Wednesday, 15 February 2012
A to Z of British Insects
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| Dance fly | Xanthempis lutea |
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| Dance-fly | Empis tessellata |
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| Dance-fly | Empis tessellata |
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| Dark Bush-cricket | Pholidoptera griseoaptera |
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The Dark Bush-cricket has a marbled dark brown body |
| Darkling beetle | Lagria hirta |
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| Death Watch Beetle | Xestobium rufovillosum | ||
| Delphacinus mesomelas | Delphacinus mesomelas | ||
| Delphacodes capnodes | Delphacodes capnodes | ||
| Delphacodes venosus | Delphacodes venosus | ||
| Delphax pulchellus | Delphax pulchellus | ||
| Deltocephalus maculiceps | Deltocephalus maculiceps | ||
| Deltocephalus pulicaris | Deltocephalus pulicaris | ||
| Deraeocoris cordiger | Deraeocoris cordiger | ||
| Deraeocoris flavilinea | Deraeocoris flavilinea |
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| Deraeocoris lutescens | Deraeocoris lutescens |
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| Deraeocoris olivaceus | Deraeocoris olivaceus | ||
| Deraeocoris scutellaris | Deraeocoris scutellaris | ||
| Derephysia foliacea | Derephysia foliacea | ||
| Devil's Coach Horse | Staphylinus olens |
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The Devil's Coach Horse is a long, black beetle with short elytra (wing cases). |
| Dichrooscytus gustavi | Dichrooscytus gustavi | ||
| Dichrooscytus rufipennis | Dichrooscytus rufipennis | ||
| Dicranocephalus agilis | Dicranocephalus agilis |
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| Dicranocephalus medius | Dicranocephalus medius |
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| Dicranotropis divergens | Dicranotropis divergens | ||
| Dicranotropis hamata | Dicranotropis hamata | ||
| Dictyla convergens | Dictyla convergens | ||
| Dictyonota fuliginosa | Dictyonota fuliginosa | ||
| Dictyonota strichnocera | Dictyonota strichnocera | ||
| Dicyphus annulatus | Dicyphus annulatus | ||
| Dicyphus constrictus | Dicyphus constrictus | ||
| Dicyphus epilobii | Dicyphus epilobii | ||
| Dicyphus errans | Dicyphus errans | ||
| Dicyphus globulifer | Dicyphus globulifer | ||
| Dicyphus pallicornis | Dicyphus pallicornis | ||
| Dicyphus stachydis | Dicyphus stachydis |
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| Dikraneura variata | Dikraneura variata | ||
| Diplocolenus abdominalis | Diplocolenus abdominalis | ||
| Diplocolenus bensoni | Diplocolenus bensoni | ||
| Ditropis pteridis | Ditropis pteridis | ||
| Diurnal ground beetle | Asaphidion curtum |
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| Dock Leaf Bug | Coreus marginatus |
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| Dor beetle | Geotrupes stercorarius |
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| Doratura impudica | Doratura impudica | ||
| Doratura stylata | Doratura stylata | ||
| Dotted Bee-Fly | Bombylius discolor | ||
| Drone Fly | Eristalis tenax |
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The Drone Fly has a very similar appearance to a male (drone) honey bee drone, from which it gets its name. The most obvious difference can be... |
| Drymus brunneus | Drymus brunneus | ||
| Drymus latus | Drymus latus | ||
| Drymus pilicornis | Drymus pilicornis | ||
| Drymus pilipes | Drymus pilipes | ||
| Drymus pumilio | Drymus pumilio | ||
| Drymus ryei | Drymus ryei | ||
| Drymus sylvaticus | Drymus sylvaticus | ||
| Dryoderes umbraculatus | Dryoderes umbraculatus | ||
| Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus | Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus |
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| Dufouriellus ater | Dufouriellus ater | ||
| Dune Tiger Beetle | Cicindela maritima | ||
| Dusky Cockroach | Ectobius lapponicus | The Dusky Cockroach is a relatively small cockroach with a dark grey-brown body, finged with a pale translucent margin to pronotum and forewing. |