Kendall Bioresearch David A Kendall BSc PhD
Consulting Entomologist
KBS Insect Web Site 2 Birchdene Nailsea Bristol BS48 1QD UK
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General Insect Gallery - Contents

Class: Insecta
Order: (various)

A selection of insects belonging to various orders found in Britain and elsewhere (excluding moths, butterflies & beetles, which are illustrated on their own gallery pages - see links at the bottom of this page) . . . . . .

Page 1: Bugs
(Hemiptera)
  • Common Green Shield Bug or Stink-bug (Palomena prasina)
  • Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes)
  • Hawthorn Shield Bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
  • Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea)
  • Mirid Bug (Deraeocoris ruber)
  • Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
  • Squash Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Page 2: Flies
(Diptera)
  • Crane-fly (family Tipulidae)
  • Owl-midge or Moth-fly (family Psychodidae)
  • Hover-fly (Syrphus ribesii)
  • Hover-fly (Myiathropa florea)
  • Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
  • Hover-fly (Volucella zonaria)
  • Yellow Dung-fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
  • 'Greenbottle' Blow-fly (Lucilia species)
Page 3: Wasps, Ants & Bees
(Hymenoptera)
  • Wood Wasp or Horntail (Urocerus gigas)
  • German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
  • European Hornet (Vespa crabro)
  • Nest of a Social Wasp (Vespula sp.)
  • Nest of the Tree Wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris)
  • Brood cells of the Tree Wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris)
  • Yellow Garden Ant (Lasius flavus)
  • Nest mound of the Yellow Garden Ant (Lasius flavus)
  • Solitary Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
  • Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
  • White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
  • Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
  • Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
  • Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Page 4: Other Insects
  • Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) (Orthoptera)
  • Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria)* (Orthoptera)
  • Praying Mantid (family Mantidae)* (Dictyoptera)
  • Leaf Insect (Phyllium species)* (Phasmida)
  • Psocid, Booklouse or Dust Louse (Lepinotus species) (Psocoptera)
  • Broad-bodied Chaser or Darter Dragonfly (Libellula depressa) (Odonata)
  • Dobson-fly (Corydalus species)* (Neuroptera)
*not indigenous to Britain and Northern Europe
 
MORE ON BUGS
Order Hemiptera

<<< HERE >>>
MORE ON FLIES
Order Diptera

<<< HERE >>>
MORE ON WASPS ETC.
Order Hymenoptera

<<< HERE >>>
LINKS TO ALL
INSECT ORDERS

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