Short-necked oil beetle |
Invertebrates are cold-blooded animals with no backbone. However, that's where their similarity with (some) politicians ends and invertebrates can be found in the air, on land and in the sea. They are vital to a healthy ecosystem and even the ugliest of invertebrate should feel safe in it's environment, un-threatened by human activities.
Coll is fortunate in being able to offer safe haven to many species that are struggling elsewhere.
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Bog hoverfly
Sericomyia silentis
Bottle fly
Calliphora vomitoria
Bumblebee Hoverfly
Volucella bombylans var. plumata
Common black garden ant
Lasius niger
Common froghopper
Philaenus spumarius
Common Winkle
Cranefly
Tipula paludosa
Cryptocephalus aureolus
Cryptocephalus aureolus
Cryptocephalus aureolus
Digger wasp
Nysson sp.
Dog Whelk
Downlooker snipe Fly
Rhagio scolopaceus
Dung Beetle
European carrion beetle
Phosphuga atrata
European garden spider
Araneus diadematus
Flat Periwinkle
Garden Chafer
Phyllopertha horticola
Garden Snail
Giant tachinid fly
Tachina grossa
Goose Barnacles
Lepas anatifera
Goose Barnacles
Lepas anatifer
Granulated Ground Beetle
Carabus granulatus
Grey Topshell
Hairy rove beetle
Creophilus maxillosus
Heath snail
Helicella itala
Heath snail
highland midge (not very well one)
Horse leech
Haemopis sanguisuga
Large Pine Weevil
Hylobius abietis
Lesser Diving Beetle
Acilius sulcatus
Limpet
Marmalade hoverfly
Episyrphus balteatus
Mottled Dingy-brown Click Beetle
Agrypnus murinus
Mottled Dingy-brown Click Beetle
Agrypnus murinus
Notch-horned cleg-fly (Horsefly)
Haematopota pluvialis
Pond skater
Red-headed cardinal beetle
Pyrochroa serraticornis
Red-thighed St Mark's fly
Bibio pomonae
Rove beetle
family Staphylinidae
Ruby-tailed Wasp
Chrysis ignita
Sea Anemone
Short-necked oil beetle
Meloe brevicollis
Short-necked oil beetle
Meloe brevicollis
Short-necked oil beetle
Meloe brevicollis
Speckled Peter Caddisfly ?
Agrypnia varia
Sun fly
Helophilus pendulus
Tachinid fly
Epicampocera succincta
Tick (adult) feeding
Ixodes ricinus
Tick ♀ (adult - body 2.3mm long)
Ixodes ricinus
velella velella
Vine Weevil
Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Yellow Dung Fly on Willow
Scathophaga stercoraria
yellow ophion
Ophion luteus
© All photos, Tony Oliver.