Wednesday, 15 February 2012
A to Z of British Insects
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| Baccha elongata | Baccha elongata |
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| Backswimmer | Notonecta lutea |
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| Balclutha punctata | Balclutha punctata |
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| Balclutha saltuella | Balclutha saltuella | ||
| Bark Louse | Caecilius flavidus |
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| Barklouse | Graphopsocus cruciatus |
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| Bast bark beetle | Ernoporus tiliae. | ||
| Bathysolen nubilus | Bathysolen nubilus | ||
| Batracomorphus irroratus | Batracomorphus irroratus | ||
| Bedeguar gall wasp | Diplolepis rosae |
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| Bee Beetle | Trichius fasciatus |
As the name suggests, the Bee Beetle is a beetle with a very bee-like appearance, due to it's very hairy black and orange-yellow markings. |
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| Bee mimic | Volucella bombylans var. bombylans |
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| Bee-fly | Bombylius major |
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| Beewolf | Philanthus triangulum |
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| Beosus maritimus | Beosus maritimus | ||
| Berytinus clavipes | Berytinus clavipes | ||
| Berytinus crassipes | Berytinus crassipes | ||
| Berytinus hirticornis | Berytinus hirticornis | ||
| Berytinus minor | Berytinus minor | ||
| Berytinus montivagus | Berytinus montivagus | ||
| Berytinus signoreti | Berytinus signoreti | ||
| Bibio Hortulanus | Bibio Hortulanus |
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| Bilberry Humble-bee | Bombus monticola |
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| Birch Catkin Bug | Kleidocerys resedae |
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| Birch Sawfly | Cimbex femoratus |
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The adult Birch Sawfly is large with yellow-tipped antennae and yellow on the base of its abdomen. Wings are smoky brown colour with dark brown... |
| Birch Shieldbug | Elasmostethus interstinctus |
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| Bishop's Mitre Bug | Aelia acuminata |
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| Black & Red Froghopper | Cercopis vulnerata |
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| Black Bean Aphid | Aphis fabae |
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| Black Bog Ant | Formica candida | ||
| Black Horned Cleg | Haematopota crassicornis |
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| Black Kneed Capsid | Blepharidopterus angulatus | ||
| Black-spotted Longhorn Beetle | Rhagium mordax |
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| Blacksnake millipede | Tachypodoiulus niger |
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| Blepharidopterus diaphanus | Blepharidopterus diaphanus | ||
| Bloody-Nosed Beetle | Timarcha tenebricosa |
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| Blue Bug | Zicrona caerulea |
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| Blue ground beetle | Carabus intricatus | ||
| Blue Mason Bee | Osmia caerulescens |
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| Blue Shield bug | Zicrona caerulea |
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The Blue Shield bug is a medium-sized dark shieldbug with a deep blue-green metallic sheen. |
| Blue shieldbug | Zicona caerulea |
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| Bluebottle | Calliphora erythrocephala |
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Bluebottles have a shiny blue body with reddish eyes and jowls. |
| Bluebottle | Calliphora vicina |
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There are many Bluebottle flies, this one has a reddish face with a black beard, immature or worn specimens can be difficult to tell apart. ... |
| Bluebottle | Calliphora vomitoria |
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This is not as commonly seen as C. vicina, which often frequents gardens. C. vomitoria has a black face with a red beard and a yellowish... |
| Bog Bush-cricket | Metrioptera brachyptera |
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The Bog Bush-cricket has a brown body with a bright green underside to abdomen. The top of pronotum and wings are usually brown or bright green. |
| Bog Hoverfly | Eristalis cryptarum | ||
| Bothrostethus annulipes | Bothrostethus annulipes | ||
| Bothynotus pilosus | Bothynotus pilosus | ||
| Box Bug | Gonocerus acuteangulatus | ||
| Brachyarthrum limitatum | Brachyarthrum limitatum | ||
| Brachycarenus tigrinus | Brachycarenus tigrinus | ||
| Brachysteles parvicornis | Brachysteles parvicornis | ||
| Brassy mining bee | Lassioglossum morio |
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| Brindled Hoverfly | Helophilus pendulus |
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| Bristletail | Petrobius maritimus | The Bristletail has an elongated body with long antennae, three filaments at the tail end no wings. | |
| Broad Damsel Bug | Nabis flavomarginatus | ||
| Brown-Banded Carder Bee | Bombus humilis | ||
| Bryocoris pteridis | Bryocoris pteridis | ||
| Bryony Bee | Andrena florea |
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| Buchananiella continua | Buchananiella continua | ||
| Buff-tailed bumble bee | Bombus terrestris |
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| Burying Beetle | Nicrophorus investigator |
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| Byrrhus pilula | Byrrhus pilula |
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