A selection of invertebrates that are typical of a summer’s day, from our garden’s mini-meadow.

This picture appears on page 103 of Arthropedia: An Illustrated Alphabet of Invertebrates. 

1 Mirid bug Stenotus binotatus. 

2 Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius. 

3 Mirid bug Deraeocoris ruber.

4 Tachinid fly Eriothrix rufomaculata. 

5 Essex Skipper (Thymelicus lineola). 

6 Crab spider Misumena vatia. 

7 Soldierfly Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa).

8 Longhorn beetle Rutpela maculata. 

9 2-Spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata). 

10 Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina). 

11 Solitary bee Colletes similis. 

12 Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis), with egg sac. 

13 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus). 

14 7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata). 

15 Long-winged Conehead (Conocephalus fuscus) nymph. 

16 Hoverfly Chrysotoxum festivum.