Species

Black brittlestars on kelp frond © Paul Naylor

A male great silver water beetle held between a person's fingers

Great silver water beetle

A golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle resting on a pink flowerhead

Golden-bloomed grey longhorn beetle

Cantharis rustica, a black and red soldier beetle with a black, heart-shaped mark on its red pronotum, rests on a grass seedhead

Soldier beetle

A red-breasted carrion beetle, with its distinctive red pronotum, standing on a folded over leaf

Red-breasted carrion beetle

A black snail beetle on a rotten log

Black snail beetle

A shiny green and red rosemary beetle

Rosemary beetle

A black-spotted longhorn beetle resting on a leaf

Black-spotted longhorn beetle

A black-and-yellow longhorn beetle on an oxe-eye daisy

Black-and-yellow longhorn beetle

A glittering green swollen-thighed beetle on a leaf, demonstrating the chunky thighs that earn its name

Swollen-thighed beetle

Tansy beetle

Tansy beetle

Bloody-nosed Beetle

Bloody-nosed beetle

Whirligig Beetle

Whirligig beetle

Violet ground beetle

Violet ground beetle

Green Tiger Beetle

Green tiger beetle

Common Sexton Beetle

Common sexton beetle

Male minotaur beetle

Minotaur beetle

Common Cockchafer

Common cockchafer

Rose Chafer

Rose chafer

Glow-worm

Glow-worm

2-spot Ladybird

2-spot ladybird

7-spot Ladybird

7-spot ladybird