This is a large genus of bee mimicking hoverflies. There are about 50 European species mostly centred in the Mediterranean region. However, the variable Narcissus-fly (Merodon equestris) is the only species resident in Britain.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Xylota
Species: M. equestris
Mesapamea is a genus of moths in the Noctuidae family.
A genus of flies in the family Muscidae.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Mesembrina
Species: M. meridiana
Mesoligia is a genus of moths in the Noctuidae family.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidea
Genus: Mesoligia
Species: M. furuncula
A genus of bush-crickets.
Alabaster tomb effigy of Sir Michael Poulteney (d1567).
