APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

Insects, Flies, Beetles etc. (Marine arthropod images)
Flies (Diptera)

Anthomyiidae:

Fucellia
Fucellia maritima (Haliday, 1838) - A Seaweed fly

Chironomidae:

Halocladius
Halocladius variabilis (Staeger, 1839) - A Marine midge

Telmatogeton
Telmatogeton japonicus Tokunaga, 1933
- A Marine splash midge (non-native species)

Thalassomya
Thalassomya frauenfeldi Schiner, 1856
- A Marine splash midge

Bloodworms (chironomidae) - Non-biting midge,
marine splash midge / chironomid larvae

Coelopidae:

Coelopa
Coelopa (Fucomyia) frigida (Fabricius, 1805)
- A Kelp or Wrack fly

Culicidae:

Culex
Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 - Northern House Mosquito

Dolichopodidae:

Liancalus
Liancalus virens (Scopoli, 1763) - A Long-legged fly

Sphaeroceridae:

Thoracochaeta
Thoracochaeta zosterae (Haliday, 1833) - A Seaweed fly

Syrphidae:

Eristalinus
Eristalinus aeneus (Scopoli, 1763)
- Large Spotty-eyed Dronefly

Strandline fly maggots washed up at Marazion
Fly maggot and pupae at Spit Point Cornwall
Fly maggots in driftwood at Penzance

Beetles (Coleoptera)

Aepus
Aepus marinus (Stroem, 1788)
- A marine carabid beetle

Aepus robinii (Laboulbène, 1849)
- A marine carabid beetle

Amara
Amara aenea (De Geer, 1774) - Common Sun Beetle

Bledius
Bledius unicornis (Germar, 1825) - A Rove Beetle

Cafius
Cafius xantholoma (Gravenhorst, 1806)
- A staphylinid or Rove Beetle

Cercyon
Cercyon depressus Stephens, 1829
- A Water Scavenger Beetle

Cillenus
Cillenus lateralis (Samouelle, 1819)
- A carabid or ground beetle

Enochrus
Enochrus halophilus (Bedel, 1878)
- A Water Scavenger Beetle

Heterocerus
Heterocerus fenestratus (Thunberg, 1784)
- A Variegated Mud-loving or heterocerid beetle

Necrodes
Necrodes littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Shore Sexton Beetle

Ochthebius
Ochthebius marinus (Paykull, 1798)
- Marine moss beetle

Paranchus
Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796)
- A carabid or Ground Beetle

Unidentified Staphylinid / Rove beetle - Marazion 11.11.14.

Butterflies, moths and micro-moths (Lepidoptera)

Moths

Noctuidae

Autographa
Autographa gamma (Linnaeus, 1758) - Silver Y

Lacanobia
Lacanobia oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Bright-line Brown-eye

Micro-moths

Lobesia
Lobesia littoralis (Humphreys & Westwood, 1845)
- Shore Doubtful Marble Moth

Other arthropods, see -
Sea spiders (Pycnogonida)
Spiders, mites and pseudoscorpions (Arachnida)
Sea slaters, Woodlice and Pill bugs (Isopoda)
Mud shrimps and Sandhoppers (Amphipoda)

Insects flies beetles marine arthropod images UK