Species that live in a habitat similar to the Silver-studded blue Results 1 - 20
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Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
The Arctic tern is a long-distance migrant, making a staggering annual round-trip from its Arctic or northern temperate breeding r...  More  20 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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Emperor moth (Saturnia pavonia)
The adult emperor moth is a spectacular insect. Males have a complex pattern of grey, dark brown and orange markings on their uppe...  More  24 Images  0 Videos
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Dingy mocha moth (Cyclophora pendularia)
The common name 'mocha' refers to mocha stone, an agate with a beautiful moss-like patterning of crystals. The Dingy Mocha is fine...  More  4 Images  0 Videos
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Scarlet pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)
As the alternative names of shepherd’s sundial and shepherd’s weather-glass suggest, scarlet pimpernel is well-known for its abili...  More  7 Images  1 Video
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Wart-biter cricket (Decticus verrucivorus)
The wart-biter cricket is a large, dark green bush-cricket, often with dark brown blotches on the pronotum and wings. A keel is p...  More  9 Images  4 Videos
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Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae stephensi)
The six-spot burnet is a brightly coloured day-flying moth. Its bright colours warn potential predators that it is poisonous. The ...  More  13 Images  0 Videos
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Small copper butterfly (Lycaena phlaeus)
One of the UK’s smaller butterflies, the small copper makes up for its diminutive size by being one of the most territorial and ag...  More  9 Images  0 Videos
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Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
The sand lizard is larger than the common lizard, and somewhat stockier. Sand lizards have an attractive pattern of dark spots wit...  More  7 Images  5 Videos
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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
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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
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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 p...  More  12 Images  2 Videos
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Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
The common blue is the most widespread of the blue butterflies in Britain, and as the name suggests, it is one of the most common ...  More  13 Images  3 Videos
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Black-backed meadow ant (Formica pratensis)
This is a large ‘wood ant’, and resembles the more common southern wood ant Formica rufa. The thorax shows some red colouration, b...  More  3 Images  0 Videos
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Common gull (Larus canus)
The name ‘common gull’ is rather misleading, as this gull is not all that common. It is generally similar in appearance to the her...  More  12 Images  0 Videos
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Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
This crepuscular bird has finely patterned tree-bark like cryptic plumage that provides excellent camouflage in the daytime when i...  More  13 Images  5 Videos
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Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
The woodlark is brown in colour, with a whitish eye stripe and an overall streaky appearance. The underparts are dull white and th...  More  5 Images  2 Videos
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Juniper (Juniperus communis)
There are at least two subspecies of juniper. The best known, J. communis communis, whose bushes vary between a metre and 10 metre...  More  8 Images  1 Video
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Purse-web spider (Atypus affinis)
This spider belongs to the same suborder (Orthognatha) as tarantulas, funnel web spiders and trap-door spiders. Just one genus bel...  More  7 Images  0 Videos
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