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 at 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 |
BUGS
 Sloe Bug 10-12mm |
 Green Shield Bug 12-14mm |
 Hawthorn Shield Bug 15-18mm |
 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 |
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 |
 Hover-fly: Xanthgramma pedissequum 10mm |
 Hover-fly: Helophilus pendulus 12mm |
 Hover-fly: Volucella zonaria 15-20mm |
 Scorpion Fly (Order Mecoptera) 10-15mm |
 Lacewing: Chrysopa pallens 15-20mm |
 Lacewing: Chrysopa perla 14-16mm |
BEES and WASPS
 Unidentified bumblebee - |
 Andrena haemorrhoa 10-12mm |
 Colletes halophilus 10-12mm |
 Honey Bee? 12-16mm |
 Melecta albifrons 15mm |
 Bombus terrestris 10-16mm |
 Hornet 20-30mm |
 Tenthredo scrophulariae 10-15mm |
 Ancistrocerus nigricornis 7-13mm |
 Vespula germanica 12-20mm |
 unidentified Ichneumon 15-18mm |
 Pimpla hypochondriaca 20-25mm |
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 |
 Broad-bodied Chaser (female) 40-45mm |
 Broad-bodied Chaser (male) 40-45mm |
GRASSHOPPERS and CRICKETS
 Meadow Grasshopper 10-20mm |
 nymph grasshopper - |
 Field Grasshopper 15-25mm |
 Slender Groundhopper 9-14mm |
 Chorthippus brunneus 12-20mm |
 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 |
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 |
 Pardosa lugubris body 4-6mm |
 Harvestman (Order Opiliones) body 4-7mm |
MOTHS
 The Cinnabar forewing 20mm |
 Chrysoteuchia culmella forewing 7-11mm |
 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 |
 Silver-ground Carpet forewing 14-18mm |
 Jersey Tiger forewing 28-32mm |
 Garden Tiger forewing 30-35mm |
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 |
FILMED AT NATUREZONES
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How a Crab Spider curls petals These spiders sit on flower heads to await their prey, often taking advantage of a curled petal as a partial 'hide'. On Oxe-eye daisies they have developed the habit of manually curling the petals themselves. This behaviour is thought to be mainly confined to spiderlings, rather than adults. |
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Hornet scraping up wood The Hornet chews the wood into a pulp to create its 'paper' nest. |
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Insects feeding on nectar Various insects feeding and pollinating on flowers - bees, flies, beetles and butterfly |
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The meticulous ant Armies of ants move objects around but this individual is particularly concerned that his item should be in its proper place |
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