Naturezones Wildlife Education Trust
Isle of Wight
Land of Little Things
Just a few of the numerous creatures that inhabit the
English meadow, photographed and filmed by Naturezones
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BEETLES
 Soldier Beetle 9-13mm |
 Oedemera nobilis 8-10mm |
 7-spot Ladybird 5-8mm |
 Wasp Beetle 7-15mm |
 Chrysolina banksi 6-12mm |
 Rutpela maculata 15-20mm |
 Lily Beetle 6-8mm |
 Strangalia melanura 6-10mm |
 Liophloeus tessulatus 10-13mm |
 Paederus littoralis 7-9mm |
 Rhagonycha fulva 7-10mm |
 Cockchafer 20-30mm |
 Athous bicolor 8-10mm |
 Vine Weevil 8-12mm |
 Harlequin Ladybird 7-8mm |
 Pollen Beetles 2-3mm |
 Loricera pilicornis 6-9mm |
 Silpha tristis 13-17mm |
 Ceutorhynchus alliariae 3-5mm |
 Mealworm Beetle 10-15mm |
 Cantharis rustica 11-14mm |
BUGS
 Sloe Bug 10-12mm |
 Green Shield Bug 12-14mm |
 Green Shield Bug nymph 5-8mm |
 Common Green Capsid 7mm |
 Dock Bug 12-15mm |
 Cercopis vulnerata 9-11mm |
 Bronze Shield Bug 5-8mm |
 Meadow Plant Bug 7-10mm |
 Common Froghopper 5-7mm |
 Marsh Damsel Bug 7-9mm |
 Deraeocoris ruber 6-8mm |
 Corizus hyoscyami 9-12mm |
 Pond Skater 8-10mm |
 Stenotus binotatus 6-7mm |
 Vernal Shield Bug (first ever IW sighting) 9-10mm |
 Oncotylus viridiflavus 5-6mm |
 Eupteryx melissae 3mm |
 Cicadella viridis 6-8mm |
 Liocoris tripustulatus 4-5mm |
 Harpocera thoracica 5-7mm |
 Hawthorn Shield Bug 9-10mm |
 Tree Damsel Bug 8-12mm |
 Gorse Shieldbug 10-13mm |
 Issus coleoptratus 8-9mm |
FLIES and LACEWINGS
 Bee-fly 10-12mm |
 Dung-fly 10mm |
 Flesh-fly 10-15mm |
 Spotted Crane-fly 15-20mm |
 Snipe-fly 10-12mm |
 Ptychoptera contaminata 9-11mm |
 Greenbottle 8-10mm |
 Unidentified - |
 St Mark's-fly 10-15mm |
 Scorpion Fly (Order Mecoptera) 10-15mm |
 Lacewing: Chrysopa pallens 15-20mm |
 Lacewing: Chrysopa perla 14-16mm |
 Chloromyia formosa 9mm |
 Nowickia ferox 10-12mm |
 Poecilobothrus nobilitatus 4-9mm |
HOVERFLIES
 Episyrphus balteatus 10-15mm |
 Episyrphus balteatus - |
 Leucozona lucorum 12-15mm |
 Platycheirus sp. 8-9mm |
 Chrysotoxum bicinctum 9-12mm |
 Eristalis pertinax 11-17mm |
 Xanthogramma pedissequum 10mm |
 Helophilus pendulus 12mm |
 Volucella zonaria 15-20mm |
 Sphaerophoria Scripta 10-12mm |
 Scaeva pyrastri 9-12mm |
 Helophilus trivittatus 11-17mm |
 Topidia scita 4-6mm |
 Chrysogaster solstitialis 6-9mm |
 Rhingia campestris 11-13mm |
 Helophilus pendulus 11-13mm |
 Volucella pellucens 14-16mm |
 Myatheropa florae 10-15mm |
 Syrphus vitripennis 7-10mm |
 Epistrophe grossulariae 9-12mm |
 Neoascia obliqua 4-6mm |
BEES, WASPS AND SAWFLIES
 Bombus lucorum 10-16mm |
 Andrena haemorrhoa 10-12mm |
 Colletes species 10-12mm |
 Unidentified bee - |
 Andrena bee 10-12mm |
 Bombus terrestris 10-16mm |
 Early Mining Bee 8-11mm |
 Psithyrus barbutellus 15-19mm |
 Leaf-cutter bee 10-13mm |
 Queen Dolichovespula media 18-22mm |
 Tenthredo scrophulariae 10-15mm |
 Ancistrocerus nigricornis 7-13mm |
 Vespula germanica 12-20mm |
 Unidentified Ichneumon 15-18mm |
 Pimpla hypochondriaca 20-25mm |
 Horntail 25-40mm |
 Tenthredo celtica 9-11mm |
 Tenthredo mesomela 10-13mm |
 Honey bee 12-15mm |
 Mason bee 6-11mm |
 Andrena Mining bee 8-10mm |
DRAGONFLIES and DAMSELFLIES
 Southern Hawker 70mm |
 Common Darter 40mm |
 Common Darter - |
 Ruddy Darter 35mm |
 Blue-tailed Damselfly 30mm |
 Common Blue Damselfly (female) 32mm |
 Southern Damselfly 30mm |
 Banded Demoiselle (male) 45mm |
 Large Red Damselfly 35mm |
 Azure Damselfly 30-35mm |
 Azure Damselfly (newly emerged) - |
 Broad-bodied Chaser (male) 40-45mm |
 Broad-bodied Chaser (female) 40-45mm |
 Gold-ringed Dragonfly 55-65mm |
 Beautiful Demoiselle (female) 45mm |
GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS
 Meadow Grasshopper 10-20mm |
 nymph grasshopper - |
 Field Grasshopper 15-25mm |
 Slender Groundhopper 9-14mm |
 Roesel's Bush-cricket 12-25mm |
 Unidentified Grasshopper - |
 Short-winged Conehead 11-18mm |
 Oak Bush-cricket 7-12mm |
 Dark Bush-cricket 13-20mm |
 Long-winged Conehead 15-22mm |
 Speckled Bush-cricket (male) 10-20mm |
 Speckled Bush-cricket (female) 10-20mm |
 Common Green Grasshopper 15-22mm |
 Great Green Bush-cricket 40-55mm |
 Great Green Bush-cricket - |
SPIDERS
 Nursery Web Spider body 12-17mm |
 Nursery Web Spider with egg sac - |
 Goldenrod Crab Spider body 8-12mm |
 Long-jawed Orb Weaver body 10-15mm |
 Garden Spider body 8-13mm |
 Cucumber Spider body 4-8mm |
 Woodlouse Spider body 9-15mm |
 Running Crab Spider body 8-12mm |
 Zebra Spider body 5-7mm |
 Wolf Spider with egg sac body 12-20mm |
 Wolf Spider with spiderlings - |
 Green Orb-weaver body 5-7mm |
 Neat Orb-weaver body 4-6mm |
 Pardosa lugubris body 4-6mm |
 Harvestman (Order Opiliones) body 4-7mm |
MOTHS
 The Cinnabar forewing 20mm |
 Rush Veneer forewing 11-15mm |
 Agriphila tristella forewing 12-15mm |
 White Ermine forewing 17-24mm |
 Gillmeria pallidactyla forewing 12-15mm |
 Silver Y forewing 12-20mm |
 Pyrausta aurata forewing 7-10mm |
 6-spot Burnet forewing 15-20mm |
 Adela reaumurella forewing 6-8mm |
 Wood Carpet forewing 13-16mm |
 Jersey Tiger forewing 28-32mm |
 Yellow-tail forewing 15-23mm |
 Large Emerald forewing 25-30mm |
 Oak Eggar forewing 25-40mm |
 Garden Tiger forewing 30-35mm |
 White-plume Moth forewing 12-15mm |
 Hummingbird Hawkmoth forewing 20-25mm |
 Brimstone Moth forewing 14-21mm |
 Lime-speck Pug forewing 9-11mm |
 Feathered Thorn Moth forewing 20-25mm |
 Straw Dot forewing 9-12mm |
 The Magpie forewing 18-25mm |
 Heart and Dart (immature) forewing 15-20mm |
 Snout Moth forewing 15-20mm |
 Feathered Thorn forewing 18-23mm |
 Many-plumed Moth forewing 7-8mm |
 The Drinker forewing 20-35mm |
 Common Tubic forewing 7-9mm |
 Blood-vein forewing 15-20mm |
 Copper Underwing forewing 20-25mm |
 Poplar Hawkmoth forewing 35-40mm |
 Orange Swift forewing 12-14mm |
 Yellow Shell forewing 12-14mm |
 Barred Straw forewing 15-18mm |
 Catoptria pinella forewing 10-12mm |
 Mother-of-Pearl forewing 15mm |
 Dusky Sallow forewing 15mm |
 Black Arches forewing 18-30mm |
 Small Phoenix forewing 12-15mm |
 Red Twin-spot Carpet forewing 10-12mm |
 Angle Shades forewing 20-24mm |
 Straw-barred Pearl forewing 7-10mm |
 Shuttle-shaped Dart forewing 13-15mm |
 Elephant Hawkmoth forewing 30-35mm |
 Elephant Hawkmoth - |
 November Moth forewing 15-20mm |
 Light Emerald forewing 18-28mm |
 Yellow-legged Clearwing forewing 10-12mm |
 Lunar Yellow Underwing forewing 17-20mm |
 Small Magpie forewing 15mm |
 Small Scallop forewing 12mm |
 Pale Tussock forewing 20-25mm |
 Muslin Moth forewing 14-18mm |
 Privet Hawkmoth forewing 45-55mm |
BUTTERFLIES
 Painted Lady forewing 28-30mm |
 Marbled White forewing 20-30mm |
 Orange-tip forewing 18-25mm |
 Red Admiral forewing 20-25mm |
 Comma forewing 20-25mm |
 Holly Blue forewing 12-18mm |
 Gatekeeper forewing 17-25mm |
 Peacock forewing 28-30mm |
 Small Skipper forewing 12-16mm |
 Common Blue forewing 12-18mm |
 White Admiral forewing 25-30mm |
 Brimstone forewing 25-40mm |
 Small Copper forewing 10-18mm |
 Chalkhill Blue forewing 15-20mm |
 Speckled Wood forewing 20-25mm |
 Wall Brown forewing 17-25mm |
 Small White forewing 15-27mm |
 Ringlet forewing 20-25mm |
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