Alder Fly59 viewsthe larvae live in the water and adults are frequently found resting on riverside foliage
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Crab spider48 viewsthis crab spider is camouflaged to match the petals of white flowers. It lays in wait for passing insects and this one has caught a fly
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Ephemera danica74 viewsthe adults of Ephemera danica live for only a few days, but the larvae live in the water of fresh, clear streams. Other species (vulgata & lineata) live in slower, muddier rivers
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Ephemera lineata122 viewsthis is a very rare mayfly, found only along the Thames between Henley and Goring
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Ephemera vulgata (a mayfly) in its courtship flight83 viewsWhile having a picnic late one afternoon, I noticed that the mayflies were dancing in a quite predictable way. So I got my camera out and switched on the flash - then I prefocused on my hand about 40cm from the camera and followed mayflies up and down.
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Great Green Bushcricket (female)79 viewsan uncommon species and one of Britain's largest insects, as can be seen when compared to my friend Matt's hand
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Heath Grasshopper58 viewsPhotographed on Silchester Common - 12th July 2005
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Marpissa mucosa - a jumping spider41 views
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Panorpa communis72 viewsa male Scorpion Fly (most likely Panorpa communis). These insects belong to a small order (Mecoptera) and they live by eating dead insect carrion
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Crucifer shieldbug26 views
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Roesel's Bush-cricket (male)46 viewsPhotographed on Hartslock Reserve - 9th July 2005
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Bark Louse (a psocid)53 viewsThese tiny insects belong to their own order (Psocoptera). They eat pollen, algae and fungal spores, which they find on the bark of trees and other vegetation.
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