Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) | Local Species Gallery

An adult - the favourite food of Horseshoe Bats

Vine's Rustic Hoplodrina ambigua

Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata)

Clouded Magpie (Abraxas sylvata)

Acleris literana (Lichen Beauty)

Acleris bergmanniana (Yellow Rose Button)

Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix (Pandemis corylana)

Esperia sulphurella (Sulphur Tubic)

Deep-brown Dart (Aporophyla lutulenta)

Streak (Chesias legatella) (1478)

November Moth (Epirrita dilutata)

White-line Dart (Euxoa tritici)

Grey Dagger (Acronicta psi) male - determination by dissection

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)

Blood-vein (Timandra comae)

Oleander Hawk-moth (Daphnis nerii)

Map-winged Swift (Korscheltellus fusconebulosa)

Heath Rustic (Xestia agathina)

Olive (Ipimorpha subtusa)

Sycamore (Acronicta aceris)

Dark Dagger (Acronicta tridens)

Grey Pug (Eupithecia subfuscata)

Small Yellow Wave (Hydrelia flammeolaria)

Shore Wainscot (Mythimna litoralis)

Pale Pinion (Lithophane socia)

Mottled Grey (Colostygia multistrigaria)

Four-spotted Footman (Lithosia quadra)

Grey Chi (Antitype chi)

Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica)

Crescent (Helotropha leucostigma)

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)

Merveille du Jour (Griposia aprilina)

Orange Sallow (Tiliacea citrago)

Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)

Red Underwing (Catocala nupta)

Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)

Grass Emerald (Pseudoterpna pruinata)

Northern Winter Moth male (Operophtera fagata)

Red-line Quaker (Agrochola lota)

Yellow-line Quaker (Agrochola macilenta)

Feathered Ranunculus (Polymixis lichenea)

Black Rustic (Aporophyla nigra)

Brindled Green (Dryobotodes eremita) (1424)

Blair's Shoulder-knot (Lithophane leautieri)

Brick (Agrochola circellaris) (1421)

Beaded Chestnut (Agrochola lychnidis)

Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala)

Centre-barred Sallow (Atethmia centrago)

Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) (1417)

Lunar Underwing (Omphaloscelis lunosa) (1416)

Dusky-lemon Sallow (Cirrhia gilvago)

Pink-barred Sallow (Xanthia togata)

Barred Sallow (Tiliacea aurago)

Marbled Beauty (Bryophila domestica)

Magpie Moth (Abraxas grossulariata)

Large Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe quadrifasiata)

Dotted Clay (Xestia baja)

Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina) (1402)

Golden-rod Pug (Eupithecia virgaureata) (1401)

Juniper Carpet (Thera juniperata)

Convolvulus Hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli)

Clouded Brindle (Apamea epomidion)

Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)

Old Lady (Mormo maura)

Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)

Puss Moth (Cerura vinula)

Scarlet Tiger (Callimorpha dominula)

Little Emerald (Jodis lactearia)

Oblique Carpet (Orthonama vittata)

Satin Wave (Idaea subsericeata)

Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina)

Small Rufous (Coenobia rufa)

Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua)

Bordered Sallow (Pyrrhia umbra)

Clouded Buff (Diacrisia sannio)

Chevron (Eulithis testata)

Southern Wainscot (Mythimna staminea)

Large Wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa)

Muslin Footman (Nudaria mundana)

Northern Spinach (Eulithis populata)

Clay (Mythimna ferrago)

Dingy Shears (Apterogenum ypsillon)

Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) (1377)

Cloaked Minor (Mesoligia furuncula) (1376)

Flounced Rustic (Luperina testacea) (1374)

Dusky Thorn (Ennomos fuscantaria)

Feathered Gothic (Tholera decimalis)

Mother Shipton (Euclidia mi)

Streak (Chesias legatella) (1370)

Golden-rod Pug (Eupithecia virgaureata) (1369)

Phoenix (Eulithis prunata)

Purple Clay (Diarsia brunnea)

Dark Spinach (Pelurga comitata)

Brown-line Bright-eye (Mythimna conigera)

Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) (1364)

Small Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila porcellus)

Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) (1363)

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)

Six-striped Rustic (Xestia sexstrigata)

Square-spot Rustic (Xestia xanthographa)

Uncertain (Hoplodrina octogenaria)

Scarce Footman (Eilema complana)

Large Emerald (Geometra papillionaria)

Round-winged Muslin (Thumatha senex)

September Thorn (Ennomos erosaria)

Triple-spotted Clay (Xestia ditrapezium)

Mouse Moth (Amphipyra tragopoginis)

Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) (1345)

Burnished Brass (Diachrysia chrysitis) (1344)

Poplar Kitten (Furcula bifida)

Orange Swift (Hepialus sylvina)

Broad-barred White (Hecatera bicolorata)

Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae) (1339)

Bulrush Wainscot (Nonagria typhae) (1338)

Common Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)

Barred Red (Hylaea fasciaria)

Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua janthe)

Least Yellow Underwing (Noctua interjecta)

Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) (1333)

Lesser Yellow Underwing (Noctua comes) (1332)

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)

Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) (1326)

Scalloped Hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria)

Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua)

Straw Dot (Rivula sericealis)

Scallop Shell (Hydria undulata)

Pale-shouldered Brocade (Lacanobia thalassina)

Nutmeg (Anarta trifolii)

Ochreous Pug (Eupithecia indigata)

Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata)

Riband Wave (Idaea aversata) banded form

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

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata) (1315)

Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing (Noctua fimbriata) (1314)

Dot Moth (Melanchra persicariae)

Brown Rustic (Rusina ferruginea)

Mottled Rustic (Caradrina morpheus)

Blackneck (Lygephila pastinum)

Dingy Shell (Euchoeca nebulata)

Common Lutestring (Ochropacha duplaris)

Obscure Wainscot (Leucania obsoleta)

Shears (Hada plebeja)

Small Ranunculus (Hecatera dysodea)

Beautiful Yellow Underwing (Anarta myrtilli)

Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) female

Emperor Moth (Pavonia pavonia) male

Wormwood Pug (Eupithecia absinthiata)

True Lover's Knot (Lycophotia porphyrea)

Treble Lines (Charanyca trigrammica)

Tawny-barred Angle (Macaria liturata)

Smoky Wainscot (Mythimna impura)

Small Dusty Wave (Idaea seriata)

Seraphim (Lobophora halterata)

Shoulder-striped Wainscot (Leucania comma)

Ruby Tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) (1292)

Poplar Grey (Subacronicta megacephala)

Plain Golden Y (Autographa jota)

Pearly Underwing (Peridroma saucia)

Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) (1288)

Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba) (1287)

Larch Pug (Eupithecia lariciata)

Peach Blossom (Thyatira batis)

Scarce Silver-lines (Bena bicolorana)

Small Clouded Brindle (Apamea unanimis)

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)

Miller (Acronicta leporina)

Beautiful Golden Y (Autographa pulchrina)

Silver Y (Autrographa gamma) (1273)

Silver Y (Autrographa gamma) (1272)

Beautiful Hook-tip (Laspeyria flexula)

Double Square-spot (Xestia triangulum)

Campion (Sideridis rivularis)

Dog's Tooth (Lacanobia suasa)

Brown-spot Pinion (Agrochola litura)

Dusky Brocade (Apamea remissa)

Fan-foot (Herminia tarsipennalis)

Bird's Wing (Dypterygia scabriuscula)

Gold Spot (Plusia festucae)

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)

Small Yellow Underwing (Panemeria tenebrata)

Coxcomb Prominent (Ptilodon capucina)

Lilac Beauty (Apeira syringaria)

Devon Carpet (Lampropteryx otregiata)

Pebble Hook-tip (Drepana falcataria)

Currant Clearwing (Synanthedon tipuliformis)

Slender Brindle (Apamea scolopacina)

Swallow Prominent (Pheosia tremula)

Pebble Prominent (Notodonta ziczac)

Canary-shouldered Thorn (Ennomos alniaria

Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria) (1239)

Oak Hook-tip (Watsonalla binaria) (1238)

Small Square-spot (Diarsia rubi)

Sallow Kitten (Furcula furcula)

Scorched Wing (Plagodis dolabraria)

Treble Bar (Aplocera plagiata)

V-Pug (Chloroclystis v-ata)

Rivulet (Perizoma affinitata)

Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata)

Ingrailed Clay (Diarsia mendica)

Flame (Axylia putris)

Lychnis (Hadena bicruris)

Dark Spectacle (Abrostola triplasia)

Chocolate-tip (Clostera curtula)

Alder Kitten (Furcula bicuspis)

Lime-speck Pug (Eupithecia centaureata)

Cream Wave (Scopula floslactata)

Grey Pine Carpet (Thera obeliscata)

Chinese Character (Cilix glaucata)

Shark (Cucullia umbratica)

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)

Green Silver-lines (Pseudoips prasinana)

Gothic (Naenia typica)

Green Arches (Anaplectoides prasina)

Feathered Thorn (Colotois pennaria)

Grey Arches (Polia nebulosa)

Buff-tip (Phalera bucephala) (1199)

Common Wave (Cabera exanthemata)

Common White Wave (Cabera pusaria)

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata) (1195)

Broken-barred Carpet (Electrophaes corylata) (1194)

Dark Sword-grass (Agrotis ipsilon)

Pale Mottled Willow (Caradrina clavipalpis)

Mullein (Cocullia verbasci)

Yellow-barred Brindle (Acasis viretata)

Foxglove Pug (Eupithecia pulchellata)

May Highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)

Scalloped Oak (Crocallis elinguaria)

Turnip Moth (Agrotis segetum)

Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)

Cabbage Moth (Mamestra brassicae)

Buff Ermine (Spilosoma lutea)

Mottled Pug (Eupithecia exiguata)

Scalloped Hazel (Odontopera bidentata)

Currant Pug (Eupithecia assimilata)

Sandy Carpet (Perizoma flavofasciata)

Common Swift (Hepialus lupulina)

Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) (1176)

Shuttle-shaped Dart (Agrotis puta) (1175)

Heart and Dart (Agrotis exclamationis)

Pale Prominent (Pterostoma palpina)

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia f. carbonaria)

Peppered Moth (Biston betularia)

Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet (Xanthorhoe ferrugata)

Swallow-tailed Moth (Ourapteryx sambucaria)

Flame Shoulder (Ochropleura plecta)

Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica)

Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma)

Iron Prominent (Notodonta dromedarius)

Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria)

Flame Carpet (Xanthorhoe designate)

Rustic Shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)

Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)

Setaceous Hebrew Character (Xestia c-nigrum)

Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis)

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)

Powdered Quaker (Orthosia gracilis)

Bright-line Brown-eye (Lacanobia oleracea)

Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata)

Streamer (Anticlea derivata)

Green Carpet (Colostygia pectinataria)

Orange Underwing (Archiearis parthenias)

Brown House-moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella)

Early Tooth-striped (Trichopteryx carpinata)

Yellow Horned (Achlya flavicornis)

Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) female

Bee Moth (Aphomia sociella) male

March Tubic (Diurnea fagella) (1138)

March Tubic (Diurnea fagella) (1137)

White-shouldered House-moth (Endrosis sarcitrella)

Winter Shade (Tortricodes alternella)

Red Chestnut (Cerastis rubricosa)

Grey Shoulder-knot (Lithophane ornitopus)

Common Pug (Eupithecia vulgata)

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) (1131)

Oak-tree Pug (Eupithecia dodoneata)

Tawny Pinion (Lithophane semibrunnea)

Pale Brindled Beauty (Phigalia pilosaria) (1128)

Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)

Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis)

Shoulder Stripe (Earophila badiata)

Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)

Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)

Garden Carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata)

Pine Beauty (Panolis flammea)

Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)

Early Moth (Theria primaria)

Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)

Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata)

Buff Arches (Habrosyne pyritoides)

Early Thorn (Selenia dentaria)

Twin-spotted Quaker (Anorthoa munda)

Small Quaker (Orthosia cruda) (1113)

Oak Beauty (Biston strataria)

Oak Nycteoline (Nycteola revayana)

Red-green Carpet (Chloroclysta siterata)

March Moth (Alsophila aescularia)

Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) male

Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) female

Common Plume (Emmelina monodactyla)

Beautiful Plume (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla)

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)

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Red-necked Footman (Atolmis rubricollis)

Male Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

Juniper Shieldbug (Elasmostethus tristriatus)

Light Arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)

Double Lobed (Apamea ophiogramma)

Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)

Common or Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara) (373)

Eyed Hawk-moth (Smerinthus ocellata) (360)

Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)

Scarlet Tiger (

Garden Tiger (Arctia caja) (336)

Cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae)

Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)

Pinion Streaked Snout (

(Lonchoptera bifurcata)

(Merodon equestris)

Hawthorn Beetle (Lochmaea crataegi)

Variable Centipede (Lithobius variegatus)

Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata)

Hedge Accentor (Prunella modularis)

Hawthorn Shieldbug (

Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)

Orange Ladybird (Halyzia 16-guttata) (294)

Long-horn Beetle (Grammoptera ruficornis)

Common Earwig (Forficula auricularia)

Common Earwing (Forficula auricularia)

Bacon Beetle (Dermestes lardarius)

Garden Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus) (255)

Lace webbed spider (Amaurobius similis)

Ground Beetle (Amara plebeja)

Common Toad (Bufo bufo)

Coot (Fulica atra) (232)

Common or Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara) (220)

Elephant Hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor)

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) (192)

Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) (142)

Common Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) (100)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) (85)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) (86)

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Common Frog (Rana temporaria) (81)

Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)

Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) (72)

Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)

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)

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) pair

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) (60)

Smooth Newt (Triturus vulgaris) (59)

Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) (57)

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) (53)

Common Spotted Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)

Common or Viviparous Lizard (Lacerta vivipara) (51)

Common Frog (Rana temporaria) (48)

Common Frog (Rana temporaria) (47)

Black Slug (Arion ater)

The Black Slug (Arion ater)

The Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae)

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

Information

Author: Terry Smith

Posted on: Thursday 20 April 2023

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Albums: Invertebrates

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