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Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata)

Clouded Magpie (Abraxas sylvata)

Streak (Chesias legatella) (1478)

November Moth (Epirrita dilutata)

Blood-vein (Timandra comae)

Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii)

Map-winged Swift (Korscheltellus fusconebulosa)

Heath Rustic (Xestia agathina)

Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)

Small Yellow Wave (Hydrelia flammeolaria)

Sloe Pug (Pasiphila chloerata) (1464)

Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria)

Four-spotted Footman (Lithosia quadra)

Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica)

Belted Beauty female (Lycia zonaria)

Bordered Pug (Eupithecia succenturiata)

Belted Beauty male (Lycia zonaria)

Blue-bordered Carpet (Plemyria rubiginata)

Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria)

Pinion-streaked Snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis) (1438)

Pinion-streaked Snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis) (1437)

Winter Moth female (Operophtera brumata)

Red Underwing (Catocala nupta)

Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)

Grass Emerald (Pseudoterpna pruinata)

Northern Winter Moth male (Operophtera fagata)

Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata)

Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata)

Golden-rod Pug (Eupithecia virgaureata) (1401)

Juniper Carpet (Thera juniperata)

Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)

Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha dominula)

Little Emerald (Jodis lactearia)

Oblique Carpet (Orthonama vittata)

Satin Wave (Idaea subsericeata)

Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)

Clouded Buff (Diacrisia sannio)

Chevron (Eulithis testata)

Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundana)

Northern Spinach (Eulithis populata)

Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria)

Mother Shipton (Euclidia mi)

Streak (Chesias legatella) (1370)

Golden-rod Pug (Eupithecia virgaureata) (1369)

Phoenix (Eulithis prunata)

Dark Spinach (Pelurga comitata)

Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus)

Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) (1361)

Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) (1360)

Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) (1358)

Four-dotted Footman (Cybosia mesomella)

Common Footman (Eilema lurideola)

Dingy Footman (Eilema griseola) (1355)

Scarce Footman (Eilema complana)

Large Emerald (Geometra papillionaria)

Round-winged Muslin (Thumatha senex)

September Thorn (Ennomos erosaria)

Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina)

Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)

Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria)

White Satin Moth (Leucoma salicis)

Sloe Pug (Pasiphila chloerata) (1330)

Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) (1329)

Small Fan-footed Wave (Idaea biselata) (1328)

Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)

Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua)

Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)

Scallop Shell (Hydria undulata)

Ochreous Pug (Eupithecia indigata)

Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata)

Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) banded form

Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) non-banded f. remutata

Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum)

Dingy Shell (Euchoeca nebulata)

Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)

Tawny-barred Angle (Macaria liturata)

Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata)

Seraphim (Lobophora halterata)

Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) (1292)

Larch Pug (Eupithecia lariciata)

Small Fan-foot (Herminia grisealis)

Yellow-tail (Euproctis similis)

White-spotted Pug (Eupithecia tripunctaria)

Mottled Beauty (Alcis repandata)

Yellow Shell (Camptogramma bilineata)

Grass Rivulet (Perizoma albulata)

Small Blood-vein (Scopula imitaria)

Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula)

Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis)

Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)

Blotched Emerald (Comibaena bajularia)

Plain Pug (Eupithecia simpliciata)

Bordered White (Bupalus piniaria)

Pine Carpet (Pennithera firmata)

July Highflyer (Hydriomena furcata)

Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli) female

Ghost Moth (Hepialus humuli) male

Small Rivulet (Perizoma alchemillata)

Lilac Beauty (Apeira syringaria)

Devon Carpet (Lampropteryx otregiata)

Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria

Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria)

Treble Bar (Aplocera plagiata)

V-Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata)

Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata)

Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)

Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)

Cream Wave (Scopula floslactata)

Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata)

Willow Beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)

Six-belted Clearwing (Bembecia ichneumoniformis)

Pale Tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)

Light Emerald (Campaea margaritaria)

Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata) (1211)

Freyer's Pug (Eupithecia intricata)

Common Marbled Carpet (Dysstroma truncata) (1210)

Clouded Border (Lomaspilis marginata)

Clay Triple-lines (Cyclophora linearia)

Buff Footman (Eilema depressa)

Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)

Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)

Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata) (1195)

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata) (1194)

Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata)

Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)

May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)

Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria)

Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lutea)

Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)

Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)

Currant Pug (Eupithecia assimilata)

Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata)

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia f. carbonaria)

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)

Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)

Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica)

Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria)

Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designate)

Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)

Waved Umber (Menophra abruptaria)

Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)

White-pinion Spotted (Lomographa bimaculata)

Spruce Carpet (Thera Britannica)

Grey Birch (Aethalura punctulata)

Brindled Beauty (Lycia hirtaria)

Water Carpet (Lampropteryx suffumata)

Netted Pug (Eupithecia venosata)

Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata)

Streamer (Anticlea derivata)

Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)

Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias)

Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata)

Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) (1131)

Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata)

Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) (1128)

Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)

Shoulder Stripe (Earophila badiata)

Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)

Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)

Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

Early Moth (Theria primaria)

Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)

Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)

Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria)

Oak Beauty (Biston strataria)

Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)

March Moth (Alsophila aescularia)

Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix)

Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria)

December Moth (Poecilocampa populi)

Scarce Umber (Agriopis aurantiaria)

Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Mottled Umber (Erannis defoliaria)

The Tissue (Triphosa dubitata)

Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) (1084)

Spring Usher (Agriopis leucophaearia)

Silver Hook (Lithacodia uncula)

Figure of Eighty (Tethea ocularis)

Hoverfly (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)

Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) (424)

Common Ground-hopper (Tetrix undulata)

Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) (423)

Blue-tailed Damselfy (Ischnura elegans)

Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) (420)

Barred Yellow (Cidaria fulvata)

Sulphur Knapweed Moth (Agapeta zoegana)

Twenty-Plume Moth (Alucita hexadactyla)

Lime Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae)

Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) (409)

Lunar Hornet Moth (Sesia bembeciformis)

Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) (407)

Dark Arches (Apamea monoglypha) (406)

Small Angle Shades (Euplexia lucipara)

Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)

Middle-barred Minor (Oligia fasciuncula)

Couded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)

Clouded-bordered Brindle (Apamea crenata)

Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) (400)

Poplar Hawk-moth (Laothoe populi) (399)

Double Lobed (Apamea ophiogramma)

Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) (397)

Archer's Dart (Agrotis vestigialis)

Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Antler Moth (Cerapteryx graminis)

Angle-striped Sallow (Enargia paleacea)

Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) (388)

Alder Moth (Acronicta alni)

Common Flat-body (Agonopterix heracliana)

Brindled Flat-body (Agonopterix arenella)

Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)

Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)

Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)

Golden-ringed Dragonfly (Cordulegaster boltonii)

Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) (378)

Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)

Common Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Green-veined White (Pieris napi) (374)

Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) (372)

Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)

Water Ladybird (Anisosticta novemdecimpunctata)

Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)

Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) (360)

Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)

Sawfly (Croesus septentrionalis)

Median Wasp (Dolichovespula media) (268)

Thistle Tortoise Beetle (Cassida rubiginosa)

Median Wasp (Dolichovespula media) (267)

Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctuata)

Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica)

Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quattuordecimguttata) (263)

Striped Oak Bug (Calocoris quadripunctatus)

Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brasicae)

Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) (260)

Buff Ermine (Spilarctia luteum)

Brick (Agrochola circellaris) (257)

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) (258)

Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis)

True Bug (Anthocoris nemorum)

Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) (253)

Ground Beetle (Amara plebeja)

Click-beetle (Adrastus pallens)

Ten-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata)

Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)

Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) (236)

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

A Hoverfly (Rhingia campestris)

Oak Eggar (Lasiocampa quercus) (227)

Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)

Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi)

Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) (218)

Firethorn Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella) (217)

Beech Lighthouse Gall (Hartigiola annulipes)

Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io) (214)

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata faunus) (209)

Large Skipper (Ochlodes venata faunus) (207)

Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)

Grayling (Hipparchia semele)

Lesser Silver Water Beetle egg Cocoon (Hydrochara caraboides)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) (193)

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) (192)

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) (186)

Green-Veined White (Pieris napi) (185)

Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)

Large Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) (175)

Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) (173)

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) (167)

Blood-vein (Timandra griseata)

Black Tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)

Six-spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)

Silk Button Gall (Neuroterus numismalis)

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) (142)

Marble Gall (Andricus kollari)

Diplolepis spinosissimae galls

Giant Tachinid Fly (Tachina grossa) (139)

Giant Tachinid Fly (Tachina grossa) (138)

Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglias urticae)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

Knopper Gall Wasp (Andricus quercuscalicis)

Rose Bedeguar Wasp (Diplolepis rosae)

Picture-wing Fly (Urophora cardui)

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) (100)

Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) (85)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) (86)

Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)

Buff-tip Moth (Phalera bucephala)

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) (72)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) (68)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) (67)

Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) (66)

7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

A Soldier Fly (Oxycera rara)

Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) (63)

Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) (62)

Bean Galls (Pontania proxima)

Oak Apple Gall (Biorhiza pallida)

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) (53)

The Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae)

Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena lonicerae)

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Author: Shane Farrell

Posted on: Thursday 20 April 2023

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Albums: Invertebrates

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