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Rustic Sailor Beetle

2 Spot Ladybird

Lots of colour variations. Feeds on aphids.

Brimstone butterfly

Brimstone butterflies are often the first butterflies to emerge in spring and can be found in a variety of habitats including grassland and scrub. They are also very long lived butterflies and remain active until October.

Meadow brown butterfly

Meadow brown butterflies can be seen between June and September, mainly in grassy areas. They can often be seen feeding on the flowers of brambles and are one of the few butterflies that will fly when it’s cloudy, along with

Peacock butterfly

The peacock butterfly is a common species that is found mainly in scrubland and along hedgerows between March and October.The striking red colour and eye spots makes the adults easily recognisable. The caterpillars are black and feed mainly on nettles.

Large skipper butterfly

Large skipper butterflies are active during the summer months and can be found mainly in grassy areas.

Wasp Beetle

Adults mimic wasps. Larvae feed on dead wood.

7 Spot Ladybird

Most common ladybird, feeds on aphids, hibernates over winter.

Malachite Beetle

Metallic

14 Spot Ladybird

Eat aphids

Common Red Soldier Beetle

Usually seen on the flowers of cow parsley and other umbelifer flowers.

Common Earwig

White-Tailed Bumble Bee

Early Bumble Bee

Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee

Large Red Tailed Bumble Bee

Red-tailed_bumblebee_(Bombus_lapidarius) Charlesjsharp

Common Carder Bee

Robin’s Pin Cushion Gall/Bedeguar Gall Wasp

Robin's pincushion gall Diplolepis-rosae Warden

This tiny wasp causes hairy galls to form on the stems of dog roses.

Common Wasp

Roesels Bush-Cricket

Its range has been steadily expanding north due to the warmer summers associated with climate change.

Dock Bug

Marmalade Hoverfly

Hawthorn Shield Bugs

Hawthorn_shield_bug_(Acanthosoma_haemorrhoidale) Charlesjsharp

Common Green Shield Bugs

Green_shield_bug_(Palomena_prasina) Charlesjsharp

Pollen beetles

Particularly attracted to yellow.

Violet ground beetles

Violet ground beetle Carabus_violaceus Monika Betley

Gives off a vile smelling fluid when threatened.

Aphid

Are able to reproduce without mating, producing clones of themselves.

Longhorn Beetle

Ringlet butterfly

Ringlet butterflies can be seen between June and August, mainly in grassy areas. They can often be seen feeding on the flowers of brambles and are one of the few butterflies that will fly when it’s cloudy.

Common blue butterfly

Common blue butterflies tend to live in grassy habitats and are most active in the summer. Only the males are blue with the females being a dull brown colour.

Holly blue

Speckled Wood

Green veined white

Small white

Comma

Red admiral

Red admiral butterflies are usually seen in summer and live in a variety of habitats where there are plenty of nectar sources, such as Buddleias and nettles.