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Threatened Invertebrates - terrestrial and freshwater

Species 1 - 18 of 18

Batocera wallacei (Wallace’s long-horn beetle)
Information on Wallace’s long-horn beetle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Belenois aurota (Caper white)
Information on the caper white is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	5 Images	0 Videos

Birgus latro (Coconut crab)
This species is a type of land hermit crab with a spectacular appearance and intriguing biology. It is probably the largest... More	13 Images	6 Videos

Boyeria cretensis (Cretan spotted darner)
Members of the Aeshnidae family are commonly known as ‘hawkers’ or ‘darners’, the latter because the female looks as if sewing when... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Brachypelma albopilosum (Curlyhair tarantula)
The curlyhair tarantula is a plump-bodied spider, covered with dark brown to black hair. It has a golden-bronze sheen due to longer... More	4 Images	0 Videos

Brachypelma auratum (Mexican flameknee tarantula)
Information on the Mexican flameknee tarantula is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Brachypelma boehmei (Mexican rustleg tarantula)
Only described in 1993, this stunning spider from southwest Mexico resembles its better known relative, Brachypelma smithi... More	11 Images	0 Videos

Brachypelma emilia (Mexican redleg tarantula)
This pale pinkish-brown bodied tarantula has a black head and black legs, with distinctive red hairs on the middle part of the legs... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Brachypelma klaasi (Mexican pink tarantula)
Information on the Mexican pink tarantula is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Brachypelma smithi (Mexican redknee tarantula)
This venomous but docile tarantula is the most common spider used in movies due to its large size and beautiful colouration. A... More	15 Images	2 Videos

Brachypelma vagans (Mexican redrump tarantula)
Information on the Mexican redrump tarantula is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	3 Images	2 Videos

Brachythemis fuscopalliata (Dark-winged groundling)
Like other members of the Libellulidae family, the dark-winged groundling has a relatively short, broad abdomen, with its whole... More	2 Images	0 Videos

Brephidium exile (Western pygmy blue)
Information on the western pygmy blue is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	6 Images	0 Videos

Bulimulus akamatus (Galapagos land snail)
This Galápagos land snail species is one of many tiny endangered bulimulid snails endemic to the Galápagos Islands, which often go... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Bulimulus nux (Galapagos land snail)
This Galápagos land snail species is one of many tiny endangered bulimulid snails endemic to the Galápagos Islands, which often go... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Bulimulus ochsneri (Galapagos land snail)
This Galápagos land snail species is one of many tiny endangered bulimulid snails endemic to the Galápagos Islands, which often go... More	1 Image	0 Videos

Bulimulus reibischi (Galapagos land snail)
This Galápagos land snail is one of many tiny endangered bulimulid snails endemic to the Galápagos islands, which often go... More	3 Images	0 Videos

Buthacus yotvatensis (Scorpion)
Information on Buthacus yotvatensis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More	1 Image	0 Videos

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