Other Arthropods

I suppose it was only a small step from butterflies and dragonflies to being interested in other n-legged friends , where n => 6.

My initial instinct was to title this page Other Insects but, of course, insects have 6 legs and only 6 legs. So, pedantic as it may sound, this page is more correctly titled Other Arthropods, to include things like centipedes and millipedes. Well, we might as well get it right. 🙂

I have a couple of field guides to insects, one of which makes the same insect mistake: Chinery’s Insects of Britain and Western Europe includes spiders, centipedes and millipedes, too. Maybe Arthropods of Britain and Western Europe doesn’t sound catchy enough. Conversely, Paul Brock’s excellent Insects of Britain and Ireland is technically correct since it excludes any critters having more than 6 legs.

Here’s a collection of the other Arthropods that we’ve snapped so far.

Bee-fly	Bombylius major	Bombylius ater

Bee-fly	Neurotoma saltuum male	Tenthredo

Tenthredo mesomela	Tenthredo temula	Cicada

Tibicina haematodes	Psaltoda aurora	Great Green Bush Cricket

Great Green Bush-cricket	Egyptian Grasshopper	Field Cricket

Bibio marci	Bibio lanigerus	Fruit Fly

Stratiomys potamida	Tiger Cranefly	Crane Fly

Scorpion Fly	Caddis Fly	Tetanocera sp

Mantis religiosa	Sphodromantis viridis	Conehead Mantis

Empusa fasciata	Ameles mantis	Stick Insect

Rhododendron Leafhopper	Froghopper	Perla grandis

House Centipede	Ommatoiulus rutilans	Pond Skater

Pond Skater	Greater Water Boatman	Water Boatman

Lesser Water Boatman	Caddis Fly larva	Hydrometra stagnorum