| Identifying animals on our land |
| Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Flies |
| Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders | Other | 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 several others from late spring  Photographed and first ID 2nd June 2025 |
Great diving beetle - Dytiscus marginalis Common in Poultry pond and others from late spring  Photographed 17th August 2025 |
| Family: Endomychidae - Handsome fungus beetles (1 species) | |
| False Ladybird - Endomychus coccineus Found on decking  Photographed and first ID 10th August 2025 |
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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 (2 species) | |
| Common Staphylinus - Staphylinus dimidiaticornis Seen once in garden  Photographed and first ID 19th September 2025 |
Devil's coach horse - Ocypus olens On fence post by Yeti's Gate - seen once  Photographed and first ID 24th October 2024 |
| Family: Tenebrioidae - Darkling Beetles (1 species) | |
| Darkling beetle - Lagria hirita Seen once on vegetation in Swallow field  Photographed and first ID 29th June 2025 |
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