Wednesday, 15 February 2012
A to Z of British Insects
Title |
Scientific Name | Primary Image | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagatus punctifrons | Sagatus punctifrons | ||
| Salda littoralis | Salda littoralis | ||
| Salda morio | Salda morio | ||
| Salda muelleri | Salda muelleri | ||
| Saldula arenicola | Saldula arenicola | ||
| Saldula c-album | Saldula c-album | ||
| Saldula fucicola | Saldula fucicola | ||
| Saldula melanoscela | Saldula melanoscela | ||
| Saldula opacula | Saldula opacula | ||
| Saldula orthochila | Saldula orthochila | ||
| Saldula pallipes | Saldula pallipes | ||
| Saldula palustris | Saldula palustris | ||
| Saldula pilosella | Saldula pilosella | ||
| Saldula saltatoria | Saldula saltatoria | ||
| Saldula setulosa | Saldula setulosa | ||
| Salicarus roseri | Salicarus roseri | ||
| Sand Digger Wasp | Ammophila sabulosa |
 |
It has a very narrow 'waist'. Flies from May-August. |
| Sardius argus | Sardius argus | ||
| Saucer Bug | Ilyocoris cimicoides |
 |
The Saucer Bug has a prominent oval outline to its yellow/brown body that is covered in hundred of minute dark dots. |
| Saucer Bug | Ilyocoris cimicoides | ||
| Sawfly | Tenthredo arcuata |
 |
|
| Sawfly | Rhogogaster viridis |
 |
|
| Sawfly | Tenthredo mesomelas |
 |
|
| Scarlet Malachite Beetle | Malachius aeneus | ||
| Sciocoris cursitans | Sciocoris cursitans | ||
| Sciomyzid Fly | Elgiva cucularia |
 |
|
| Scleroracus corniculus | Scleroracus corniculus | ||
| Scleroracus decumanus | Scleroracus decumanus | ||
| Scleroracus plutonius | Scleroracus plutonius | ||
| Scolopostethus affinis | Scolopostethus affinis | ||
| Scolopostethus decoratus | Scolopostethus decoratus | ||
| Scolopostethus grandis | Scolopostethus grandis | ||
| Scolopostethus pictus | Scolopostethus pictus | ||
| Scolopostethus puberulus | Scolopostethus puberulus | ||
| Scolopostethus thomsoni | Scolopostethus thomsoni | ||
| Scorpion fly | Panorpa communis |
 |
|
| Scottish Wood Ant | Formica aquilonia | ||
| Sehirus biguttatus | Sehirus biguttatus | ||
| Sehirus luctuosus | Sehirus luctuosus |
 |
|
| Seven-Spot Ladybird | Coccinella septempunctata |
 |
|
| Shining Spider Beetle | Mezium gibbum |
The Shining Spider Beetle is similar in appearance to a small spider. However, this beetle also has translucent and shiny wing-cases that results... |
|
| Short-winged Conehead | Conocephalus dorsalis |
 |
Short-winged Coneheads have a green body with a brown dorsal stripe. The forewings are reduced. |
| Shrill Carder Bee | Bombus sylvarum | ||
| Sigara distincta | Sigara distincta | ||
| Sigara dorsalis | Sigara dorsalis | ||
| Sigara falleni | Sigara falleni | ||
| Sigara fallenoidea | Sigara fallenoidea | ||
| Sigara fossarum | Sigara fossarum | ||
| Sigara lateralis | Sigara lateralis | ||
| Sigara limitata | Sigara limitata | ||
| Sigara nigrolineata | Sigara nigrolineata | ||
| Sigara scotti | Sigara scotti | ||
| Sigara selecta | Sigara selecta | ||
| Sigara semistriata | Sigara semistriata | ||
| Sigara stagnalis | Sigara stagnalis | ||
| Sigara striata | Sigara striata | ||
| Sigara venusta | Sigara venusta | ||
| Silver-leaf Weevil | Phyllobius argentatus |
 |
|
| Silverfish | Lepisma saccharina |
 |
|
| Slender Groundhopper | Tetrix subulata |
 |
|
| Sloe Bug | Dolycoris baccarum |
 |
|
| Snail Beetle (Red Form) | silpha atrata |
 |
|
| Snake Fly | Snake Fly - Raphidioptera sp. |
 |
|
| Snake Fly | Raphidia notata | The Snake Fly has an elongated thorax that allows the head to be raised in with a snake-like motion. The transaprent wings of the Snake Fly are... | |
| Snipe Fly | Chrysopilus asiliformis |
 |
|
| Snipe-fly | Rhagio scolopacea |
 |
Often sunbathes on vegetation but also sits head-down on tree trunks and will sometimes suddenly fly straight at observer. |
| Soldier Beetle | Rhagonycha fulva |
 |
|
| Soldier Beetle | Cantharis rustica |
 |
|
| Soldier fly | Oxycera rara |
 |
|
| Sonronius dahlbomi | Sonronius dahlbomi | ||
| Sorhoanus xanthoneurus | Sorhoanus xanthoneurus | ||
| Southern Green Shieldbug | Nezara viridula |
 |
|
| Spathocera dalmanni | Spathocera dalmanni | ||
| Spear Thistle Lacebug | Tingis cardui |
 |
The Spear Thistle Lacebug has a grey-brown appearance that is in powdery white deposits of wax. Distinguishingfeatures include a 4th antennal... |
| Spear Thistle Lacebug | Tingis cardui |
 |
|
| Speckled Bush-cricket | Leptophyes punctatissima |
 |
The Speckled Bush-cricket has a relatively squat green speckled body with black dots. The female has a scimitar-shaped ovipositor. Both the male and... |
| Speudotettix subfusculus | Speudotettix subfusculus | ||
| Sphaeroderma testaceum | Sphaeroderma testaceum |
 |
|
| Sphragisticus nebulosus | Sphragisticus nebulosus | ||
| Spider-hunting wasp | Anoplius nigerrimus |
 |
|
| Spider-hunting wasp | Priocnemis exaltata |
 |
|
| Spiked Shield Bug | Picromerus bidens |
 |
|
| Spittlebug, alo known as the common frog hopper | Aphrophora salicina |
 |
This jumping bug is one of several species causing 'cuckoo-spit' on plants in spring:the frothing blobs have nothing to do with cuckoos. The young... |
| Spotted Crane Flies | Nephrotoma appendiculata |
 |
|
| Springtail | Tomocerus longicornis |
 |
|
| Springtail | Orchesella villosa |
 |
|
| Springtail | Sminthurides aquaticus |
 |
This tiny globular springtail prefers to live on the surface of still fresh water. Males grow to 0.5mm in length, females to 1.0mm. ... |
| Springtails | Proisotoma minuta |
 |
|
| Springtails | Dicyrtomina ornata |
 |
|
| Springtails | Entombrya intermedia |
 |
|
| Springtails | Ceratophysella sp. |
 |
|
| Spruce Cone Bug | Gastrodes abietum | ||
| St Mark's Fly | Bibio marci |
 |
|
| Stag Beetle | Lucanus cervus |
 |
|
| Stenocranus fuscovittatus | Stenocranus fuscovittatus | ||
| Stenocranus longipennis | Stenocranus longipennis | ||
| Stenocranus major | Stenocranus major | ||
| Stenocranus minutus | Stenocranus minutus | ||
| Stenodema calcarata | Stenodema calcarata | ||
| Stenodema holsata | Stenodema holsata |