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The Insect Gallery contains over 2000 images within 12 sub-galleries grouped by insect type. The Moths sub-gallery is a collection of over 1000 images of macro and micro moths and is a useful resource in moth identification.

Ants, wasps, bees & Allies

119 photos

Ants, wasps, bees & Allies (Hymenoptera)
Beetles (Coleoptera)

71 photos
Bugs (Hemiptera)

83 photos in 9 sub-albums
Butterflies

2 photos
461 photos in 9 sub-albums

Butterflies can usually be told from moths (in the UK at least) by the clubbed antennae. Of course most moths are nocturnal but there are plenty of exceptions. Butterflies and moths make up the Lepidoptera (tile-winged), insects which have small overlapping scales on their wings. These scales are clear in some of the moth photos on this site but you have to use a hand-lens to see them with the naked eye. There are far more species of moths than butterflies in Europe. In the UK there are about 60 species of butterflies compared with nearly 2,500 moths... though many of these are quite rare and many are tiny.
Damselflies

167 photos
Dictyoptera: Cockroaches

1 photo
Dragonflies

4 photos
290 photos in 13 sub-albums
Flies - Ephemeroptera

4 photos
Grasshoppers and Crickets (Orthoptera)

62 photos
Mantodea - Mantises

8 photos
Moths

1249 photos in 21 sub-albums

Scientists have divided moths into 'macro-moths' (the larger ones) and 'micro-moths'. For more information, see the introductions in the two sub-galleries. Each category is then further divided into several different families, genera and species.
Neuroptera

9 photos

Lacewings and allies
True flies (Diptera)

50 photos
470 photos in 2 sub-albums
caddis flies (Trichoptera)

2 photos

Short haired Bumble Bee (Bombus subterraneus) James Sharp
Sooty Copper (Lycaena tityrus) James Sharp