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Bombus terrestris

Buff-tailed bumblebee, queen has a cream tail. 2 yellow bands

Bombus pratorum

Early bumblebee, 2 yellow bands (females sometimes only one), brown tail

Bombus pascuorum

Carder bee, brown with some banding

Bombus lucorum

Yellow bands, bright white bum

Bombus hortorum

Garden bumblebee. 2 yellow bands, white tail

Bombus hypnorum

Tree bumblebee, brown throax, white tail

Apis mellifera

Honey bee, very distinctive

Andrenidae

Mining bee, many abdomen stripes, sometimes brown, grey one very distinctive

Osmia bicornis

Red mason bee, striped, red and brown, similar to honey bee

Nomada

Like one dissected, less hair

Syrphinae, bacchini

Black face and stutellum, can be ‘dusted’ (small hairs make it look greyer)

Syrphinae, Syrphini

Face and scuttellum part yellow, many black and yellow stripes

Eristalini. Eristalis tenax

Darker colouration, hair on thorax

Merodon equestris

Distinctive vein loop

Helophilus pendulus

Very ‘bee like’, minimal hair, vertical stripes on thorax

Asteraceae

Radial, florets, no sepals, 5 stamen, 2 carpels, often lobed leaves

Brassicaceae

Radial, 4 in cross, 4 sepals, 6 stamens, 1 fused carpel

Caryophyllaceae

Radial, 4/5 petals (notched), 4/5 sepals, sepals double number of petals, 1 fused carpel, trifolate simple petals (pink/white)

Fabaceae

standard wings keel

Lamiaceae

Bilateral, 5 petals (fused into tube), square stem, often herbs, 5 sepals, 4 stamens and carpels.

Ranunculaceae

Radial, typically 5 petals (varies), buttercup family, often yellow/white

Erynnis tages

Dingy skipper, brown, lighter edges (patchy)

Thymelicus sylvestris

Snall skipper, brown, small black line before wing border

Thymelicus lineola

Essex skipper, distinct thicker black and white line round edge

Ochlodes sylvanus

Papilio machaon

Swallowtail

Pieris napi

Green veined white

Anthocharis cardamine

Orange tip

Pieris rapae

Small white (smaller black tip patch)

Pieris brasssicae

Large white (larger black tip patch)

Gonepteryx rhamni

Brimstone (yellow, slightly pointy)

Colias croceus

Clouded yellow: yellow with brown patches on wing tip

Actinomorphic

More than 1 plane of symmetry (also radial)

Zygomorphic

Only one plane of symmetry (also zygomorphic/irregular)

Simple flower

Single flower, on a pedicel

Umbel

Pedicels all come from a single point and are of equal length (think cow parsley)

Cyme

Flower cluster with a terminal flower that develops first

Compound flower

What looks like petals is actually individual flowers (dandelion, clover, thistle)

Monocot

Flower parts in groups of 3/6

Dicot

Flower parts in groups of 4/5

Monocots

Grasses

Dicots

Woody plants

Monocots

Parallel veins, longer than wide leaves

Nymphalidae

Emperors, vanessids, fritillaries, browns

Argynnis adippe (high brown fritillary)

Indented third spot, additional row of spots underwing

Argynnis aglagia (dark green fritillary)

Melanargia galathea

marbeled white

Boloria euphrosyne

PBF

Boloria selene

small PBF

euphydryas aurinia

marsh fritillary

coenonympha pamphilus

small heath

coenoympha tullia

large heath

scotch argus

erebia aethiops