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Share your experiences @wwtworldwide Your garden and neighbourhood is home to extraordinary insect life. WWT reg charity in England & Wales, no. 1030884 and Scotland, no. SC039410 Ladybird © rjp @ flickr 3. Ladybird Main features: Small, round insects with short legs and variable colours of spotted ‘shell’. Can fly, after pulling back the wing covers. Where to look: Often found crawling around on plants, especially ones where aphids live - their favourite food. Daddy long legs / Crane fly © Phil McIver @ flickr 9. Crane fly Main features: Very leggy flies with two transparent wings which are much shorter than the legs. Males have pointed body ends and those of a female are blunt. Where to look: Clinging to vertical surfaces like trees or buildings. Although common, they’re sometimes hard to see. Peacock Butterfly © WWT 1. Butterfly Main features: Large patterned, colourful wings, folded vertically above body when at rest. Antennae (‘feelers’) with clubbed ends. Where to look: Flitting around anywhere on warm sunny days, especially near flowers. Water boatman © Kentish Plumber @ flickr 7. Water boatman Main features: Oval shaped bugs in water. Long legs act as paddles to swim upside down, often just under the water surface. Where to look: In ponds or larger areas of calm water. Often found when pond dipping. Common blue damselfly © WWT 5. Damselfly Main features: Long, slender bodies with eyes set wide apart. Four transparent wings, folded along top of body at rest. Often brightly coloured. Where to look: Seen delicately flying around wetlands and perching on plants near water. Weaker fliers than dragonflies. Violet ground beetle © Kentish Plumber @ flickr 11. Beetle Main features: Beetles have tough front wings (elytra), which form part of their backs’ armoured, shell-like covering. Their wings are tucked underneath. Where to look: They’re the commonest insect in the world and are found everywhere in lots of different shapes and sizes. Migrant hawker dragonfly © WWT 4. Dragonfly Main features: Large insects, big eyes, long brightly coloured body and four large, transparent wings. At rest, the wings are held out as if still flying. Where to look: Strong fliers, often seen patrolling their patch around wetlands, or perching and then dashing out to catch their prey. Common grasshopper © Mark Kempe @ flickr 10. Grasshopper / Cricket Main features: Stout with big back legs for jumping. Long antennae. Males of most species ‘sing’ or chirp, so you might hear one first. Where to look: Listen out in grassy areas. Often well camouflaged. When disturbed, they’ll jump! Bumblebee © Mark Kent @ flickr 2. Bee / Wasp Main features: Buzzy insects with striped, hairy bodies. Quite small transparent wings. Can sting when unhappy! Where to look: Anywhere, especially around flowers. Wasps can be attracted to sweet stuff (like your ice cream). Common hoverfly © Kinright @ flickr 8. Hoverfly Main features: Fly-like with transparent wings. Variable colours and shapes. Many mimic bees or wasps but all are harmless and don’t sting. Where to look: Like to feed on plants like cow parsley. Hovering and darting flight, more purposeful than bees or wasps. © Evan Kane @ flickr Black ant © Brad Smith @ flickr Pond skater 6. Pond skater Main features: Slim, leggy bugs with long antennae. Some have wings. Skates quickly over the water surface. Where to look: In ponds and calm areas of water, look for indentations on the surface which seem to move. 12. Ant Main features: Skinny insects with obvious three part bodies and antennae with ‘elbows’. Usually wingless and always living in colonies. Where to look: On the ground. Where there’s one, there’s always more! They nest underground, under stones or buildings.

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Share your experiences @wwtworldwide

Your garden and neighbourhood is home to extraordinary insect life.

WWT reg charity in England & Wales, no. 1030884 and Scotland, no. SC039410

Ladybird

3. LadybirdMain features: Small, round insects with short legs and variable colours of spotted ‘shell’. Can fly, after pulling back the wing covers.

Where to look: Often found crawling around on plants, especially ones where aphids live - their favourite food.

Daddy long legs / Crane fly

9. Crane flyMain features: Very leggy flies with two transparent wings which are much shorter than the legs. Males have pointed body ends and those of a female are blunt.

Where to look: Clinging to vertical surfaces like trees or buildings. Although common, they’re sometimes hard to see.

Peacock Butterfly

1. ButterflyMain features: Large patterned, colourful wings, folded vertically above body when at rest. Antennae (‘feelers’) with clubbed ends.

Where to look: Flitting around anywhere on warm sunny days, especially near flowers. Water boatman

7. Water boatmanMain features: Oval shaped bugs in water. Long legs act as paddles to swim upside down, often just under the water surface.

Where to look: In ponds or larger areas of calm water. Often found when pond dipping.

Common blue damselfly

5. DamselflyMain features: Long, slender bodies with eyes set wide apart. Four transparent wings, folded along top of body at rest. Often brightly coloured.

Where to look: Seen delicately flying around wetlands and perching on plants near water. Weaker fliers than dragonflies.

Violet ground beetle

11. BeetleMain features: Beetles have tough front wings (elytra), which form part of their backs’ armoured, shell-like covering. Their wings are tucked underneath.

Where to look: They’re the commonest insect in the world and are found everywhere in lots of different shapes and sizes.

Migrant hawker dragonfly

4. DragonflyMain features: Large insects, big eyes, long brightly coloured body and four large, transparent wings. At rest, the wings are held out as if still flying.

Where to look: Strong fliers, often seen patrolling their patch around wetlands, or perching and then dashing out to catch their prey.

Common grasshopper

10. Grasshopper / CricketMain features: Stout with big back legs for jumping. Long antennae. Males of most species ‘sing’ or chirp, so you might hear one first.

Where to look: Listen out in grassy areas. Often well camouflaged. When disturbed, they’ll jump!

Bumblebee

2. Bee / WaspMain features: Buzzy insects with striped, hairy bodies. Quite small transparent wings. Can sting when unhappy!

Where to look: Anywhere, especially around flowers. Wasps can be attracted to sweet stuff (like your ice cream).

Common hoverfly

8. HoverflyMain features: Fly-like with transparent wings. Variable colours and shapes. Many mimic bees or wasps but all are harmless and don’t sting.

Where to look: Like to feed on plants like cow parsley. Hovering and darting flight, more purposeful than bees or wasps.

Black ant

Pond skater

6. Pond skaterMain features: Slim, leggy bugs with long antennae. Some have wings. Skates quickly over the water surface.

Where to look: In ponds and calm areas of water, look for indentations on the surface which seem to move.

12. AntMain features: Skinny insects with obvious three part bodies and antennae with ‘elbows’. Usually wingless and always living in colonies.

Where to look: On the ground. Where there’s one, there’s always more! They nest underground, under stones or buildings.

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