Oswestry Wildlife

Insects & Other Invertebrates


Butterflies
- Family: Hesperiidae
Small Skipper
Large Skipper
Dingy Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
- Family: Pieridae
Clouded Yellow
Brimstone
Large White
Small White
Green-veined White
Orange Tip
- Family: Lycaendae
Green Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak
Small Copper
Small Blue
Silver Studded Blue
Brown Argus
Common Blue
Holly Blue
- Family: Nemeobiidae
Duke of Burgundy
- Family: Nymphalidae
Red Admiral
Painted Lady
Small Tortoiseshell
Camberwell Beauty
Peacock
Comma
Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Silver-washed Fritillary
- Family: Satyridae
Speckled Wood
Wall
Gatekeeper
Meadow Brown
Small Heath
Ringlet

Moths

Beetles
Seven Spot Ladybird

Bugs

Ants and Bees
Honey Bee
White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum

Wasps

True Flies
Hover Fly Syrpus ribesi

Other Flies

Dragonflies
Common Hawker
Southern Hawker
Brown Hawker
Club-tailed Dragonfly
Downy Emerald
Four Spotted Chaser
Broad Bodied Chaser
Keeled Skimmer
Common Darter
Ruddy Darter
White-faced Darter

Damselflies
Beautiful Demoiselle
Banded Demoiselle
Emerald Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Variable Damselfly
Common Blue Damselfly
Blue-tailed Damselfly

Other insects
Meadow Grasshopper
Spiders

Other invertebrates

References:

  • 'A Natural History of Butterflies and Moths in Shropshire' by Adrian M. Riley F.R.E.S., Swan Hill Press
  • Handbook of the Wildlife of Britain & Europe, Jeanette Harris, Kingfisher
  • Guide to Dragonflies and Damselflies of Britain, The Natural History Museum