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Male Sphaerophoria scripta hoverfly with thin abdomen Volucella inanis is one of the larger species of hoverfly found in Britain. The following is a list of hoverfly (Syrphidae) species recorded in Great Britain. Alan Stubbs and Steven Falk, in their 1983 work British Hoverflies, [1] divided the family into subfamilies and tribes. These ...
Chandler, Peter (1998) "Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects Volume 12 – Checklists of the Insects of the British Isles (New Series) Part 1: Diptera" pp. 119–120 Royal Entomological Society
There are 51 species of mayfly known to occur in the British Isles. Species. The following genera and species have been recorded: from ten families. Ameletidae
Fredrik Sjöberg's book The Fly Trap concerns his enthusiasm for hoverflies on the island of Runmarö in the Baltic Sea. [33] The island is a hotspot for hoverflies and other insects; Sjöberg has collected 58 species of butterflies there, and (in seven years of hunting) 202 species of hoverflies, including 180 in his garden. [34]
Pjotr Oosterbroek, 2006 The European families of the Diptera : identification, diagnosis, biology Utrecht, KNNV ISBN 9050112455; Oldroyd, Harold (1954). Diptera 1. Introduction and key to families. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol 9 Part 1. Royal Entomological Society. Archived from the original on 2014-02-09.
An adult crane fly, resembling an oversized male mosquito, typically has a slender body and long, stilt-like legs that are deciduous, easily coming off the body. [12] [2] Like other insects, their wings are marked with wing interference patterns which vary among species, thus are useful for species identification. [13]
The Invasive Alien Species (Enforcement and Permitting) Order 2019 gives effect to EU regulations on the prevention and management of the spread of invasive alien species listing 66 species which are of special concern, of which 14 of these species are found in England and Wales.
There are 57 recorded species of Odonata in Britain, made up of 21 damselflies (suborder Zygoptera) and 36 dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera). Of these, 42 species (17 damselflies and 25 dragonflies) are resident breeders, and the remainder are either extinct species, or vagrants - in respect of the latter, this list follows the decisions of the Odonata Records Committee.