Coleoptera - the Beetles

Soldier Beetle Cantharis livida

Sailor Beetle Cantharus rustica

Sulphur Beetle Cteniopus sulphureus

There are many thousands of beetle species in Europe. Several of these are of interest to flyfishers either because they are aquatic at some stages in their life cycle or because they get blown onto streams and lakes.

Details of many other waterside and aquatic beetles can be found in Pat O'Reilly's 245-page full-colour book Matching the Hatch.

Coleoptera Species - Beetles... Cantharis livida - Soldier Beetle Cantharis rustica - Sailor Beetle Cteniopus sulphureus - Sulphur Beetle Coleoptera (Beetles) - index page The Insect World - index page

Diptera Species - The True Flies... Bibio johannis - Black Gnat Bibio marci - Hawthorn Fly Chironomus plumosus Buzzer Midge Tipula maxima - Large Crane Fly Diptera (True, two-winged Flies) index The Insect World - index page

Ephemeroptera Species - Up-winged Flies... Baetis fuscatus - Pale Watery Baetis muticus - Iron Blue Baetis rhodani - Large Dark Olive Baetis vernus - Medium Olive Caenis species - Broadwings Ecdyonurus dispar - Autumn Dun Ephemera danica - Mayfly Ephemerella ignita - Blue-winged Olive Heptagenia sulphurea - Yellow may Rithrogena germanica - March Brown Rithrogena semicolorata - Olive Upright Ephemeroptera (up-winged flies) index The Insect World

Hemiptera Species - Water Bugs... Corixa Pond skters Hemiptera index The Insect World

Lepidoptera Species - Butterflies+Moths... Large Copper - Lycaena dispar Comma - Polygonia c-album Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus Green-veined White - Artogeia rapae Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina Monarch - Daunus plexippus Orange-tip - Anthocharis cardamines Painted Lady - Cynthia cardui Peacock - Inachis io Red Admiral - Vanessa atalanta Ringlet - Aphantopus hyperantus Silver-studded Blue - Plebeius argus Small Copper - Lycaena phlaeas Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae Small White - Artogeia rapae Speckled Wood - Parage awegeria Swallowtail - Papilio machaon Lepidoptera index Insect World

Odonata Species - Dragonflies+Damselflies... Anax imperator - Emperor Dragonfly Sympetrum striolatum - Common Red Darter Calopteryx splendens - Banded Demoiselle Pyrrhosoma nymphula - Large Red Damsel Enallagma cyathigerum - Common Blue Damsel Odonata index The Insect World

Plecoptera Species - Stoneflies... Isoperla grammatica - Yellow Sally Perlodes microcephala - Large Stonefly Taeniopteryx nebulosa - February Red Plecoptera (Stoneflies) index The Insect World

Trichoptera Species - Sedge Flies... Brachycentrus subnubilis - Grannom Helesus radiatus - Caperer Phrygania grandis - Great Red Sedge Rhyacophila dorsalis - Sandfly Trichoptera (sedge Fly) index The Insect World

Other Miscellaneous Insect Species... Miscellany

 

Anyone interested in aquatic fly life and other freshwater invertebrates - and particularly those who enjoy flyfishing for trout and grayling, Pat O'Reilly's bestselling book Matching the Hatch is an indispensable guide. Author-signed copies are available online here...

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Insect Links... Butterfly Conservation Buglife The Riverfly Partnership Amateur Entomology Association

 

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