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Caterpillar
by Anne Burgess for square NT1962 We were surprised to see this caterpillar making its way briskly across the road... (more)
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Insect
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Insect LarvaeX
InsectsX
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A Varied Carpet Beetle
by M J Richardson for square NT2470 Anthrenus verbasci [also known as the Varied or Small Cabinet Beetle] is one of... (more)
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insect:BeetleX
Carpet BeetleX
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insect:ColeopteraX
place:EdinburghX
subject:Insect
top:LowlandsX
place:MorningsideX
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Cuckoo Spit on Mint
by M J Richardson for square NT2470 Cuckoo spit is produced by the nymphs [juvenile stage of some insects] of Common... (more)
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Cuckoo SpitX
place:EdinburghX
insect:FroghopperX
insect:HemipteraX
subject:Insect
top:LowlandsX
plant:MintX
place:MorningsideX
insect:PhilaenusX
top:Suburb, Urban FringeX
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
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Insect on Marsh Thistle
by Anne Burgess for square NJ3543 I'm afraid I don't know what sort of insect, let alone which species,... (more)
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Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
by Anne Burgess for square NJ4358 We saw several of these, and one Small Tortoiseshell, but only this one was... (more)
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ButterflyX
subject:ButterflyX
type:Close LookX
subject:Insect
Insect
Insect LarvaeX
InsectsX
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7-spot Ladybird larva - Coccinella septempunctata
by M J Richardson for square NT2271 The commonest European Ladybird - the larvae do gardeners a favour by feeding on... (more)
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insect:BeetleX
Beetle LarvaX
type:Close LookX
insect:CoccinellaX
place:EdinburghX
subject:Insect
insect:LadybirdX
top:LowlandsX
top:Park and Public GardensX
place:SaughtonX
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7-spot Ladybird - Coccinella septempunctata
by M J Richardson for square NT2271 The commonest European Ladybird - they do gardeners a favour by laying eggs... (more)
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insect:BeetleX
type:Close LookX
insect:CoccinellaX
place:EdinburghX
subject:Insect
insect:LadybirdX
top:LowlandsX
top:Park and Public GardensX
place:SaughtonX
top:Suburb, Urban FringeX
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Froghopper nymph - ventral view
by M J Richardson for square NT2470 The piercing mouth part, the dark line along the centre between the legs, is 1mm... (more)
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Cuckoo SpitX
place:EdinburghX
insect:FroghopperX
insect:HemipteraX
subject:Insect
top:LowlandsX
place:MorningsideX
insect:PhilaenusX
top:Suburb, Urban FringeX
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
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Froghopper nymphs from Cuckoo spit
by M J Richardson for square NT2470 Nymphs of Philaenus spumarius from Cuckoo spit on the Mint in NT2470 : Cuckoo Spit on Mint. They... (more)
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Cuckoo SpitX
place:EdinburghX
insect:FroghopperX
insect:HemipteraX
subject:Insect
top:LowlandsX
place:MorningsideX
insect:PhilaenusX
top:Suburb, Urban FringeX
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
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Fly, Bangor
by Rossographer for square J5180 Macro of a fly on hedging in Bangor. Possibly a Flesh Fly... (more)
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Bristletail (Microcoryphia sp)
by Anne Burgess for square NX0053 A long black insect contrasts with the white quartz rock. Thanks to Penny Mayes... (more)
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Butterfly on Bramble Blossom
by Anne Burgess for square NO6844 I was just about to photograph a cluster of Bramble flowers when a Green-veined... (more)
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Skipper Butterfly
by Anne Burgess for square SY6788 I'm having a small amount of trouble with identifying this butterfly.... (more)
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insect:ButterflyX
subject:Insect
Insect
InsectsX
butterfly:Marbled WhiteX
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Yellow Iris flower
by Jonathan Kington for square SJ8959 This Yellow Iris flower with bud behind and fly feeding is one of the flowers... (more)
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A Green Lacewing (Chrysopa perla)
by Lairich Rig for square NS3977 Category: Insects This is not the only species of Green Lacewing in Britain; there are about 18... (more)
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Hawthorn Shield Bug
by Lairich Rig for square NS3677 Category: Insects (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
This is one of the Shield Bugs, so called... (more)
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Insect on Bramble Flower
by Anne Burgess for square SZ5692 I thought this must be a hoverfly of some sort, but it doesn't match... (more)
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Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
by Anne Burgess for square NJ4563 We were quite surprised to come across a Red Admiral in mid-November, but it was... (more)
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type:Close LookX
subject:Insect
Insect
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Insects and wild flowers, Mullaghmore
by Kenneth Allen for square H4672 The yellow petals seem to attract most insects
Pictured here H4672 : Meadow managed for biodiversity, Mullaghmore
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Gold-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii)
by Anne Burgess for square NJ0136 A close-up to show the insect's six legs clasping a rush stem.
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DragonflyX
Golden-Ringed DragonflyX
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Insect
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Green Shield Bug
by Anne Burgess for square NJ3458 I am reliably informed that this is a fourth-instar nymph of the common green... (more)
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insect:BugX
BugX
type:Close LookX
subject:Insect
Insect
Shield BugX
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White Butterfly
by Anne Burgess for square NJ8166 I can't quite make my mind up whether this is a Large White or a Small White.
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Ringlet Butterfly on Catsear
by Anne Burgess for square NJ3857 The woods are busy with Ringlets (Aphantophus hyperantis) at the moment. This... (more)
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Water Beetle
by Anne Burgess for square NJ3265 When I arrived this beetle was upside-down in the water, and appeared to be... (more)
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Nicrophorus vespilloides
by Anne Burgess for square NJ3556 My thanks to Richard Sutcliffe for identifying this. It is a species of burying... (more)
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BeetleX
insect:BeetleX
type:Close LookX
subject:Insect
Insect
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
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Kidney-spot Ladybird
by Lairich Rig for square NS3878 (Chilocorus renipustulatus)
The elytra (wingcases) each have a red spot on... (more)
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14-Spot Ladybird
by Lairich Rig for square NS3877 (Propylea 14-punctata)
See... (more)
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Insect Hotel
by Oliver Dixon for square SD4178 Beside the station car park. As it says on the notice
"If you have 4... (more)
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A sexton beetle
by Lairich Rig for square NS3977 (Nicrophorus vespilloides)
There are about half a dozen British species of... (more)
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Fly, Lagan towpath, Stranmillis, Belfast (October 2015)
by Albert Bridge for square J3470 The towpath ivy, now in flower, was attracting numerous insects of which this fly was one.
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FlyX
Insect
subject:Insect
IvyX
Lagan TowpathX
Stranmillis (Belfast)X
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Potato Capsid Beetle
by Lairich Rig for square NS3976 (Closterotomus norwegicus; syn. Calocoris norwegicus)
There are over 200... (more)
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Green Tiger Beetle
by Lairich Rig for square NS3778 (Cicindela campestris)
These insects are common here (NS3778 : Path beside Carman Reservoir), and... (more)
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Apple Blossom & Little Critter
by Glyn Baker for square TQ7094 Category: Insects An insect doing its job on the TQ7094 : Muddy Path & Apple Blossom
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Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
by Anne Burgess for square NO6947 One of our commoner butterflies, the Small Tortoiseshell populations fell... (more)
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ButterflyX
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Insect
InsectsX
butterfly:Small TortoiseshellX
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Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae)
by Anne Burgess for square SY6869 A bright and eyecatching insect, said by my book to be mainly nocturnal, but... (more)
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Caterpillar
by Anne Burgess for square NJ1925 This rusty-coloured caterpillar was making its way along the road near... (more)
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Large Skipper ( Ochlodes venata)
by Anne Burgess for square SZ0481 At least I think that's what it is. They were flying in profusion on the... (more)
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insect:ButterflyX
ButterflyX
subject:ButterflyX
subject:Insect
InsectsX
Large SkipperX
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Green-veined White Butterfly
by Anne Burgess for square NO4514 The butterfly is on a spike of Marsh Woundwort.
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Cinnabar Moth Caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae)
by Anne Burgess for square SZ3085 Three caterpillars wreaking havoc on a Ragwort plant beside the path on Headon Warren.
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Meadow Brown Butterfly (Maniola jurtina)
by Anne Burgess for square SZ3084 These common and widespread butterflies were very plentiful on the chalk downs.
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Trapped
by William Starkey for square NO0200 A small pond near to the Crook of Devon, unmarked on OS 1:50000 mapping, is a... (more)
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DragonflyX
subject:Insect
top:Lakes, Wetland, BogX
top:LowlandsX
Spiders WebX
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Insect hotel in Kew Gardens
by David Hawgood for square TQ1776 Various materials stacked in holes in this wooden sculpture provide homes for insects.
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7- Spot ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata
by Peter Pearson for square TM0026 This photograph follows image number 3431396 the pupal case being that depicted... (more)
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top:GrasslandX
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Pupa of 7-Spot Ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata
by Peter Pearson for square TM0027 This pupa was on a blade of grass and obviously close to emerging.
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top:GrasslandX
Insect
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7- Spot ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata
by Peter Pearson for square TM0127 This photograph shows a 7-Spot Ladybird that has been attacked by Dinocampus... (more)
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InsectsX
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Flower and insect, Helen's Bay
by Albert Bridge for square J4582 Flower and hovering insect along Clandeboye Avenue – identification welcome.
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Greater Horntail (Urocerus gigas)
by Lairich Rig for square NS3581 This is a large insect; at about 4cm long, it is a little over twice as long as... (more)
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Cuckoo spit on grass
by Jonathan Kington for square SJ8955 The frothy cuckoo spit is produced by a small insect called a Froghopper while... (more)
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Cuckoo spit
by Jonathan Kington for square SJ9058 The frothy cuckoo spit is produced by a small insect called a Froghopper while... (more)
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A moth: Chimney Sweeper (Odezia atrata)
by Lairich Rig for square NS3976 Category: Insects This may look very like a black (or nearly black) butterfly, but this insect,... (more)
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