If you know the latin name of the family or the genus of the insect you want, then this search engine will take you straight there: However, at the moment this search engine doesn't work. Instead I am proposing another way to get quickly to the family or genus you want. Family: Genus:

Welcome to this check-list! I have lots of things to say about the preparation of the list, but you probably want to delve straight in before reading the background material. You will find that I have used pictures taken in the field by myself and friends, so clearly my identifications are only partial and tentative to say the least. Anybody prepared to contribute pictures is most welcome to do so and will be gratefully acknowldeged.

Where to go

Class Insecta

Order Coleoptera		The Beetles
Order Dermaptera		Earwigs
Order Dictyoptera		Cockroaches, Termites and Mantids
Order Diptera		Flies, Midges, Mosquitos
Order Embioptera		Web-spinners
Order Ephemeroptera		Mayflies
Order Hemiptera		Bugs, Greenflies etc
Order Hymenoptera		Bees and Wasps
Order Lepidoptera		Butterflies & Moths
Order Mecoptera		Scorpionflies
Order Megaloptera		Alderflies
Order Microcoryphia		Bristletails
Order Neuroptera		Lacewings
Order Odonata		Dragonflies & Damsleflies
Order Orthoptera		Grasshoppers & Crickets
Order Phasmatodea		Stick insects
Order Phthiraptera		Lice
Order Plecoptera		Stoneflies
Order Psocoptera		Book-lice
Order Raphidioptera		Snakeflies
Order Siphonaptera		Fleas
Order Strepsiptera		Twisted-wing parasites
Order Thysanoptera		Thrips
Order Trichoptera		Caddisflies
Order Zygentoma		Silverfish
Other Hexapoda		Diplura, Collembola