Wednesday, 15 February 2012
A to Z of British Insects
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| Walnut orb-weaver spider | Nuctenea umbratica |
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| Wartbiter | Decticus verrucivorus |
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The Wartbiter is a large and bulky bush-cricket with marbled green and brown body and wings. l. |
| Wasp Beetle | Clytus arietis |
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| Wasp Hoverfly | Doros profuges | ||
| Water Boatman | Corixa sp. |
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| Water Measurer | Hydrometra stagnorum |
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| Water Scorpion | Nepa cinerea |
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The Water Scorpion is most easily identified by the shape of its leaf-like body outline, long snout and tail-end, with front legs giving the... |
| Water Stick Insect | Ranatra linearis |
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Water Stick Insects are well camouflaged in ponds where they often lie motionless for long periods. |
| Western Mason Bee | Osmia parietina | ||
| White-Tailed Bumblebee | Bombus lucorum |
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| Wolf Spider | Pardosa amentata |
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| Wood Ant | Formica rufa |
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| Wood Cricket | Nemobius sylvestris | ||
| Woodland Grasshopper | Omocestus rufipes |
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| Woodlouse spider | Dysdera crocata |
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| Wool carder bee | Anthidium manicatum |
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| Woolly Aphid | Eriosoma lanigerum |
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| Woundwort Shieldbug | Eysacoris fabricii |
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