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A new revised section
 | We are pleased to be able to devote time and to feature some interesting insects found locally throughout Kinson.
Many are very common and easily found, others are much rarer.
If you have taken any insect photographs, we would be pleased to feature them on our website. |
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Araneidae - Orb-web spiders
 | This is a member of this group,which is very common locally, especially in grassy places in the summer and autumn.
This photograph has been enlarged to reveal more details. |
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Scaeva pyrastri
 | | This hover fly visits local gardens and can also be observed on the Kinson Common, from May to October. |
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Coreus marginatus
 | | This is a common Kinson squash bug which feeds on docks and sorrels. |
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Long-winged Conehead
 | Conocephalus discolor
It is a very special bush-cricket which inhabits the Kinson Common Local Nature Reserve. |
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Re-appearance of the Wasp Spider
 | Their re-appearance on the Kinson Common and at Millhams Mead caused much interest in 2003 and continues to do so each summer and autumn.
A close-up of this species underside is shown. In the grasslands where it lives, it is not always easy to spot. |
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Sun-fly
 | Helophilus pendulus
Photographed while enjoying the late summer sunshine. |
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Dark Bush-cricket
 | Pholidoptera griseoaptera
A common feature in and around local boglands in Kinson. This photograph features a female cricket. |
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Eristalis tenax
 | | A very common hover fly throughout the Kinson district. |
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Wasp Spider with prey
 | | On a fine sunny summer`s morning in Kinson, lunchtime looms again. As always, as can be seen in this photograph, another grasshopper. |
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Green Shieldbug
 | Palomena prasina
It is a very common leaf eating bug throughout Kinson. This adult`s colours will fade in the winter and when it emerges again in the spring, it will become a brighter green once more. |
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Bog Bush-cricket
 | Metrioptera brachyptera
It is well distributed on heaths and boglands locally, especially on the Kinson Common. |
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A bogland spider
 | | Enjoying the full benefit of the autumn sunshine. |
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Common wasp
 | | A wasp at rest on foliage by a stream bank on the Kinson Common. |
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Another bogland spider
 | | This time, one with a beautiful reddish-brown colouration. It was found less than a metre away from two female wasp spiders and a tiny frog nestling in moss by a bog pool. |
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Winter moths
 | | These photographs show males looking for female companions during their breeding season in early winter. Very abundant on the Kinson Common. |
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Pond Skater
 | | These surface-living bugs are very well distributed around bog-pools on the Kinson Common throughout the year. |
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Common Darter (female)
 | | A common dragonfly which can be observed on the Kinson Common, also at Millhams Mead and Longham. |
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Seven-spot ladybird
 | | Coccinella 7-punctata L. |
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A leaf beetle
 | This is a close up view of Gastrophysa viridula.
Photograph taken on the south side of Millhams Mead. |
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Nursery web spider
 | Pisaura mirabilis.
Well distributed through the Kinson region. |
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Rove beetle
 | | Paederus littoralis Grav. |
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Ladybird
 | | Propylea 14-punctata (L). |
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Ichneumon fly
 | | Photographed near Longham during the springtime. |
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Devil`s coach horse
 | Latin name, Ocypus olens Mueller.
Often recorded on the Kinson Common and at Millhams Mead. |
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Phosphuga atrata (L.)
 | | Photographed during the springtime on the Kinson Common Local Nature reserve. |
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Large Red Damselfly
 | | A robust and common species which we photographed on a bright sunny morning near Millhams. Also present in good numbers on the Kinson Common. |
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Azure Damselfly
 | | A common species on the Kinson Common during the spring and summer seasons. |
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Hover fly
 | | Photographed at Millhams in early spring. |
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Maybug
 | | Photographed at Millhams Mead in late May. |
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Rose Chafer
 | | This brilliant green chafer is well distributed throughout Kinson and is often a common sight in local gardens during the warmer seasons. |
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Tortoise beetles
 | | Photographed at Millhams Mead Local Nature Reserve in late May. |
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Keeled Orthetrum (female)
 | | Photographed near a bog pool on the Kinson Common. |
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6 spot Burnet moth
 | | A day flying moth photographed in Dragonfly Hollow on the Kinson Common. |
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Spotted Longhorn
 | | Photographed on willowherb in Gover`s Glade, Kinson Common. |
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Mother Shipton moth
 | | Photographed in grassland at Millhams Mead. |
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Love is
 | | In the case of Coenagrionidae, heart-shaped. |
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Brimstone moth
 | | Photographed at Millhams Mead in late summer. |
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Raft Spider
 | | Dolomedes fimbriatus. Photographed in Dragonfly Hollow on the Kinson Common, summer 2006. |
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Ruddy Darter (male)
 | | Photographed near Pepin`s Pond, Kinson Common, summer 2006. |
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Scorpion-fly
 | | Resting on foliage beside the Dorset Stour at Millhams Mead Local Nature Reserve, 23rd May, 2006. |
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Scarce Chaser (female)
 | | Libellula fulva. Photographed at Millhams Mead Local Nature Reserve, 23rd May, 2006. |
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Pale Crab Spider
 | | With a hover fly in Dragonfly Hollow, Kinson Common. Summer 2008. |
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Glow-worm
 | | Out-and-about in Gover`s Glade, Kinson Common. Summer 2008. |
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Roesel`s Bush-cricket in Kinson in 2009
 | | Photographed and recorded using gps on Kinson Common Local Nature Reserve in August 2009. Previosly observed during the annual orchid survey on the same Kinson reserve. |
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Roesel`s Bush-cricket in Kinson in 2010
 | | A male photographed in the Kinson region of Bournemouth on 27th June 2010. |
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Wasp Spider with a Roesel`s Bush cricket
 | | Photographed in Kinson, Dorset, on 31st July 2010. |
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Humming-bird Hawkmoth
 | | A beautiful day-flying moth which was present in central Kinson, Bournemouth, during September of 2010. |
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