Mauve stinger
This species can pack a powerful sting, so be sure not to get too close!
This species can pack a powerful sting, so be sure not to get too close!
A tall, broad tree of woodlands, roadsides and parks, the introduced horse chestnut is familiar to many of us the 'conker' producing tree - its shiny, brown seeds appearing in their…
The most commonly encountered ray around the British Isles, it's easy to see where the thornback ray got its name from - just check out the spines on its back!
The spotted ray is one of the smallest species of skate, growing to only 80 cm.
The undulate ray has beautiful wavy patterns on its back, which helps it camouflage against the sandy seabed.
A ferocious and fast predator, the Devil's coach horse beetle hunts invertebrates after dark in gardens and on grasslands. It is well-known for curling up its abdomen like the tail of a…
This large skate has tiny, prickly spines all over its back.
It’s easy to identify this distinctive skate from the black and yellow marbled eye spots on each wing.
The Notch-horned cleg-fly isa horse fly dark grey in colour, with grey-brown mottled wings and intricately striped, iridescent eyes. There are 30 species of horse-fly in the UK; this is one of the…