Species with a conservation status similar to the Black-backed meadow ant Results 1 - 20
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Glutinous snail (Myxas glutinosa)
The glutinous snail has a translucent glossy shell, which is very fragile and amber in colour. The aperture (opening) is relativel...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Red-barbed ant (Formica rufibarbis)
The red-barbed ant is classified as Endangered in Great Britain. Winged reproductive females and queens are generally red or reddi...  More  2 Images  1 Video
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Nowell's limestone moss (Zygodon gracilis)
This rare moss is a brownish-green in colour and forms dense cushions. It is named after John Nowell, an amateur bryologist, who f...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Black bog ant (Formica candida)
This rare, medium-sized ant is black and shiny...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Ground beetle (Pterostichus aterrimus)
Pterostichus aterrimus is a large and shiny black ground beetle that has curved edges to the pronotum(2). The wing cases (elytra) ...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Red-tipped cudweed (Filago lutescens)
Red-tipped cudweed is an upright plant, with a grey-green, branched stem. The leaves are spear-shaped and have fine yellowish hair...  More  8 Images  0 Videos
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Reindeer lichen (Cladonia mediterranea)
This member of the Cladonia (reindeer lichen) genus is whitish-grey in colour and grows in low, bushy clumps. The familiar common ...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Click beetle (Lacon quercus)
This click beetle is generally brown in colour, with yellowish blotches and flecks, and a yellow band passing across the far end o...  More  5 Images  0 Videos
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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
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Marsh earwort (Jamesoniella undulifolia)
This species is one of the world’s rarest bryophytes. Liverworts vary in appearance, from those with filmy, ribbon-like bodies, to...  More  2 Images  0 Videos
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Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus)
The attractive flowers of the cornflower are a bright celebratory blue, distinctive enough to have given its name to a colour. The...  More  4 Images  2 Videos
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Corn cleavers (Galium tricornutum)
Corn cleavers is an endangered plant that has bristly stems and produces thin leaves in whorls of up to nine. The double fruits ar...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Natterjack toad (Bufo calamita)
The chief distinguishing feature of the natterjack is the yellow stripe down its back. Shorter hind legs also tell the natterjack ...  More  16 Images  4 Videos
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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 f...  More  16 Images  2 Videos
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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 bl...  More  10 Images  0 Videos
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Freiberg's screw-moss (Tortula freibergii)
This low-growing moss is found in patches that are yellowish-green in colour, and has tiny oval-shaped leaves...  More  1 Image  0 Videos
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Nail fungus (Poronia punctata)
This rare fungus, found on the dung of ponies and horses, takes its name from the resemblance of the fruiting bodies to nails. The...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Bearded tooth (Hericium erinaceum)
The bearded tooth fungus is also known as the tree hedgehog fungus. It belongs to the family of tooth fungi, which are rare in Bri...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Long-leaved thread moss (Bryum neodamense)
Long-leaved thread moss is one of the easiest of the Bryum group of mosses to identify. It grows in tufts, is a reddish-green in c...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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