A to Z of British Insects

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Primary Image Titlesort icon Scientific Name Description
Macrodema micropterum Macrodema micropterum
Macrolophus pygmaeus Macrolophus pygmaeus
Macrolophus rubi Macrolophus rubi
Macroplax preyssleri Macroplax preyssleri
Macropsis albae Macropsis albae
Macropsis cerea Macropsis cerea
Macropsis fuscinervis Macropsis fuscinervis
Macropsis fuscula Macropsis fuscula
Macropsis glandacea Macropsis glandacea
Macropsis graminea Macropsis graminea
Macropsis impura Macropsis impura
Macropsis infuscata Macropsis infuscata
Macropsis marginata Macropsis marginata
Macropsis mendax Macropsis mendax
Macropsis prasina Macropsis prasina
Macropsis scotti Macropsis scotti
Macropsis scutellata Macropsis scutellata
Macrosaldula scotica Macrosaldula scotica
Macrosteles alpinus Macrosteles alpinus
Macrosteles cristatus Macrosteles cristatus
Macrosteles cyane Macrosteles cyane
Macrosteles fieberi Macrosteles fieberi
Macrosteles frontalis Macrosteles frontalis
Macrosteles horvathi Macrosteles horvathi
Macrosteles laevis Macrosteles laevis
Macrosteles lividus Macrosteles lividus
Macrosteles oshanini Macrosteles oshanini
Macrosteles ossiannilssoni Macrosteles ossiannilssoni
Macrosteles quadripunctulatus Macrosteles quadripunctulatus
Macrosteles septemnotatus Macrosteles septemnotatus
Macrosteles sexnotatus Macrosteles sexnotatus
Macrosteles sordidipennis Macrosteles sordidipennis
Macrosteles variatus Macrosteles variatus
Macrosteles viridigriseus Macrosteles viridigriseus
Macrotylus horvathi Macrotylus horvathi
Macrotylus paykulli Macrotylus paykulli
Macrotylus solitarius Macrotylus solitarius
Macustus grisescens Macustus grisescens
Malachite Beetle Malachius bipustulatus
Malacocoris chlorizans Malacocoris chlorizans
Marmalade fly Episyrphus balteatus
Marsh Damsel Bug Nabis limbatus
Marsh damsel bug Dolichonbis limbatus
Masked Assassin Bug Reduvius personatus
Mayfly Ephemera dancia
Mayfly Heptagenia longicauda
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Meadow Plant Bug Leptopterna dolabrata
Mecomma ambulans Mecomma ambulans
Mecomma dispar Mecomma dispar
Megacoelum beckeri Megacoelum beckeri
Megacoelum infusum Megacoelum infusum
Megaloceroea recticornis Megaloceroea recticornis
Megalocoleus molliculus Megalocoleus molliculus
Megalocoleus tanaceti Megalocoleus tanaceti
Megalonotus antennatus Megalonotus antennatus
Megalonotus chiragra Megalonotus chiragra
Megalonotus dilatatus Megalonotus dilatatus
Megalonotus emarginatus Megalonotus emarginatus
Megalonotus praetextatus Megalonotus praetextatus
Megalonotus sabulicola Megalonotus sabulicola
Megamelodes lequesnei Megamelodes lequesnei
Megamelodes quadrimaculatus Megamelodes quadrimaculatus
Megamelus notula Megamelus notula
Megastigmus dorsalis Megastigmus dorsalis
Megophthalmus scabripennis Megophthalmus scabripennis
Megophthalmus scanicus Megophthalmus scanicus
Melanocoryphus superbus Melanocoryphus superbus
Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma mellinum
Meliscaeva cinctella Meliscaeva cinctella
Melyrid Beetle Anthocomus rufus
Menaccarus arenicola Menaccarus arenicola
Mesopolobus sericeus Mesopolobus sericeus
Mesovelia furcata Mesovelia furcata
Metalimnus formosus Metalimnus formosus
Metopoplax ditomoides Metopoplax ditomoides
Micracanthia marginalis Micracanthia marginalis
Micronecta griseola Micronecta griseola
Micronecta minutissima Micronecta minutissima
Micronecta poweri Micronecta poweri
Micronecta scholtzi Micronecta scholtzi
Microplax albofasciata Microplax albofasciata
Microvelia buenoi Microvelia buenoi
Microvelia pygmaea Microvelia pygmaea
Microvelia reticulata Microvelia reticulata
Mid-day fly Mesembrina meridiana
Midge Chironomus sp.
Mining Bee Andrena carantonica
Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
Mint Leaf Beetle Chrysolina menthastri The Mint Leaf Beetle has a very shiny bronzy-green appearance, on a rounded bead-like body.
Mintho rufiventris Mintho rufiventris

A rare Tachinid fly with distribution mainly in south-east England.  The fly in the pic is one found approx. 10 miles south of Lincoln, their distribution is perhaps expanding or they are...

Mire Pill Beetle Curimopsis nigrita
Mirid bug Deraeocoris ruber
Mirid Bug Miris striatus
Miridius quadrivirgatus Miridius quadrivirgatus
Mocuellus collinus Mocuellus collinus
Mocuellus metrius Mocuellus metrius
Mocydia crocea Mocydia crocea
Mocydiopsis attenuata Mocydiopsis attenuata
Mocydiopsis parvicauda Mocydiopsis parvicauda
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