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1. Drop-down menus navigate to family, subfamily and species in taxonomic order
2. Navigate using family thumbnails in taxonomic order using the button below
3. Search for family, subfamily or species using the Google Chrome "search this site" extension - (this doesn't work on phones or tablets)
4. <> on family/subfamily pages take you to the previous/next family/subfamily; on species pages take you to the previous/next species.
< on the first species and > on the last species in a family/subfamily take you back to the family/subfamily page
1. Drop-down menus navigate to family, subfamily and species in taxonomic order
2. Navigate using family thumbnails in taxonomic order using the button below
3. Search for family, subfamily or species using the Google Chrome "search this site" extension - (this doesn't work on phones or tablets)
4. <> on family/subfamily pages take you to the previous/next family/subfamily; on species pages take you to the previous/next species.
< on the first species and > on the last species in a family/subfamily take you back to the family/subfamily page
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Please contact me on [email protected] if you wish to use the images for any publication or commercial purposes.
Please contact me on [email protected] if you wish to use the images for any publication or commercial purposes.
Disclaimer: Whilst I have done what I can to ensure that the identifications on this site are correct and that the evidence on which they are based is valid, I cannot guarantee that the identifications are correct or that the evidence is valid. For the more difficult identifications, at least, the evidence is referenced and what is written reflects my current understanding and should be regarded as provisional or propositional.
Family titles show number of subfamiles, tribes, genera and species in the following format: (3SF 2T 10G 20S)
These numbers are intended to be consistent with the RES Checklist (Agassiz, 2013)
Where species have been added subsequent to this checklist these are indicated by eg "+1"
In some cases I have indicated that one or more of the numbered species is now extinct in GB: eg (1EX); or where I consider a species to be doubtfully British (not established in the wild and unlikely to be a true migrant to Britain) eg (1DB) or only found in Ireland (IR) or the Channel Isles (CI).
Wingspan sizes are quoted as given in MBGBI. These are measured as twice the distance from the centre of the thorax to the wing apex including the cilia. For my own specimens I have given forewing measurement from its attachment to the thorax to the apex including the cilia.
An approximate conversion can be made as 2xfw length +1mm = ws for small species, +2-4mm for medium species and +5-10mm for large species.
Worn specimens may have lost the cilia and may then measure smaller than size ranges based on fresh specimens.
These numbers are intended to be consistent with the RES Checklist (Agassiz, 2013)
Where species have been added subsequent to this checklist these are indicated by eg "+1"
In some cases I have indicated that one or more of the numbered species is now extinct in GB: eg (1EX); or where I consider a species to be doubtfully British (not established in the wild and unlikely to be a true migrant to Britain) eg (1DB) or only found in Ireland (IR) or the Channel Isles (CI).
Wingspan sizes are quoted as given in MBGBI. These are measured as twice the distance from the centre of the thorax to the wing apex including the cilia. For my own specimens I have given forewing measurement from its attachment to the thorax to the apex including the cilia.
An approximate conversion can be made as 2xfw length +1mm = ws for small species, +2-4mm for medium species and +5-10mm for large species.
Worn specimens may have lost the cilia and may then measure smaller than size ranges based on fresh specimens.
