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A Marmalade Hover-fly rests on a Waterlily where it feeds on nectar. Hover-flies are important pollinators and mimic wasps, though they are harmless-stock-foto
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Common and widespread, the Greenbottle is a distinctive metallic green with red eyes. They breed in carrion and the family are all parasitoids-stock-foto
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The Bumblebee Plumehorn is the only hoverfly to mimic a bumble-bee. The feathery antenna is distinctive and the young scavenge in wasp nests-stock-foto
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The Bumblebee Plumehorn is the only hoverfly to mimic a bumble-bee. The feathery antenna is distinctive and the young scavenge in wasp nests-stock-foto
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The male African Migrant is less mottled than the female. In the right conditions huge numbers of these large white butterflies will migrate en mass-stock-foto
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Emerging at night the Millipede Assassin feeds exclusively on Millipedes. They are often found feed gregariously with their nymphs that are bright red-stock-foto
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The caterpillar of the Citrus Swallowtail hides in plain sight as it mimics a birds dropping, hence its common name of Birds Droppings caterpillar.-stock-foto
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The adult Yellow Lacewing often rest on large sunny leaves. They have extraordinarily long antennae which makes they instantly recognisable.-stock-foto
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The Black Scavenger Fly is a small leggy fly that is an ant mimic. . Males are active on dung and on nearby vegetation dancing to attract females-stock-foto
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Tachinid Flies are parasitic, laying their eggs in caterpillars and their larvae develop inside the host. The body has bristles and prefers damp areas-stock-foto
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Tachinid Flies are parasitic, laying their eggs in caterpillars and their larvae develop inside the host. The body has bristles and prefers damp areas-stock-foto
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A very common and widespread butterfly, the Large Orange Tip male is strikingly coloured whilst the female is darker and more heavily marked.-stock-foto
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Close-up of the compound eye of a Hippo Fly, largest of Africa's horsefly family. The multi-lensed eyes give surround vision-stock-foto
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The Hippo Fly is the largest of the horsefly family in Africa. The huge females are voracious blood-suckers and their powerful proboscis is painful-stock-foto
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Black Scavenger Flies are often found around dung in moist sub-tropical woodlands. They are ant-mimics, long legged and stand with a hunched posture-stock-foto
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The Millipede Assassin is nocturnal and feeds exclusively on Millipedes. They will feed gregariously and often with small red nymphs.-stock-foto
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Banded Blowflies are members of the Greenbottle family. They quickly land on fresh herbivore dung for moisture and minerals. They breed on carrion-stock-foto
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After a mass hatching Black River Flies swarm in vast numbers. Tiny midge like flies can be a serious threat as they carry vectors effecting humans-stock-foto
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The nymphs of the Cotton-Stainer Assassin bug associate in groups often including adults to feed on fruit and often on Flower Assassin bugs.-stock-foto
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The red-eyed Tachinid Fly is a parasitic fly usually found around waterside vegetation. Their larvae parasitise noctuid caterpillars.-stock-foto
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The Red Admiral is a vividly coloured butterfly with a distinctive red and black wing pattern. But at rest the underwing is more cryptic.-stock-foto
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The Red Admiral is a vividly coloured butterfly with a distinctive red and black wing pattern. But at rest the underwing is more cryptic.-stock-foto
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The Red Admiral is a colourful member of the fritillary family. Some adults hibernate over winter. But most of the summertime adults are migrants.-stock-foto
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A large and common Butterfly found around East Africa; the Large Orange Tip is male is territorial preferring savanna grasslands. Here a pair mate.-stock-foto
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A large and common Butterfly found around East Africa; the Large Orange Tip is also widely distributed. There is sexual dimorphism between the sexes.-stock-foto
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The Green Blowfly is often seen drinking fluids on fresh dung. They seek decaying flesh and late developing maggots aggressively feed on other maggots-stock-foto
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A massive and immensely strong member of the Cricket family. The Giant Burrowing Cricket male sits at the entrance to his burrow and calls.-stock-foto
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The commonest of the shiny green blowflies, the Greenbottle is abundant and widespread but rarely enters households. They breed in carrion.-stock-foto
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A beautiful and unmistakable butterfly, the Peacock is found through spring and summer in the UK. Their caterpillars feed on stinging nettles-stock-foto
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The colourful summer butterfly, the Red Admiral is becoming less common along with most Lepidoptera. The caterpillars eat nettles-stock-foto
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The Small Minnow mayfly is part of a large family and the commonest in the region. The long legs on the male are for clasping females in flight.-stock-foto
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A distinctive member of the fly family, the Red-headed Signal Fly is often seen sitting on vegetation. They can be gregarious when feeding-stock-foto
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An Assassin Bug has pierced the skin of a Slug Moth Caterpillar and is extracting and feeding off the internal juices. This is a major feast-stock-foto
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An Assassin Bug has pierced the skin of a Slug Moth Caterpillar and is extracting and feeding off the internal juices. This is a major feast-stock-foto
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The larvae of the Grey pit-building Antlion prefer drier regions of savanna to build their conical traps in loose sandy soil.-stock-foto
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The Orange-Tip butterfly is an early emerging butterfly of damp grasslands and woodland edges. There is significant difference between male and female-stock-foto
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The distinctive male Orange-Tip butterfly is a visitor to flowers in grasslands and woodlands in spring and early summer. The female lacks the orange-stock-foto
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The distinctive male Orange-Tip butterfly is a visitor to flowers in grasslands and woodlands in spring and summer. The female lacks the orange tips-stock-foto
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The Peacock butterfly is one of the earliest of the Lepidoptera to emerge at the beginning of Spring. The adults have hibernated over-winter-stock-foto
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The Peacock butterfly is one of the earliest of the Lepidoptera to emerge at the beginning of Spring. The adults have hibernated over-winter-stock-foto