Wednesday, 15 February 2012
A to Z of British Insects
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| Hairy Click Beetle | Synaptus filiformis | ||
| Hairy-footed Flower Bee | Anthophora plumipes |
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| Hallodapus montandoni | Hallodapus montandoni | ||
| Hallodapus rufescens | Hallodapus rufescens | ||
| Halosalda lateralis | Halosalda lateralis | ||
| Halticus apterus | Halticus apterus | ||
| Halticus luteicollis | Halticus luteicollis | ||
| Halticus macrocephalus | Halticus macrocephalus | ||
| Halticus saltator | Halticus saltator | ||
| Hardya melanopsis | Hardya melanopsis | ||
| Harpocera thoracica | Harpocera thoracica |
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| Harvestman | Leiobunum rotundum |
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| Harvestman | Opilio saxatilis |
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This species has a distinctive white line down the centre back. |
| Harvestman | Dicranopalpus ramosus |
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Easily identified by the very long legs which are always spread to the sides, with the second pair being up to 5cm long. The pedipalps... |
| Hauptidia maroccana | Hauptidia maroccana | ||
| Hawthorn Shieldbug | Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
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| Hazel pot beetle | Cryptocephalus coryli | ||
| Hazel Weevil | Curculio nucumi |
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| Heath Assassin Bug | Coranus subapterus | ||
| Heath Bee-Fly | Bombylius minor |
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| Heath Damsel Bug | Nabis ericetorum | ||
| Heath Grasshopper | Chorthippus vagans |
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| Heather Bug | Rhacognathus punctatus |
The Heather Bug has a mottled metallic bronze-brown appearance over a pale reddy-orange background. The legs are banded pale to orange/red,... |
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| Hebrus pusillus | Hebrus pusillus | ||
| Hebrus ruficeps | Hebrus ruficeps | ||
| Heliophilus Pendulus | Heliophilus Pendulus |
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| Helophilus trivittatus | Helophilus trivittatus |
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| Henestaris halophilus | Henestaris halophilus | ||
| Henestaris laticeps | Henestaris laticeps | ||
| Hephathus nanus | Hephathus nanus | ||
| Hesperocorixa castanea | Hesperocorixa castanea | ||
| Hesperocorixa linnaei | Hesperocorixa linnaei | ||
| Hesperocorixa moesta | Hesperocorixa moesta | ||
| Hesperocorixa sahlbergi | Hesperocorixa sahlbergi | ||
| Heterocordylus genistae | Heterocordylus genistae | ||
| Heterocordylus parvulus | Heterocordylus parvulus | ||
| Heterocordylus tibialis | Heterocordylus tibialis | ||
| Heterogaster artemisiae | Heterogaster artemisiae | ||
| Heterotoma merioptera | Heterotoma merioptera |
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| Heterotoma planicornis | Heterotoma planicornis |
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| Himacerus boops | Himacerus boops | ||
| Himacerus major | Himacerus major | ||
| Holcostethus strictus vernalis | Holcostethus strictus vernalis | ||
| Honey Bee | Apis mellifera |
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| Hoplomachus thunbergi | Hoplomachus thunbergi | ||
| Hornet | Vespa crabro |
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| Hornet Robberfly | Asilus crabroniformis |
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| Horse fly | Tabanus bromius |
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| Horse fly | Tabanus autumnalis |
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| Horse-fly | Chrysops relictus |
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| Horse-fly | Tabanus sudeticus |
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| House Fly | Pollenia rudis |
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| House spider | Tegenaria domestica |
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| Hover fly | Eristalinus sepulchralis |
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| Hover fly | Syrphus ribesii |
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| Hoverfly | Eristalis arbustorum |
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This has a typical pattern on the abdomen which is different in males and females. This can however vary according to rearing... |
| Hoverfly | Didea fasciata |
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| Hoverfly | Volucella pellucens |
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| Hoverfly | Melanostoma scalare |
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| Hoverfly | Eristalis pertinax |
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| Hoverfly | Xylota segnis |
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| Hoverfly | Dasysyrphus friuliensis |
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| Hoverfly | Dasysyrphus albostriatus |
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| Hoverfly | Chrysotoxum festivum |
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| Hoverfly | Metasyrphus luniger |
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| Hoverfly | Scaeva pyrastri |
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| Hoverfly | Rhingia campestris |
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| Hoverfly | Sericomyia silentis |
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| Hoverfly | Sphaerophoria scripta |
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| Hoverfly | Xanthogramma pedissequum |
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| Hybos culiciformis | Hybos culiciformis |
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| Hydrometra gracilenta | Hydrometra gracilenta | ||
| Hyledelphax elegantulus | Hyledelphax elegantulus |