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The following are lists of insects of Great Britain. There are more than 20,000 insects of Great Britain , [ 1 ] this page provides lists by order . Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)
However, in recent times some of these large mammals have been tentatively reintroduced to some areas of Britain. The largest wild mammals that remain in Britain today are predominantly members of the deer family. The red deer is the largest native mammal species, and is common throughout England, Scotland and Wales.
Of more than a thousand known species of scorpion, only a few dozen have venom that is dangerous to humans, [6] most notably the bark scorpions, including: Centruroides spp. Deathstalker (Leiurus quinquestriatus) Central and South American Tityus, include the Brazilian yellow scorpion. Androctonus spp. Parabuthus spp. Hottentotta spp.
The following is a list of the grasshoppers, crickets and allied insect species recorded in Britain. The orders covered by this list are: Orthoptera – grasshoppers and crickets; Dermaptera – earwigs; Blattodea – cockroaches; This article lists the native species only.
In most species, the nymphs are herbivores or detritivores, feeding on algae, diatoms or detritus, but in a few species, they are predators of chironomid and other small insect larvae and nymphs. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] Nymphs of Povilla burrow into submerged wood and can be a problem for boat owners in Asia. [ 25 ]
The fangs deliver a weak venom and simultaneously crush the insect. The Sydney funnel-web spider is a relative with a much more potent neurotoxic venom. Trapdoor spiders, many of which resemble tarantulas but are shinier and less hairy, also have large fangs that deliver painful bites, but have very mild venom.
The aim of the Handbooks is to provide illustrated identification keys to the insects of Britain, together with concise morphological, biological and distributional information. The series also includes several Check Lists of British Insects. All books contain line drawings, with the most recent volumes including colour photographs.