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Species

Little owl by Pete Walkden

Click on the boxes below to explore different groups of wildlife. 

You can also set yourself a wildlife-spotting challenge and discover more about Worcestershire's...

beetles        bryophytes        butterflies        dragonflies        flies        garden birds        grasses        grasshoppers and bush-crickets         ladybirds        moths        mammals        raptors        shieldbugs        solitary bees        spiders

Butterflies

Duke of Burgundy

A Scotch argus butterfly resting on a leaf, its brown wings open showing the orange patches and black-bordered white spots

Scotch argus

A wood white butterfly resting on a plant, with its distinctive oval wings closed

Wood white

Large heath butterfly

Large heath

High brown fritillary

High brown fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Marsh fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Glanville fritillary

Large White butterfly

Large white

Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary

Dingy Skipper butterfly

Dingy skipper

Small White butterfly

Small white

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed fritillary

Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterfly

Small pearl-bordered fritillary

Green-veined White

Green-veined white

Speckled Wood

Speckled wood

Brown hairstreak butterfly

Brown hairstreak

Orange-tip Butterfly

Orange-tip

Wall Brown

Wall brown

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underwing

Pearl-bordered fritillary

green hairstreak

Green hairstreak

Marbled White

Marbled white

White-letter hairstreak butterfly

White-letter hairstreak

Purple Hairstreak butterfly

Purple hairstreak

Grayling

Grayling

Silver-studded Blue butterfly

Silver-studded blue

Small Copper butterfly

Small copper

Gatekeeper

Gatekeeper

Small Skipper

Small skipper

Brown Argus

Brown argus

Meadow Brown

Meadow brown

Peacock butterfly

Peacock

Common Blue butterfly male

Common blue

Ringlet

Ringlet

Painted Lady butterfly

Painted lady

Holly Blue butterfly

Holly blue

Small heath

Small heath

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