These bulky beetles can sometimes be found on flowers in woodland rides or along hedgerows.

This brightly-coloured beetle is often found feeding on flowers on warm days in late spring and summer.

This beautiful beetle is fond of damp meadows and woodland rides, where it's often found on umbellifers or thistles.

The metallic-green Musk beetle lives up to its name: it releases a musky-smelling secretion when it defends itself. It is a longhorn beetle, so has lengthy antennae. Look for it near wetlands in…

This beautiful beetle only arrived in the UK in 1960s but is now a common sight on garden herbs.

Famed for its tapping in the middle of the night, supposedly heralding tragedy, the Deathwatch beetle is a serious wood-boring pest. In houses, their tunnelling can cause major damage.

The spotted ray is one of the smallest species of skate, growing to only 80 cm.

A clever mimic, the wasp beetle is black-and-yellow and moves in a jerky, flight-like fashion - fooling predators into thinking it is actually a more harmful common wasp. Look for it in hedgerows…

Watch the deadly accurate flying of the spotted flycatcher in woodlands, gardens and parks. It sits quietly on a perch waiting for an unsuspecting insect to fly by, deftly dashing out to seize it…

One of our largest soldier beetles, often found on flowers where they hunt other insects.

The common name of the bloody-nosed beetle derives from its unusual defence mechanism: when threatened, it secretes a distasteful blood-red liquid from its mouth. This flightless beetle can be…

This metallic green beetle can be seen visiting flowers on sunny days in spring and summer.