Insect Species

Below is a list of Insects that can be found around the Emm Brook.

This is not a definitive checklist. The species listed here are those for which we have records on the wildlife database held by FOTEB.

These lists are being constantly updated as new species are identified.

The"Area Seen" column refers to the 10 sections that the Brook has been split into for monitoring purposes (see Wildlife page).

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	STATUS	AREA SEEN
Mayflies	Ephemoroptera
	Cloeon dipterum	Common Resident	5
Dragonflies & Damselflies	Odonata
Banded Demoiselle	Colopteryx splendens	Common Resident	5,8
Common Blue Damselfly	Enallagma cyathigerum	Common Resident	5,8
Crickets & Grasshoppers	Orthoptera
Roesel's Bush Cricket	Colopteryx splendens	Resident	5
Speckled Bush Cricket	Leptophyes punctatissima	Resident	5
Oak Bush Cricket	Meconema thalassinum	Resident	5
Earwigs	Dermaptera
Common Earwig	Forficula auricularia	Resident	5
Bugs	Hemiptera
	Heteroptera
Forest Bug	Pentatoma rufipes	Common Resident	5
Hawthorn Shield Bug	Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale	Common Resident	5
	Homoptera
	Cercopis vulnerata	Common Resident	5
Lacewings	Neuroptera
Beetles	Coleoptera
Weevils	Curculionoidea
Pine Weevil	Hylobius abietis	Common Resident	5
Rove Beetles	Staphylinidae
	Nicrophorus investigator	Resident	5
Scarabs & Chafers	Scarabaeidae
Cockchafer	Melolontha melolontha	Resident	5
Minotaur Beetle	Typhaeus typhoeus	Resident	5
Stag Beetle	Lucanus cervus	Resident	5
Ladybirds	Coccinellidae
True Flies	Diptera
Flesh-fly	Sarcophaga carnaria	Resident	5
Greenbottle	Lucilia caesar	Resident	5
Yellow Dung fly	Scathophaga stercoraria	Resident	5
Crane Flies	Tipulidae
Hover Flies	Syrphidae
	Syrphus ribesii	Resident	5
Lacewings	Neuroptera
Caddis Flies	Trichoptera
Bees,Wasps,Ants & their relatives	Hymenoptera
Gall Wasps
Marble Gall	Andricus kollari	Common Resident	5
Hedgehog Gall	Andricus lucidus	Common Resident	5
Knopper Gall	Andricus quercuscalicis/i>	Common Resident	5
Oak Apple	Biorhiza pallida	Common Resident	5
Common Spangle Gall	Neuroterus quercusbaccarum	Common Resident	5
Robins Pincushion Gall	Diplolepis rosae	Common Resident	8
Social Wasps	Vespidae
Hornet	Vespa Crabo	Common Resident	5
Common Wasp	Vespula vulgaris	Common Resident	5
Bees	Apidae
Leaf-Cutter Bee	Megachile centuncularis	Resident	5
Honey Bee	Apis mellifera	Resident	5
Bumble Bees
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee	Bombus terrestrius	Resident	5
White-tailed Bumble Bee	Bombus lucorum	Resident	5