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Gallery - Other Insects

[diggerwasp2]Digger Wasp

I think this one is Ectemnius cephalotes?


[harvestmen1]Harvestmen

Arachnids resembling spiders, but body undivided and 2nd pair of legs the longest. No venom and no silk. Generally mature in late summer-hence the name.


[longhornbeetle1]Longhorn Beetles (Rutpela maculata)

Elytra strongly tapered. Thorax almost bell-shaped. One of several similar species; patern varies but base of each antennal segment always yellow.


[sanddiggerwasp6]Sand Digger Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)

The Sand Digger Wasp immobilises and drags caterpillars into its burrow to lay egss inside it. The burrow entrance is then plugged with soil


[spottedcranefly1]Spotted Crane Fly (Nephrotoma appendiculata)

Often in cultivated areas but Larva is a common garden pest.


[blood2]Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)

Strongly domed and flightless. One of the largest leaf beetles, named for habit of excluding red blood from mouth when alarmed. Feeds on Bedstraws.


[cardinal1]Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea pyrochroidae)

Rather flat and found on flowers and old tree trunks


[dch5]Devils Coach-Horse (Ocypus olens)

Ground living predator is one of the Rove beetles, with very short elytra.When disturbed, it opens its huge jaws and bends the abdomen forward over the rest of the body in a threatning attitude, It comes out at night to hunt.


[vgb2]Violet Ground Beetle (Carabus violaceus)

A flightless, nocturnal predator of slugs and other small invertebrates. Often found under logs and stones by day.


[ins15]Great Black slug (Arion ater)

Up to 15cm.May also be rey,brown or orange, a round backed slug with no keel on back Lung opening near to front of mantle on right.


[sn3]Snails

Images of snails


[waspider3]Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)

This striking spider makes a web with a zig zag band of silk across the middle usually from top to bottom to strenthen it. Rare in Britain and only in the south.


[milli2]Millipedes

Generally elongate arthropods with two pairs of legs on each body segment. Slow moving and feeding on living and dead plant matter.


[woodant1]Wood Ants (Formica rufa)

No sting, although the ant can fire formic acid from rear when alarmed.Nests are large mounds of leaves and other debris and normaly found in woods.



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