Insects & Invertebrates

Broad Bodied Chaser Dragonfly (Libellua depresa) Male. Surrey, England.

Marsh Fritillary Butterfly (Eurodryas aurinia)

Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) Wetland Centre, Barnes, London

Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum) Devon, England

Painted Lady Buterfly (Cynthia cardui) Devon, England

Mating Flies

Fairy Shrimp: Triops cancriformis

Triops cancriformis - darkfield lighting

Larvae of Horse Chestnut leaf miner moth

Tropical butterfly: Charaxes sp.

Common Blue butterflies mating

Golden-Ringed Dragonfly: close-up of head

Flies on, and flying towards cow's face

Common Blue Butterfly: Polyommatus icarus

Golden Ringed Dragonfly: Cordulegaster boltonii

Longhorn Beetle: Strangalia maculata

Oleander Hawkmoths: Daphnis nerii. Mating

Blue Morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides)

Festoon Butterfly

Fossil Dragonfly larva: Libellula doris.

Golden Ringed Dragonfly: Cordulegaster boltonii

Lightning Whelk, Florida, USA

Lyme Disease caused by tick bite. Dartmoor, England

Minibeast Hotel, garden of nature reserve, Kent, England

Pine Hawk Moth (C)

Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) butterfly - bred for photography

Everglades Tree Snail, Everglades, Florida

Heliconius hecale

Caterpillar of Atlas Moth

Medicinal Leech: Hirudo medicinalis

Praying Mantis: Empusa pennata

Caterpillar of Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on Milkweed

Yellow Tailed Scorpion: Euscorpius flavicaudis. Provence, France

Sheep Tick: Ixodes ricinus

Tiger Longwing: Heliconius hecale, on Madagascar Periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)

Bed Bug

Blue Morpho butterflies

Male Emperor Moth, showing antennae used to detect pheromone scent of female

Festoon Butterfly

Stag Beetle

Birch Leaf Miner

Velvet Worm (Peripatus)

False Widow Spider

False Black Widow spider, Sussex England

Pacific Sea Nettle Jellyfish, Vancouver Aquarium.

Aysheaia sp.
