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Water beetle larva, Hamiltonhill Claypits
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Water beetle larva in the SuDS (Sustainable Drainage System) pond at Hamiltonhill Claypits, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
30 September 2023
Caddis fly larva , Hamiltonhill Claypits
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Glasgow - North (Ruchill, Hamiltonhill, Forth and Clyde Canal Glasgow Branch)
Giant Casemaker Caddisfly larva (Trichoptera - Phryganeidae) in the SuDS (Sustainable Drainage System) pond at Hamiltonhill Claypits, Glasgow, taken by David Palmar
30 September 2023
Caddis fly at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Howietown and Old Sauchie
Caddis fly (Trichoptera sp.) at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie
06 August 2022
Caddisfly sp., Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Caddisfly sp. (an insect in the order Trichoptera), possibly of the genus Limnephilus, taken in a Kelvindale garden, Glasgow by David Palmar. The total number of known Trichoptera species in the UK is 196 and there are 163 species in Scotland. These numbers were taken from Buglife's "Scottish Invertebrate Species Knowledge Dossier; Trichoptera (Caddisflies), 2010".
16 August 2020
Caddis fly larva, Forth and Clyde Canal, Falkirk Wheel
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Falkirk
Caddis fly larva (Trichoptera), Forth and Clyde Canal, Falkirk Wheel
15 April 2018
Alpine Blue Sow Thistle near Grantown, Speyside
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Golden Dung Fly on an Alpine Blue Sow Thistle (Cicerbita alpina) near Grantown, Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Fly Orchid, Warburg nature reserve, Oxfordshire
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Oxfordshire and Berkshire
Fly Orchid (Ophrys insectifera), Warburg BBOWT nature reserve, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar. Its flowers mimic an insect, to attract pollinators, in fact certain wasps, to pollinate it. BBOWT is the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Warburg is one of their more varied and interesting reserves.
13 May 2023
A fly from the family Tachinidae on Yarrow, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
A fly from the family Tachinidae upon a pink variation of Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) at Grantown East. A Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) can also be seen in the background, taken by David Palmar
21 July 2023
A Common red soldier beetle on Yarrow, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
A Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) and a fly from the family Tachinidae upon a pink variation of Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) at Grantown East, taken by David Palmar
21 July 2023
Tapered Drone Fly, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Broomhill, Jordanhill Claythorn and Bingham's Pond
Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax), taken by David Palmar on Broomhill Allotments, Glasgow