Identifying animals on our land |
Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Crustaceans | Flies |
Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders | Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Mammals |
Beetles - 4131 UK species Seen and ID-ed: 15 |
Family: Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles (3 species) | |
Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva Very common ![]() Photographed and first ID 15th July 2024 |
Rustic Sailor Beetle - Cantharis rustica Seen once so far ![]() Photographed and first ID 4th June 2025 |
Soldier Beetle - Cantharis flavilabris Seen occassionally ![]() Photographed and first ID 15th June 2025 |
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Family: Cerambycidae - Longhorn Beetles (2 species) | |
Black and Yellow Longhorn - Rutpela maculata Seen once in Gathering area by bottom fence ![]() Photographed and first ID 22nd July 2024 |
Wasp Beetle - Clytus arietis Seen once in 4-Fruit tree area ![]() Photographed and first ID 22nd July 2024 |
Family: Chrysomelidae - Leaf Beetles (3 species) | |
Alder Bettle - Agelastica alni Seen a few times on young alders in garden ![]() Photographed and first ID 27th April 2025 |
Thistle Tortoise Bettle - Cassida rubiginosa Seen once in Garden by pump house ![]() Photographed and first ID 26th August 2024 |
Willow Flea Bettle - Crepidodera aurata Seen once bottom of Oak feld ![]() Photographed and first ID 16th June 2025 |
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Family: Coccinellidae - Ladybirds (2 species) | |
7-spot Ladyburd - Coccinella septempunctata See a few individuals in garden and round land ![]() Photographed and first ID 26th August 2024 |
14-spot Ladyburd - Propylea quattuordecimpunctata Seen very rarely, a pale version in June 25 ![]() Photographed and first ID 20th September 2024 |
Family: Curculionidae - True Weevils (2 species) | |
Weevil - Cionus tuberculosus Seen occasionally ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th August 2024 |
Dark Vine Weevil - Otiorhynchus sulcatus Seen a lot in strawberry bed ![]() Photographed and first ID 17th June 2025 |
Family: Dytiscidae - Diving beetles (1 species) | |
Great diving beetle (larva) - Dytiscus marginalis Common in Poultry pond and others from late spring ![]() Photographed and first ID 2nd June 2023 |
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Family: Geotrupidae - Dor beetles (1 species) | |
Dor Beetle - Melolontha melolontha Caught in moth trap ![]() Photographed and first ID 30th August 2024 |
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Family: Gyrindae - Whirligig beetles (1 species) | |
Whirligig Beetle - Gyrinus substriatus On most ponds from late spring 2024 ![]() Photographed and first ID 13th June 2025 |
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Family: Helophoridae - Helophorod Water Beetles (1 species) | |
Helophoris aequalis (best guess) First beetle to colonise ponds, very common ![]() Photographed and first ID 23rd May 2025 |
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Family: Pyrochroidae - Cardinal Beetles (1 species) | |
Pyrochroa serraticornis Several seen in Yeti's gate area ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th May 2025 |
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Family: Scarbacacidae - Scarab beetles (1 species) | |
Cockchafer (May Bug) - Melolontha melolontha A few seen in May each year ![]() Photographed and first ID 22nd May 2024 |
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Family: Silphidae - Carrion or Burying (Sexton) Beetles (2 species) | |
Nicrophorus investigator Caught in moth trap ![]() Photographed and first ID 30th August 2024 |
Black Sexton Beetle - Nicrophorus humator Found several at bottom of dog dustbin ![]() Photographed and first ID 30th July 2024 |
Family: Staphylinidae - Rove Beetles (1 species) | |
Devil's coach horse - Ocypus olens On fence post by Yeti's Gate - seen once ![]() Photographed and first ID 24th October 2024 |
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Family: Tenebrioidae - Darkling Beetles (1 species) | |
Darkling beetle - Lagria hirita Seen once on vegetation in Swallow field ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th June 2025 |