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Canal. Aquatic fauna. Dragonflies

Damsel fly. Blue on tail. Malpas canal July 1972. Ischnura elegans.
Marys species name: Ischnura elegans
Scientific name: Ischnura elegans
Common name: Blue-tailed Damselfly

Date: July 1972

Picture: 2
Canal. Aquatic fauna. Dragonflies

Gerris lacustris nymphs on weed. Canal. July 1978
Marys species name: Gerris lacustris
Scientific name: Gerris (Gerris) lacustris
Common name: Common Pondskater

Date: July 1978

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Velella spirans skeletons on dry slate, October 2004
Marys species name: Velella
Scientific name: Velella velella
Common name: By-the-wind-sailor

Date: October 2004

Picture: 4


Lagoon cockles show ribbing on inside. Enteromorpha. 14.4.1978
Marys species name: Enteromorpha
Scientific name: Enteromorpha spp.
Common name: Sea lettuce

Date: 14/04/1978

Picture: 5
Canal, Moth, Beetle

Long tongued pollinator. Brimstone female, 1981
Marys species name: Brimstone
Scientific name: Gonepteryx rhamni
Common name: Brimstone

Date: 1981

Picture: 6
Sawflies

Poplar leaves after sawfly, M4, 24/10/1979
Marys species name: sawfly

Date: 24/10/1979

Picture: 7
Maybugs

Devil's coach horse, a rove beetle, Staphylinus olens, with short elytra, On defensive raises head & tail, smells & bites, Carnivorous, eating many garden pests, both as larva & adult, 1964
Marys species name: Staphylinus olens
Scientific name: Ocypus (Ocypus) olens
Common name: Devil's Coach-Horse

Date: 1964

Picture: 8
Maybugs

Vine weevil (yellow hairs), Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, eats roots, particularly vine and strawberry. Jointed antennae, Southern England and Midlands, 19/9/1964
Marys species name: Otiorrhynchus sulcatus
Scientific name: Otiorhynchus (Dorymerus) sulcatus
Common name: Vine Weevil

Date: 19/09/1964

Picture: 9
Maybugs

7 spot ladybirds, part of the July 1976 plague, hogweed
Marys species name: 7-spot ladybird
Scientific name: Coccinella septempunctata
Common name: 7-spot Ladybird

Date: July 1976

Picture: 10
Maybugs

Coccinella 7-punctata on hogweed, July 1975
Marys species name: 7-spot ladybird
Scientific name: Coccinella septempunctata
Common name: 7-spot Ladybird

Date: July 1975

Picture: 11
Flies

Mating midges. Male's plumose antennae
Marys species name: Midge



Picture: 12
Flies

Earthworms. January February 1975. Very mild.
Marys species name: Earthworms
Scientific name: Lumbricus

Date: 1975

Picture: 13
Beetles

Copulating Rhagonycha fulva, soldier beetles, 1978
Marys species name: Rhagonycha fulva
Scientific name: Rhagonycha fulva
Common name: Common Red Soldier Beetle

Date: 1978

Picture: 14
Lamby Lake, August 2003

Gherkin or asparagus gall. Cryptocampus saliceti, sawfly. Cynon oxbow, September 1984
Marys species name: Cryptocampus salceti
Scientific name: Euura (Euura) amerinae

Date: September 1984

Picture: 15
Ants, aphids, bees

Pyrrhosoma nymphula damselsfly
Marys species name: Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Scientific name: Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Common name: Large Red Damselfly



Picture: 16
Ants, aphids, bees

Golden ringed ?? Dragonfly by Stephen Pritchard
Marys species name: Golden ringed dragonfly
Scientific name: Cordulegaster boltonii
Common name: Golden-ringed Dragonfly



Picture: 17
Animal food remains and tracks. Hedgehogs. Rodents

Swallowtail moth. 'Glais. Ourapteryx sambucaria Geometer
Marys species name: Swallowtail moth
Scientific name: Ourapteryx sambucaria
Common name: Swallow-tailed Moth



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Penderyn. Invertebrates

Millipedes. Teneriffe
Marys species name: Millipedes

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