Virtual Fauna
Virtual Fauna of Lakeland
Take a virtual tour of the insect collections
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Collections - Index Page
Select a cabinet of insects from the list below.
Then click on a drawer to see a list of these species in our collections.
Go to the Cumbrian species Checklist Page
 
Butterflies & Moths - Lepidoptera
Beetles - Coleoptera
Flies - Diptera
Bugs - Hemiptera                
Lacewings & Allies - Neuroptera/Mecoptera
Bees, Wasps & ants - Hymenoptera
Grasshoppers & allies -Orthoptera etc
Dragonflies & River-flies    Odonata
Link to Tullie House Museum and Gallery website

Cabinet
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  Beetles - Coleoptera Ground beetles Carabidae
Water beetles Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophiloidea, Dryopoidea & Scirtidae
Carrion beetles etc Histeridae to Scaphidiidae
Rove beetles etc Staphylinidae & Pselaphidae
Scarab & Stag beetles Scarabaeoidea
Orchid, Pill & Armadillo beetles Clambidae, Dascilloidea & Byrrhoidea
Jewel & Click beetles Buprestoidea & Elateroidea
Soldier beetles etc Cantharoidea
Carpet & hide beetles Dermestoidea
Woodworm & Spider beetles Bostrychoidea,
Malachite, Timber and Chequered beetles etc. Cleroidea, Lymexyloidea, Melyridae
Pollen, Sap and narrow bark beetles etc Nitidulidae
Fungus, smut & Raspberry beetles Sphinidae, Hypocopridae, Cucujidae, Silvanidae, Cryptophagidae, Biphyliidae, Byturidae, Phalacridae, Cerylonidae Cisidae
Ladybirds, False Ladybirds & mould beetles Coccinellidae, Endomychidae, Merophysidae, Lathridiidae
Darkling & Cardinal beetles etc Mycetophagidae, Colydiidae, Tenebrionidae, Tetratomidae, Salpingidae, Myceteridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, Melandryidae
Flower beetles & Oil beetles etc Scraptidae, Mordellidae, Rhipiphoridae, Oedemeridae, Meloidae, Anthicidea, Aderidae
Longhorn & seed beetles Cerambycidae & Bruchidae,
Leaf beetles Chrysomelidae
Weevils Curculionidae
Bark beetles etc Scolytidae, Platypodidae

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  Grasshoppers & allies - Orthoptera etc Grasshoppers Acrididae
Bush-crickets Tettigonidae
House-crickets Achetidae
Cockroaches Blattidae Pseudomopidae
Earwigs Dermaptera

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  Dragonflies & River-flies    Odonata Damselflies Zygoptera      
Dragonflies Anisoptera
Mayflies Ephemeroptera
Stoneflies Plecoptera
Caddisflies Trichoptera

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  Lacewings & Allies -   Neuroptera/Mecoptera Snake-flies Rhaphidioptera
Alder-flies Megaloptera
Lacewings Neuroptera
Scorpion-flies Mecoptera

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  Butterflies & Moths   Lepidoptera Micro-moths (Micropterigoidea & Eriocranoidea)
Swifts (Hepialidae)
Pigmy & Longhorn moths (Nepticuloidea & Incurvaroidea)
Goat moths to Burnet moths (Cossoidea & Zygaenoidea)
Tineoid moths (Tineoidea)
Clearwing moths (Sessioidea)
Small-ermine moths (Yponomeutoidea)
Gelechid moths (Gelechoidea)
Tortricid moths (Tortricoidea & Eppermenoidea)
Pyralid & plume moths  (Alucitoidea, Pyraloidea & Pterophoidea)
Butterflies – Skippers  (Hesperiidae)

Butterflies – Swallowtails & whites (Papilionidae & Pieridae)

Butterflies – Blues & Hairstreaks (Lycaenidae)
Butterflies – Fritillaries etc (Nymphalidae)
Butterflies – Browns (Satyrinae)
Bombycid moths (Bombycoidea)
Hooktips & lutestrings (Drepanoidea)
Geometrid moths (Geometroidea)
Hawkmoths (Sphingoidea)
Noctuid moths (Noctuoidea)

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  Bugs - Hemiptera Flat-bugs Aradidae
Shieldbugs & allies Pentatomoidea, Coreidae, Rhopalidae, Pyrrhocoridae, Stenocephalidsae
Ground-bugs Lygaeidae
Stilt-bugs & Lace-bugs Berytinidae, Piesmidae, Tingidae
Assassin-bugs & Damsel-bugs Reduviidae, Nabiidae
Bedbugs & Flower-bugs Cimicidae, Anthocoridae, Microphysidae
Plant-bugs Miridae
Shore-bugs etc Dipsocoridae, Saldidae
Pondskaters & water-bugs Mesoveliidae to Corixidae
Cicadas & Treehoppers Cicadidae, Membracidae
Froghoppers Cercopidae
Leafhoppers Cicadellidae
Planthoppers Delphacidae, Cixiidae, Issiidae,
Tettigometridae
Whiteflies & Jumping plant lice Psyllidae, Aleyrodidae
Aphids Aphidoidea
Scale insects Coccoidea

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  Bees, Wasps & ants - Hymenoptera Sawflies Symphyta
Parasitic wasps Evanoidea
Parasitic Wasps Trigonaloidea
Ichneumon wasps Ichneumonoidea
Gall wasps Cynipoidea
Chalcid wasps Chalcidoidea
Parasitic wasps Proctotrupoidea
Ruby-tailed Wasps Bethyloidea
Velvet ants Mutillidae
Ants Formicoidea
Social Wasps  Vespoidea
Spider-hunting Wasps Pompiloidea
Solitary Wasps Sphecidae
Solitary bees  Halticidae
Social bees & Cuckoo Bees Apidae

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  Flies - Diptera   Craneflies etc Nematocera
Snipe-flies, Horse-flies etc Xylophagidae, Rhagionidae, Athericidae, Tabanidae, Xylomyidae
Soldier-flies, Bee-flies etc Stratiomyidae, Acroceridae, Bombylidae
Stiletto-flies & Robber-flies Therevidae, Scenopinidae, Asilidae
Dance-flies & Dolichopodid flies Hybotidae, Empididae, Dolichopodidae
Flat-footed flies, Scuttle-flies etc Platypezidae, Phoridae, Lonchopteridae
Hover-flies & Big-headed flies Syrphidae, Pipunculidae
Stilt-flies & Carrot-flies Micropezidae, Tanypezidae, Psilidae Strongylophthalmyidae, Megamerinidae,
Conopid flies  & Lance-flies Conopidae, Lonchaeidae
Picture-wing flies Pallopteridae, Piophilidae, Otitidae, Platystomatidae, Tephritidae
Snail-killing flies etc Lauxanidae, Chamaemyiidae, Coelopidae, Dryomizidae, Phaeomyiidae, Sciomyzidae
Sepsids, Clusids & Odinids Sepsidae, Clusiidae, Acartophthalmidae, Odiniidae
Leaf-mining to Lesser Dung-flies Agromyzidae, Opomyzidae, Anthomyzidae Aulacigastridae, Stenomicridae, Perscelididae, Asteidae, Milichidae, Crnidae, Braulidae, Tethinidae, Canacidae, Chloropidae, Heleomyzidae, Chyromyidae, Sphaeroceridae
Fruit-flies & shore-flies Drosophilidae, Campichoetidae, Diastidae, Camillidae, Ephydridae
Bird-flies, Bat-flies & Keds Hippoboscidae, Nycteribidae
Dung-flies Scathophagidae
Blue-bottles, House-flies etc. Anthomyiidae, Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae
Tachinid flies Tachinidae
Warble-flies & Bot-flies Oestridae

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