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| Walthamstow Marshes: Insects | |||
CHECKLIST OF INSECTS ON WALTHAMSTOW MARSHES | |||
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This insect checklist is by no means complete, but it will give both the casual observer and the dedicated naturalist a starting point on Walthamstow Marshes in Entomology.  Ants harvesting some kind of black bug. (4/June/2012) | |||
| I. Hemiptera: The True Bugs. | |||
| Land bug | Chrosoma schillingi | ||
| Marsh damsel bug | Nabicula limbata (Dolichonabis limbatus) | ||
| Spurge bug | Dicranocephalus medius | ||
| Leaf bug | Amblytylus nasutus | ||
| Leaf bug | Psallus varians | ||
| Leaf bug | Halticus apterus | ||
| Back swimmer | Notonecta glauca | ||
| Common pond skater | Gerris lacustris | ||
| Water scorpion | Nepa cinerea | ||
| Plant hopper | Philaenus spumarius | ||
| Plant hopper | Macropsis scutellata | ||
| Plant hopper | Thamnotettis confinis | ||
| Parent bug | Elasmucha grisea | ||
| Pied shield bug | Sehirus bicolor | ||
| II. Odonata: Dragonflies and Damselflies. | |||
| Emperor dragonfly | Anax imperator | ||
| Brown hawker | Aeshna grandis | ||
| Common blue damselfly | Enallagma cyathigerum | ||
| Blue-tailed damselfly | Ischnura elegans | ||
| Azure damselfly | Coenagrion puella | ||
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| III. Coleoptera: Beetles. | |||
| Two-spot ladybird | Adalia bipunctata | ||
| Seven-spot ladybird | Coccinella septempunctata | ||
22-spot ladybird  | Theu vigintiduopunctata | ||
Soldier beetle  | Rhagonycha fulva | ||
| Mealworm beetle | Tenebrio molitor | ||
| Mealworm beetle | Oeddemera nobilis | ||
| Mealworm beetle | Gnaptor spininanus * | ||
| Whirlygig beetle | Gyrinus natator | ||
| Diving beetle | Dytiscus marginalis | ||
| Weevil | Otiorhynchus clavipes | ||
| Tortoise beetle | Cassida virdis | ||
| Common cockchafer | Melolontha melolontha | ||
| Garden chafer | Phyllopertha horticola | ||
| Devils coachhorse | Ocypus olens | ||
| Devils coachhorse | Byrrhus pilula | ||
| Flea beetle | Phyllotreta nemorum | ||
| IV. Oprthoptera: Grasshoppers, Crickets and Cockroaches. | |||
| Common cockroach | Blatta orientalis | ||
| Roesel's bush-cricket | Metrioptera roeseli | ||
| Meadow grasshopper | Chorthippus parallelus | ||
| Mottled grasshopper | Myrmeleotettix maculatus | ||
| V. Dermaptera: Earwigs. | |||
| Forficula auricularia | |||
| Forficula lesnei | |||
| VI. Ephemeroptera: Mayflies. | |||
| Caenis macura | |||
| Ephemerella ignita | |||
| Leptophlebia vespertina | |||
| VII. Diptera: True Flies. | |||
| Crane-fly | Tipula maxima | ||
| Crane-fly | Chironomus annularis | ||
| Crane-fly | Chironomus tentans * | ||
| Mosquito |  | Culex pipiens | |
| Horse-fly | Tabanus bromius | ||
| Hover-fly | Syrphus ribesii | ||
| Hover-fly | Volucella inanis | ||
| Hover-fly | Volucella zonaria | ||
| Hover-fly | Sericomyia borealis | ||
| Hover-fly | Baccha elongata | ||
| Metallic fly | Sciapus platypterus | ||
| Blow-fly | Calliphora vomitoria | ||
| Blow-fly | Protocalliphora azurea | ||
| VIII. Neuroptera:Lacewings,Alderflies and Snake Flies. | |||
| Lacewing | Chrysopa septempunctata | ||
| Giant lacewing | Chrysopa flava * | ||
| Alderfly | Raphidia notata | ||
| IX. Trichoptera: Caddis Flies. | |||
| Philopotamus montanus | |||
| Limnephilus lunatus | |||
| Hydropsyche ornatula | |||
| Hydroptila sparsa | |||
| Molanna angustata | |||
| X. Hymenoptera: Bees, Wasps, Ants. | |||
| Common Wasp | Vespula vulgaris | ||
| Tree Wasp | Dolichovespula sylvestris | ||
| German Wasp | Vespula germanica | ||
| Cuckoo Wasp | Vespula austriaca | ||
| Digger Wasp | Pemphredon lugubris | ||
| Hornet | Vespa crabro | ||
| Honey Bee | Apis mellifera | ||
| Buff-tailed Bumble Bee | Bombus terrestris | ||
| Bumble Bee | Bombus pascuorum (agrorum) | ||
| Bumble Bee | Bombus lucorum | ||
| Cuckoo Bee | Psithyrus rupestris | ||
| Cuckoo Bee | Psithyrus vestalis | ||
| Ichneumon Fly | Netelea testacea * | ||
| Ichneumon Fly | Rhyssa persuasoria | ||
| Ant | Formica rufa | ||
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