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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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Buddleia is an excellent flowering shrub for attracting butterflies and moths, like this Red Admiral into gardens. Butterfly numbers are declining-stock-foto
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Buddleia is an excellent flowering shrub for attracting butterflies and moths, like this Red Admiral into gardens. Butterfly numbers are declining-stock-foto
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Buddleia is an excellent flowering shrub for attracting butterflies and moths, like this Red Admiral into gardens. Butterfly numbers are declining-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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A small, delicate butterfly, the male Round-winged Orange Tip is spectacularly marked whilst the female has more dark barring.-stock-foto
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The large Bee Fly is a large insect that will confidently bask in the open. They are pollen and nectar eaters but their larvae parasitise large bees-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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A common and widespread butterfly, the male Round-winged Orange Tip has striking colours in flight. They are found in a range of habitats-stock-foto
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A common and widespread butterfly, the male Round-winged Orange Tip has striking colours in flight. They are found in a range of habitats-stock-foto
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The Six-spot Milkweed Bug feeds of the seeds of milkweed and other plants. On commercial crops they can do damage but prefer open grasslands.-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 large larvae of the Ant-Lion is a fearsome predator of ants and termites. They dig conical pits in dry sandy soil and grab and consume ants-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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During the rains the population of a Harvester Ant colony explodes. Thousands of workers scour the vicinity for grass seeds which feeds the colony.-stock-foto
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A colony of Matabele Ants move their bivouac en masse. Carrying the eggs and pupae from their old encampment to a new one scouts have selected-stock-foto
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A colony of Matabele Ants move their bivouac en masse. Carrying the eggs and pupae from their old encampment to a new one scouts have selected-stock-foto
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The Matabele Ant lives in small nomadic colonies. They are voracious predators on other invertebrates, especially termites.-stock-foto
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The Striped Hover-fly is a classic example of Batesian Mimicry. This is where a totally harmless creature resembles a different harmful species-stock-foto
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The Striped Hover-fly is a classic example of Batesian Mimicry. This is where a totally harmless creature resembles a different harmful species-stock-foto
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The large compound eyes of the Hover-fly give it excellent eyesight. They are fast fliers and very acrobatic. Males hover for long periods to attract-stock-foto
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The Drone Fly is an important pollinator of flowering plants. Their huge compound eyes give them excellent all-round vision and their flight is fast-stock-foto
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The caterpillar of the Small White Caterpillar is very similar to many moth species. But they live on cabbage nasturtium, are covered in small hairs.-stock-foto
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Luckily still fairly common in the UK, unlike most butterflies, the Large White or Cabbage White butterfly is often found in gardens and can do damage-stock-foto
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Cabbage Whites are attracted to plants such as nasturtium and caterpillars can be different sizes. As they grow they moult and have 4 instar stages.-stock-foto
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Newly hatched Cabbage White caterpillars are minute. There first job is to eat the empty capsule then feed on the leaf the female laid the eggs on.-stock-foto
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Luckily still fairly common in the UK, unlike most butterflies, the Large White or Cabbage White butterfly is often found in gardens and can do damage-stock-foto
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Large numbers of Armoured Ground Crickets emerge in the rainy season. In some years they can swarm and eat virtually anything in their path,-stock-foto
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A diminutive ant that lives in huge seasonal colonies, the Harvester Ant gathers grass seed to store for the rest of the season, most workers die off-stock-foto
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A pair of male Round-winged Orange-tip butterfly are attracted by pheromones to a female. They will complete with vigorous flying to win her favours.-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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Harvester Ants live in huge colonies and are seasonal gleaners of grass seeds. These are stored for feeding on during the dry season.-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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A marauding column of predatory hissing Ants goes in search of termites to feed the colony. They are nomadic and regularly move their bivouac-stock-foto
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A common pest of cotton and coffee crops. The Elegant Grasshopper is common and widespread and in the wild feeds on Milkweed and Sodom Apple.-stock-foto
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A pair of Brown-veined White butterflies mate. They are common and widespread and in the right conditions they can migrate in large numbers.-stock-foto
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Whilst most of the worker Harvester ants are gathering grass seeds for feeding the colony, some are tasked with removing waste and excavated materials-stock-foto