than males... More 9 Images 3 Videos
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Adonis blue (Lysandra bellargus)
Males are bright sky blue in colour with a fine black line to the edge of the wings and a white border. Females are brown in colour... More 13 Images 2 Videos
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African babul blue (Azanus jesous)
Information on the African babul blue is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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African giant swallowtail (Papilio antimachus)
The beautiful African giant swallowtail has the distinction of being the largest butterfly in Africa. Its long, narrow wings are... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Afroalpine sprite (Pseudagrion bicoerulans)
Information on the Afroalpine sprite is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Alcon large blue (Maculinea alcon)
Information on the Alcon large blue is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 7 Images 0 Videos
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Aldabra banded snail (Rachistia aldabra)
This once abundant snail is thought to have fallen victim to the direct impacts of climate change. The Aldabra banded snail... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Alderfly (Sialis lutaria)
Alderflies are fairly primitive insects, and were the first insect group to develop a pupal stage. The robust body is brown or... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Algerian clubtail (Gomphus lucasii)
This colourful dragonfly is a typical member of the Gomphidae family, commonly known as ‘clubtail dragonflies' for the enlarged... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Allocharopa (Allocharopa erskinensis)
Information on Allocharopa erskinensis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Altamaha arcmussel (Alasmidonta arcula)
Information on the Altamaha arcmussel is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Amani flatwing (Amanipodagrion gilliesi)
This damselfly belongs to the Megapodagrionidae family, commonly known as ‘flatwings’ due to their habit of spreading their wings... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Carelia bicolor)
Information on Carelia bicolor is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Amastra spirizona)
Information on Amastra spirizona is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Amastra micans)
Information on Amastra micans is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Carelia sinclairi)
Information on Carelia sinclairi is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Carelia dolei)
Information on Carelia dolei is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Amastra cylindrica)
Information on Amastra cylindrica is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Carelia cumingiana)
Information on Carelia cumingiana is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Amastra crassilabrum)
Information on Amastra crassilabrum is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Carelia cochlea)
Information on Carelia cochlea is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Amastra albolabris)
Information on Amastra albolabris is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amastrid land snail (Amastra rubens)
Information on Amastra rubens is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
The American burying beetle is the largest carrion beetle in North America. It has extremely distinctive colouration, being shiny... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amnicola (Amnicola cora)
Information on Amnicola cora is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Ampelita (Ampelita fulgurata)
Information on Ampelita fulgurata is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Amphorella (Amphorella melampoides)
Information on Amphorella melampoides is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo)
The Apollo is a beautiful white butterfly, decorated with large black spots on the forewings and red eye-spots on the hindwings... More 7 Images 2 Videos
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Appalacian elktoe (Alasmidonta raveneliana)
Information on the appalacian elktoe is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Arabian cicada (Platypleura arabica)
Information on the Arabian cicada is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Arabian fat-tailed scorpion (Androctonus crassicauda)
Information on the Arabian fat-tailed scorpion is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Archachatina (Archachatina bicarinata)
Information on Archachatina bicarinata is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Argent and sable moth (Rheumaptera hastata)
The common name 'Argent and Sable' which was given to this species in 1778 refers to the colour of the moth. Argent is a... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Army ant (Eciton burchellii)
Information on the army ant is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 10 Images 0 Videos
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Ashworth’s rustic (Xestia ashworthii)
Adult Ashworth’s Rustic moths have blue-grey forewings with variable blackish flecking. The hindwings are pale and silky in... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Asian dwarf honey bee (Apis florea)
Information on the Asian dwarf honey bee is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 0 Videos
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Aspen hoverfly (Hammerschmidtia ferruginea)
This hoverfly is dark in colour with an orange thorax... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Atlas goldenring (Cordulegaster princeps)
Also referred to as spiketails and biddies, golden-ringed dragonflies (Cordulegastridae) are large black dragonflies with generally... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Auriculella (Auriculella spp.)
Information on Auriculella species is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Auriculella (Auriculella uniplicata)
Information on Auriculella uniplicata is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Australian ant (Nothomyrmecia macrops)
This ant of ancient lineage is described as a ‘living fossil.’ It is perhaps the most ‘primitive’ ant still alive today. Ants are... More 1 Image 1 Video
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Balinsky's sprite (Pseudagrion inopinatum)
Information on Balinsky's sprite is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
The banded demoiselle has the same style of butterfly-like flitting flight as that of the beautiful demoiselle (C. virgo)... More 20 Images 0 Videos
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Barberry carpet moth (Pareulype berberata)
Adult Barberry Carpet moths have greyish-white forewings with attractive brown patterning, and the hindwings are paler and more... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Barred tooth-striped moth (Trichopteryx polycommata)
The Barred Tooth-striped is a greyish coloured moth. The caterpillars are green with two white lines and a dark central line... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Basil-thyme case-bearer moth (Coleophora tricolor)
Adults of the endangered Basil-thyme Case bearer have dusky ochreous forewings with delicate silvery-white streaks. Both the fore-... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Basking malachite (Chlorolestes apricans)
This striking damselfly has a bright metallic-green body with white, powdery splashes on its head and thorax. It is one of the... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Bast bark beetle (Ernoporus tiliae)
This small, brown bark beetle has scales covering the wing cases (elytra), some of which are raised and form rows... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Bekko tombo (Libellula angelina)
The bekko tombo is a stunning golden to rusty-brown dragonfly adorned with a dark stripe down the centre of the abdomen and a... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Belted beauty moth (Lycia zonaria britannica)
Male and female Belted Beauty moths are strikingly different in appearance; females have tiny, 2 mm long non-functional wings and... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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