Category: Invertebrates

  • Chequered Hoverfly

    Chequered Hoverfly

    There are many species of hoverfly in the UK. While most are known only by their scientific name, this one is distinguished by having a common name of its own. […]

  • Garden Spider

    Garden Spider

    In late summer and early autumn, you may notice orb spiderwebs covering the shrubs and long grass alongside the coastal paths on the Lizard, glistening with dew in the early […]

  • Speckled Bush-cricket

    Speckled Bush-cricket

    This is a species that is often hard to spot with its leaf-coloured camouflage. Photo: Ray Surridge

  • Great Green Bush-cricket

    Great Green Bush-cricket

    The Great Green Bush-cricket’s preferred habitat is brambly scrubland, bracken and hedges. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Grey Bush-cricket

    Grey Bush-cricket

    This female Grey Bush-cricket climbed on to a rucksack strap to pose for the camera at Kynance. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Gold-ringed Dragonfly

    Gold-ringed Dragonfly

    Gold-ringed Dragonflies have a mostly western distribution in the UK. Look out for them on The Lizard’s heathland. Photo: © Natural England/Isabel Alonso