Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Odezia
Species: O. atrata
Entomology
The order Odonata consists of the Dragonflies and Damselflies.
This Order of insects with over 17,000 species, of which 650 are found mostly in southern Europe, the UK has just 30 species. The order consists of the Grasshoppers, Crickets, and Locusts. They are large insects with a blunt head and saddle shaped pronotum.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Odonata
Family: Coenagrionidae
Genus: Pyrrhosoma
Species: P. nymphula
Rhiniidae is a family of flies in the Diptera order.
The Sarcophagidae are know as flesh flies, as some species lay their eggs in the open wounds of other animals. However, most of the species lay their eggs in carrion. dung, or decaying material.
A small family which are often known as "Dung-flies" although only a few species of the genus Scathophaga, actual spend their larval stage in animal dung.
Sciomyzidae is a family of true flies commonly known as 'marsh flies' or 'snail-killing flies'. Comprising over 600 species in approximately 66 genera.
The Stratiomyidae are a family of flies that contains some 450 genera and 1,500 species that are commonly called the 'soldier flies'.
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