You will find listed here, in alphabetical order, some of the common British insect species from our Flora and Fauna database. As there are a large number of species with similar names we have included the genus, species, phylum, family and kingdom to help you correctly select the one you are looking for.
All animals are of the Kingdom Animalia, mostly the Phylum Insecta, but not all.
This page only displays species that have common names, there is likely to be many more members of this species
in the main database that are found either in or around the British Isles or somewhere within the United Kingdom
that do not have common names they will however be marked native
, introduced
, etc. To access these
return to Flora and Fauna Menu and use the World Wildlife sub-menu.
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beside it along with the number of photos available. Similarly if other types of image, e.g. paintings or
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Where species are at risk or endangered the Common Name is displayed in red emboldened text.
| Common Name | Species | Status | Family | Sub Order | Order |
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Agrion. Banded, Banded Demoiselle |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Agrion. Beautiful, |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Ant. Black Bog, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Ant. Black-backed Meadow |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Ant. Narrow-headed, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Ant. Negro, Silky ant, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Barbut's Cuckoo, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Buff-tailed Bumble, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Bumble, Garden, Three banded white-tail Bumble, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Early Bumble |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Four-coloured Cuckoo, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Gipsy Cuckoo, Cuckoo Bee, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Hill Cuckoo, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Hill Cuckoo, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Large Garden Bumble, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Mountain Bumble Bee, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Shrill Carder, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Bee. Vestal Cuckoo, |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Beetle, Stag |
Lucanus cervus
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Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Blue Ground, |
Native |
Adephaga |
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Beetle. Common Red Soldier, |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Crucifix Ground, |
Native |
Adephaga |
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Beetle. Devil's Coach Horse, |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Ground (type) |
Native |
Adephaga |
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Beetle. Ground, |
Native |
Adephaga |
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Beetle. Hazel Pot, |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Longhorn (type) |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Pashford Pot, |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Rove (type) |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Stag, |
Native |
Adephaga |
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Beetle. Violet Click, |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Beetle. Violet Ground, |
Native |
Adephaga |
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Bug. Forest, |
Native |
Heteroptera |
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Centipede, Common |
Lithobius forficatus
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Native |
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Chaser, Broad-bodied |
Libellula depressa
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Chaser, Scarce |
Libellula fulva
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Conehead, Long-winged |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Crane Fly. European, |
Tipula paludosa
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Native |
Nematocera |
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Cricket, Dark Bush |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Cricket, Grey Bush |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Cricket, Oak Bush |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Cricket, Roesel's Bush |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Cricket, Speckled Bush |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Cricket. European Mole, |
Native |
Ensifera |
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Damselfly, Azure |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Damselfly, Blue-tailed |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Damselfly, Blue-tailed |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Damselfly, Common Blue |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Damselfly, Emerald |
Lestes sponsa
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Native |
Zygoptera |
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Damselfly, Large Red |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Damselfly, Southern |
Native |
Zygoptera |
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Darter, Black - Black Meadowhawk |
Sympetrum danae
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Darter, Common |
Native |
Anisoptera |
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Darter, Red-veined |
Native |
Anisoptera |
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Darter, Ruddy |
Native |
Anisoptera |
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Dragonfly, Emperor |
Anax imperator
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Dragonfly, Golden-Ringed |
Native |
Anisoptera |
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Dung Beetle. Beauleu, |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Earthworm |
Native |
Lumbricina |
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Eearwig. Common or European, |
Forficula auricularia
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Native |
Eudermaptera |
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Fly, Drone |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Glow-worm |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Grasshopper, Blue-winged |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper, Common Field |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper, Lesser Marsh |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper, Meadow |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper, Mottled |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper, Stripe-winged |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper, Woodland |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Grasshopper. Large Marsh, |
Native |
Caelifera |
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Groundhopper, Common |
Tetrix undulata
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Native |
Caelifera |
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Hawker, Common - Sedge Darner, Common Aeshna |
Aeshna juncea
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Hawker, Migrant |
Aeshna mixta
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Hawker, Southern |
Aeshna cyanea
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Native |
Anisoptera |
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Hoverfly (Type) |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Hoverfly (Type) |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Hoverfly (Type) |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Hoverfly. Golden, |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Ladybird, Seven spot |
Native |
Polyphaga |
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Mayflies (Olives etc) |
Native |
Pisciforma |
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Millipede, Black - White-legged snake millipede |
Native |
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Millipede, Flat-backed |
Native |
Polydesmidea |
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Millipede, Spotted |
Native |
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Robberfly. Hornet, |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Robberfly. Manx, |
Native |
Brachycera |
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Skater, Pond - common water-strider |
Native |
Heteroptera |
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Skimmer, Keeled |
Native |
Anisoptera |
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Spider, Cobweb |
Native |
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Spider, Common House |
Native |
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Spider, Crab |
Misumena vatia
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Native |
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Spider, European Garden - Cross Spider, Garden Orb-Web Spider |
Native |
Labidognatha |
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Spider, Nursery-Web |
Native |
Labidognatha |
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Spider, Raft |
Native |
Labidognatha |
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Spider, Wasp |
Native |
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Spider, Wolf |
Pardosa lugubris
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Native |
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Spider, Zebra |
Native |
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Stonefly, Needle - willow stonefly |
Native |
Euholognatha |
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Wasp, Norwegian |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Wasp, Parasitic |
Native |
Apocrita |
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Wasp. Common, |
Vespula vulgaris
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Native |
Apocrita |