Species that live in a habitat similar to the Small heath butterfly Results 1 - 20
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Silver-studded blue (Plebeius argus)
Males are deep blue with a dark border and white fringe, and can be distinguished from other blue butterflies by the presence of a...  More  13 Images  3 Videos
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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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Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Britain's smallest native carnivore, the weasel has a long slender body, and a short tail. The fur is ginger to a rich chocolate-r...  More  9 Images  3 Videos
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Grass snake (Natrix natrix)
The grass snake is Britain's largest terrestrial reptile. This snake is typically olive-green, brown or greyish in colour, with a ...  More  18 Images  8 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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Green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
The wings of the green hairstreak butterfly are dull brown on the uppersides, but bright green on the underside, with a white 'str...  More  8 Images  1 Video
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Dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius)
The dor beetle, for many people, is the archetypal ‘beetle’. It has the classic beetle shape and colouration, being oval in shape ...  More  5 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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Hornet robberfly (Asilus crabroniformis)
This fearsome looking fly, large and giving every appearance of aggression is, nonetheless, completely harmless to man. Most of th...  More  10 Images  4 Videos
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White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
The white-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) is a common species that is easily confused with the similar species Bombus magnus. Wo...  More  13 Images  2 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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Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
The dunnock is a common bird of gardens, woods and parks, familiar to many people still under its old name of hedge sparrow. The n...  More  14 Images  0 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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