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| Insects |
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| This photo gallery depicts some of the range of insects we have found either at Eakring and Kersall or Sherwood Forest, but there is an increasing range of insects featured from other sites around Nottinghamshire. | ||
| Available species pages in this series | ||
| Key and general information to the list The list below provides links to all currently illustrated species. Insects are grouped by order e.g. True Bugs Hemiptera, followed by specific groups e.g. Shieldbugs, Squashbugs etc. Insect classification is often complicated, with many orders having sub-orders, families and sub-families etc. I have tried to restrict the use of these various sub-families wherever practically possible - using the basis that public interest in any of the species illustrated is far more likely to be borne out of simplicity. If people do become more interested in the insects featured, there are many specialised books and websites specifically featuring them. The object of these photos is to increase awareness of how vast an array of beautiful and unusual insects there are, other than butterflies and dragonflies. | ||
 Hoverflies Syrphidae
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| Bacchini | ||
| Baccha elongata | ||
| Melanostoma scalare | ||
| Platycheirus clypeatus | ||
| Syrphini | ||
| Chrysotoxum arcuatum | ||
| Chrysotoxum bicinctum | ||
| Chrysotoxum festivum | ||
| Dasysyrphus albostriatus | ||
| Dasysyrphus pinastri | ||
| Dasysyrphus tricinctus | ||
| Epistrophe elegans | ||
| Epistrophe grossulariae | ||
| Episyrphus balteatus | ||
| Eupeodes corollae | ||
| Eupeodes luniger | ||
| Leucozona glaucia | ||
| Leucozona lucorum | ||
| Melangyna umbellatarum | ||
| Meliscaeva auricollis | ||
| Scaeva pyrastri | ||
| Scaeva selenitica | ||
| Sphaerophoria scripta | ||
| Sphaerophoria sp (possibly male S. interrupta) | ||
| Syrphus ribesii | ||
| Syrphus vitripennis | ||
| Cheilosiini | ||
| Cheilosia grossa | ||
| Cheilosia illustrata | ||
| Ferdinandea cuprea | ||
| Rhingia campestris | ||
| Eristalini | ||
| Eristalis horticola | ||
| Eristalis interruptus | ||
| Eristalis intricarius | ||
| Eristalis pertinax | ||
| Eristalis tenax | ||
| Helophilus hybridus | ||
| Helophilus pendulus | ||
| Helophilus trivittatus | ||
| Parhelophilus frutetorum | ||
| Myathropa florea | ||
| Volucellini | ||
| Volucella bombylans | ||
| Volucella inanis | ||
| Volucella pellucens | ||
| Xylotini | ||
| Criorhina ranunculi | ||
| Syritta pipiens | ||
 True Flies Diptera
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| Bombylinus major Bee Fly | ||
| Panorpa cognata Scorpion Fly | ||
| Chrysops relictus | ||
Tipulidae
Crane Flies
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| Ctenophora pectinicornis | ||
| Tanyptera atrata | ||
| Conopidae Thick-headed Flies | ||
| Conops vesicularis | ||
| Conops quadrifasciatus | ||
| Conops flavipes | ||
| Physocephala rufipes | ||
| Sicus ferrugineus | ||
 Lacewings and Snake Flies Neuroptera
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| Chrysopa sp Green Lacewing | ||
| Phaeostigma notata | ||
| Xanthostigma xanthostigma | ||
 Bees, Wasps, Ants and others Hymenoptera
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| Sawflies | ||
| Cimbex femoratus Birch Sawfly | ||
| Trichiosoma lucorum | ||
| Honey and Bumble Bees | ||
| Apis mellifera Honey Bee | ||
| Bombus bohemicus | ||
| Bombus hortorum Garden Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus jonellus Heath Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus lapidarius Red-tailed Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus lucorum White-tailed Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus pascuorum Common Carder Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus hypnorum | ||
| Bombus pratorum Early Nesting Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus rupestris | ||
| Bombus terrestis Buff-tailed Bumble Bee | ||
| Bombus vestalis | ||
| Solitary Bees and Wasps | ||
| Ammophila pubescens | ||
| Andrena bicolor | ||
| Andrena cineraria | ||
| Andrena fulva Tawny Mining Bee | ||
| Andrena nigroaenea | ||
| Andrena haemorrhoa | ||
| Anthophora plumipes | ||
| Cerceris arenaria | ||
| Cerceris rybyensis | ||
| Chrysis ignita Ruby-tailed Wasp | ||
| Colletes sp | ||
| Crabro peltarius | ||
| Ectemnius continuus | ||
| Epeolus cruciger | ||
| Hylaeus signatus | ||
| Megachile willoughbiella | ||
| Nomada goodeniana Gooden's Nomad Bee | ||
| Nomada flava | ||
| Nomada rufipes | ||
| Osmia rufa Red Mason Bee | ||
| Philanthus triangulum Bee-killer Wasp | ||
| Sphecodes monilicornis | ||
| True Wasps | ||
| Vespa crabro Hornet | ||
| Dolichovespula media Median Wasp | ||
| Dolichovespula sylvestris Tree Wasp | ||
| Vespula vulgaris Common Wasp | ||
| Vespula germanica German Wasp | ||
| Vespula rufa Red Wasp | ||
| Ants | ||
| Formica fusca | ||
| Formica rufa Southern Wood Ant | ||
| Lasius alienus | ||
| Lasius flavus Yellow Meadow Ant | ||
| Lasius niger Black Garden Ant | ||
| Leptothorax acervorum | ||
| Myrmica rubra | ||
Earwigs Dermaptera 