Insects
- ground beetles 1
- ground beetles 2
- burying beetles
- beetles 1
- beetles 2
- beetles 3
- springtails
- earwigs
- flies
- hoverflies
- true bugs
- bumblebees
- bees
- wasps
- saw flies and wood wasps
- butterflies and moths 1
- butterflies and moths 2
- moths
- moths 2
- moths 3
- lacewings etc.
- dragonflies and damselflies
- scorpion flies
- stoneflies
- caddis flies
- lice
Flatworms
Slugs and snails
Worms and leeches
Millipedes and centipedes
Arachnida
- spiders 1
- spiders 2
- spiders 3
- harvestmen
- mites
- ticks etc.
Crustacea
- woodlice
- water fleas
- cyclops
Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.
Eristalis horticola, hoverfly adult

Eristalis horticola

Adult found on white umbelliferous flowers

Larva aquatic

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Chrysotoxum arcuatum, adult hoverfly

Chrysotoxum arcuatum

Adults flie May - Spetember.

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Criorhina berberina

Criorhina berberina

On flowers in sunny spots in woods, fields and gardens.

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hoverfly

hoverfly larva

Syrphidae, hover flies

Adults found on or near flowers in warmer months. Terrestrial larvae often found near aphids - their food, but there are also aquatic species.

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