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Syrphus vitripennis

Syrphus vitripennis

Syrphus vitripennis is a common and widespread hoverfly though…
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palomena prasina - common green shieldbug

Common green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)

Common shieldbug The Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina)…
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

The Honey bee (Apis mellifera) makes honey from pollen and…
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Campyloneura virgula

Campyloneura virgula

Campyloneura virgula is a common predatory bug found on a…
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Lucilia sericata

Lucilia sericata A green metallic ‘greenbottle’…
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Muscina levida

Muscina levida

The Muscina genus is characterised by a striped thorax, a red…
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xyphosia miliaria

Xyphosia miliaria

Xyphosia miliaria may have a body length of 5 to 8 mm and a…
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Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea

Deraeocoris flavilinea is a species which has rapidly…
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Common carder bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)

Common carder bumblebee

The only one of three all-ginger bumblebees to be a member of…
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Ten spot lady bird (Adalia decempunctata)

Ten spot lady bird (Adalia decempunctata)

A small and variable ladybird – which confusingly…
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Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terestris)

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terestris)

The Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terestris) or large earth…
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Myathropa florea

Myathropa florea

Myathropa florea has bold yellow and black markings and gets…
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Tapered drone fly (Eristalis pertinax)

Whilst similar to E. tenax, this species has a more tapering…
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Spotted Longhorn (Rutpela maculata)

Rutpela maculata is also commonly known as the…
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Polydrusus formosus

A bright metallic green weevil with round scales, a dark club…
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Closterotomus norwegicus

Closterotomus norwegicus belongs to the Miridae family and is…
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Aphidius colemani and its mummies

Aphidius colemani and its mummies

Aphidius colemani are small braconid wasps. Females lay eggs…
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Common Flesh Fly (Sarcophaga carnaria)

The Sarcophagidae are often known as Flesh Flies and can be…
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Plagiognathus arbustorum

This extremely common bug is found throughout the UK on a…
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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

The Small Copper is usually seen in ones and twos, but in some…
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