The Sussex Wildlifer
Sussex Bug and Creepie Crawlie Identification
Photo Gallery
All images are copyright © Paul Lister/The
Sussex Wildlifer 2010
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Species Name
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Location and date |
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Amblyteles armatorius
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Haywards Heath: 7 July 2007.
An Ichneumon, or parasitic fly, which lays
its eggs in the caterpillars of moths.
12-15mm, flight period all year but mainly
dormant during the winter.
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Amblyteles armatorius
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Haywards Heath: 7 July 2007.
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Amblyteles armatorius
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Haywards Heath: 7 July 2007. |
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Bee fly
Bombylius major
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Butterfly Conservation Reserve
Park Corner Heath, East Sussex:
29 April 2007.
10-12mm, flight period March-June. |
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Bee fly
Bombylius major
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Butterfly Conservation Reserve
Park Corner Heath, East Sussex:
29 April 2007. |
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Bee fly
Bombylius major
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Haywards Heath: 5 April 2009. |
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Bee fly
Bombylius major
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Haywards Heath: 5 April 2009. |
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Bee fly
Bombylius major
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Haywards Heath: 5 April 2009. |
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Beetle
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Beachy Head: 29 April 2007. |
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Rove Beetle
Nicrophorus humator |
Haywards Heath: 5 October 2009 |
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Rove Beetle
Nicrophorus humator |
Haywards Heath: 5 October 2009 |
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Dung Beetle
Aphodius rufipes |
Haywards Heath: 6 October 2009 |
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Bumble bees
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Windover Hill: 28 July 2007. |
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Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
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Butterfly Conservation Reserve
Park Corner Heath, East Sussex:
23 May 2007. |
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Caddis Fly
Halesus radiatus
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Haywards Heath: 22 April 2007. |
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Caddis Fly
Halesus radiatus
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Haywards Heath: 17 April 2007. |
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Caddis Fly
Phryganea grandis |
Near Haywards Heath, May 2009
The largest caddis fly in England. |
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Spotted Crane-fly
Nephrotoma appendiculata
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Haywards Heath: 19 August 2007. |
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Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia
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Haywards Heath: 15 July 2007. |
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Flesh Flies
Sarcophaga carnaria
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Haywards Heath: 15 July 2007. |
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Common Froghopper
Philaenus Spumarius |
Haywards Heath: 7 September 2009 |
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Greenbottle
Lucilia caesar |
Haywards Heath: 31 July 2009. |
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Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
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Haywards Heath: 21 September 2007. |
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Hover-fly
Helophilus pendulus
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Haywards Heath: 23 June 2007. |
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Hover-fly
Helophilus trivittatus
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Haywards Heath: 29 August 2007. |
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Short-winged Conehead
Conocephalus dorsalis
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Isaacs Lane, Haywards Heath:
1 September 2006. |
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Ichneumon species
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Haywards Heath: 6 August 2007. |
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Lacewing
Chrysoperla carnea
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Haywards Heath: 24 July 2007. |
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Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi |
Haywards Heath: 11 August 2009. |
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Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi |
Haywards Heath: 11 August 2009. |
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Limnephilus lunatus
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Haywards Heath: 4 August 2007. |
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Mayfly |
Southwater Park: 14 June 2009 |
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Mosquito
Culiseta annulata
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Haywards Heath: 4 June 2007. |
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Netelia testacea
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Haywards Heath: 21 June 2007. |
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Netelia testacea
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Haywards Heath: 21 June 2007. |
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Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
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Haywards Heath: 13 August 2007. |
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Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
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Haywards Heath: 14 August 2008. |
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Roesel's Bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii |
Haywards Heath: 26 July 2009.
Quite a rarity and quite what it thought it
was doing in my greenhouse is beyond me
(other than getting out of the rain!) |
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Orange Ladybird
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Haywards Heath: 15 July 2007. |
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Ophion luteus
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Haywards Heath: 8 July 2007. |
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Ophion luteus
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Haywards Heath: 8 July 2007. |
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Forest Bug
Pentatoma rufipes
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Haywards Heath: 8 September 2007. |
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Scorpion Fly
Panorpa germanica |
Haywards Heath: 14 May 2008. |
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Green Shieldbugs
Palomena prasina
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Batemans: 29 July 2007. |
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Leafhopper
Cixius nervosus type
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6-8mm, May-October:
Pevensey Levels
A good colony of this tiny and
unusual insect. |
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Leafhopper
Cixius nervosus type
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6-8mm, May-October: Pevensey Levels. |
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Sloe Bug
Dolycoris baccarum
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Haywards Heath: 13 July 2007. |
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Slow Worm |
Southwater Park: 14 June 2009 |
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Slow Worm |
As above. |
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Spider
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Haywards Heath: 20 August 2007
This is the largest spider we have ever
had in the house. |
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Spider |
Haywards Heath: 17 August 2009. |
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Spider |
Haywards Heath: 17 August 2009. |
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Unknown Caddisfly
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Haywards Heath: 8 August 2008
Very much a moth look-alike,
but not so! |
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Unknown Insect
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Haywards Heath: 17 April 2007. |
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Unknown Insect
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Haywards Heath: 1 August 2007. |
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Unknown Insect
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Haywards Heath: 1 August 2007. |
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Unknown Insect
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Haywards Heath: 24 September 2007. |
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Wasp Spider and zigzag web |
Southwater Park: 14 June 2009 |
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Nut Weevil |
Haywards Heath 1 July 2009. |
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Nut Weevil |
Haywards Heath 1 July 2009. |
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Nut Weevil |
Haywards Heath 1 July 2009. |
