A to Z of British Insects

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Primary Image Titlesort icon Scientific Name Description
Raft Spider Dolomedes fimbriatus
Raglius alboacuminatus Raglius alboacuminatus
Rainbow Leaf Beetle Chrysolina cerealis
Recilia coronifera Recilia coronifera
Red & Black Froghopper Cercopsis vulnerata
Red Ant Myrmica rubra
Red Mason Bee Osmia rufa

Small solitary bee, body covered in orangey-red hairs. Female has two small ‘horns’ on face (used to manipulate mud...

Red-Horned Nomad Bee Nomada ruficornis
Red-tailed bumble bee Bombus lapidarius
Reed Damsel Bug Nabis lineatus
Rhabdomiris striatellus Rhabdomiris striatellus
Rhinoceros Beetle Rhinoceros Beetle - Sinodendron cylindricum
Rhododendron Lacebug Stephanitis rhododendri
Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi

The Rhododendron Leafhopper was introduced from North America, is now very established on rhododendrons across southern England.
Rhopalus maculatus Rhopalus maculatus
Rhopalus parumpunctatus Rhopalus parumpunctatus
Rhopalus rufus Rhopalus rufus
Rhopalus subrufus Rhopalus subrufus
Rhyparochromus pini Rhyparochromus pini
Rhytidodus decimusquartus Rhytidodus decimusquartus
Rhytistylus proceps Rhytistylus proceps
Ribautiana cruciata Ribautiana cruciata
Ribautiana debilis Ribautiana debilis
Ribautiana scalaris Ribautiana scalaris
Ribautiana tenerrima Ribautiana tenerrima
Ribautiana ulmi Ribautiana ulmi
Ribautodelphax angulosus Ribautodelphax angulosus
Ribautodelphax imitans Ribautodelphax imitans
Ribautodelphax pallens Ribautodelphax pallens
Ribautodelphax pungens Ribautodelphax pungens
Robber fly Pomponerus germanicus
Robber Fly Philonicus albiceps
Roesel's Bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii The Roesel's Bush-cricket has a marbled brown body with a pale margin.
Rose Aphid Macrosiphum rosae The Rose Aphid is more typically referred to as a common garden 'greenfly'
Rose Chafer Cetonia aurata

Upper surface of body metallic green (occasionally bronze or bluish-black) with irregular white marks, underside coppery-red. Distinctive isosceles triangle-...

Rose Sawfly Arge ochropus
Rough Oil Beetle Meloe rugosus
Ruby-tail Wasp Chrysis viridula
Ruby-tailed Wasp Chrysis ignita The Ruby-tailed Wasp is a relatively small wasp with a shiny green head and thorax, and a ruby-red abdomen.
Rufous Grasshopper Gomphocerippus rufus
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