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 |
![IMG_8683_Bee-fly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_8683_Bee-fly.JPG) |
![Bombylius major-.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Bombylius major-.jpg) |
![Bombylius ater-0750.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Bombylius ater-0750.jpg) |
Bee-fly |
Neurotoma saltuum male |
Tenthredo |
![IMG_6173_Bee-fly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_6173_Bee-fly.JPG) |
![Neurotoma saltuum male.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Neurotoma saltuum male.jpg) |
![IMG_8960 Tenthredo (Sawfly).JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_8960 Tenthredo (Sawfly).JPG) |
Tenthredo mesomela |
Tenthredo temula |
Cicada |
![Tenthredo mesomela.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Tenthredo mesomela.jpg) |
![Tenthredo temula.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Tenthredo temula.jpg) |
![Cicada.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Cicada.jpg) |
Tibicina haematodes |
Psaltoda aurora |
Great Green Bush Cricket |
![J16_1720 Tibicina haematodes.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/J16_1720 Tibicina haematodes.JPG) |
![Psaltoda aurora.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Psaltoda aurora.jpg) |
![IMG_0298_Great_Green_Bush_Cricket.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_0298_Great_Green_Bush_Cricket.JPG) |
Great Green Bush-cricket |
Egyptian Grasshopper |
Field Cricket |
![IMG_6262_Great_Green_Bush-cricket.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_6262_Great_Green_Bush-cricket.JPG) |
![_MG_0921_Egyptian_Grasshopper.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/_MG_0921_Egyptian_Grasshopper.JPG) |
![IMG_6486 Field Cricket.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_6486 Field Cricket.JPG) |
Bibio marci |
Bibio lanigerus |
Fruit Fly |
![Bibio marci (St. Mark's Fly).jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Bibio marci (St. Mark's Fly).jpg) |
![Bibio lanigerus.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Bibio lanigerus.jpg) |
![IMG_7590_Fruit_Fly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_7590_Fruit_Fly.JPG) |
Stratiomys potamida |
Tiger Cranefly |
Crane Fly |
![Stratiomys potamida (Banded General).JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Stratiomys potamida (Banded General).JPG) |
![IMG_0663 Tiger Cranefly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_0663 Tiger Cranefly.JPG) |
![IMG_9156_Crane_Fly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_9156_Crane_Fly.JPG) |
Scorpion Fly |
Caddis Fly |
Tetanocera sp |
![IMG_0064_Scorpion_Fly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_0064_Scorpion_Fly.JPG) |
![IMG_7670_Caddis_Fly.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_7670_Caddis_Fly.JPG) |
![Tetanocera sp.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Tetanocera sp.jpg) |
Mantis religiosa |
Sphodromantis viridis |
Conehead Mantis |
![Mantis religiosa-3460.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Mantis religiosa-3460.jpg) |
![Sphodromantis viridis.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Sphodromantis viridis.jpg) |
![Conehead Mantis-0020.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Conehead Mantis-0020.jpg) |
Empusa fasciata |
Ameles mantis |
Stick Insect |
![Empusa fasciata.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Empusa fasciata.jpg) |
![J01_3777 Ameles mantis.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/J01_3777 Ameles mantis.JPG) |
![IMG_1807 Stick Insect.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_1807 Stick Insect.JPG) |
Rhododendron Leafhopper |
Froghopper |
Perla grandis |
![Rhododendron_Leafhopper.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Rhododendron_Leafhopper.jpg) |
![IMG_0317_Froghopper.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_0317_Froghopper.JPG) |
![Perla grandis.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Perla grandis.jpg) |
House Centipede |
Ommatoiulus rutilans |
Pond Skater |
![IMG_4471_House_Centipede.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_4471_House_Centipede.JPG) |
![Ommatoiulus rutilans-1603.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Ommatoiulus rutilans-1603.jpg) |
![IMG_7188_Pond_Skater.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_7188_Pond_Skater.JPG) |
Pond Skater |
Greater Water Boatman |
Water Boatman |
![IMG_9297_Pond_Skater.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_9297_Pond_Skater.JPG) |
![J14_0372 Greater Water Boatman.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/J14_0372 Greater Water Boatman.JPG) |
![IMG_7548_Water_Boatman.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_7548_Water_Boatman.JPG) |
Lesser Water Boatman |
Caddis Fly larva |
Hydrometra stagnorum |
![IMG_8834_Lesser_Water_Boatman.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_8834_Lesser_Water_Boatman.JPG) |
![IMG_8825_Caddis_Fly_larva.JPG](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/IMG_8825_Caddis_Fly_larva.JPG) |
![Hydrometra stagnorum.jpg](/photos/Arthropods/thumbs/Hydrometra stagnorum.jpg) |
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