Entomology

Coleoptera

The beetles include many familiar insects such as Ladybirds, Scarabs, and the Click beetles. These insects have a hardening of the forewings to form an elytra which protects the hind wings as well as the abdomen.

Diptera

The true flies, an order of the class Insecta characterized by possessing only two wings and a pair of halters.

Entomology

Mating dance flies with female eating prey gift

Branch of zoology dealing with the scientific study of insects, including their taxonomy, morphology, physiology, and ecology.

Ephemeroptera

The Mayflies are small to medium insects with two or three long 'tails' and short antennae. They are usually found near water, when resting the wings are held vertically over the body as they are physically unable to fold their wings along their bodies.

Hemiptera

The Hemiptera order of insects includes the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others.

Hymenoptera

Sawflies, bees, wasps, and ants are second only to Coleoptera in the number of species. There are in excess of 120,000 known species, of which more than 40,000 occur in Europe, and 6.500 in the UK.