BRITISH NATURE GUIDE
  • Home
    • Species Index Page
  • Birds of the world
  • British Wildlife Quiz Home Page
  • Wales & Scotland County & Regional Galleries
  • English County, Site and Trip Galleries
    • Trip Reports
  • Foreign Trip Reports and Galleries
  • Resources for children (Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2)
  • British Wildlife Recording sites
  • British Nature Guide E-Magazines

Twitter photo quiz answers
September 2019

Picture
Twitter photo quiz 30/9/19
Name the bee species
Tawny Mining-bee​ Andrena fulva 
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 30/9/19
Name the beetle species
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 30/9/19
Name the species of deer
Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the species
​Common Groundhopper Tetrix undulata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the deer species
Sika Cervus nippon
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the hoverfly species
Chrysotoxum bicinctum no common name
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the Ladybird species
​14 Spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the fungus species
Birch Polypore Fomitopsis betulina
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the species
​Berberis Sawfly Arge berberidis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the fungus
Common Earthball Scleroderma citrinum
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the species
Great Green Bush Cricket Tettigonia viridissima​
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
Name the plant species
Pineappleweed Matricaria discoidea
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 28/9/19
Name the shieldbug species
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 27/9/19
Name the beetle species
Bloody-nosed Beetle Timarcha tenebricosa
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 27/9/19
Name the growth on Oak tree
It is an Artichoke Gall ​caused by an Andricus fecundator Wasp
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 27/9/19
Name the dragonfly species
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 25/9/19
Shieldbugs from Cyprus
Top left Eurydema ornata - Ornate Shieldbug
Top right Graphosoma semipunctatum
Bottom left  Piezodorus lituratus Gorse Shield Bug
Bottom right Bagrada hilaris Painted Bug
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 25/9/19
Name the hoverfly pollinators
Top left Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Top right Eristalis intricarius
Bottom left Eristalinus sepulchralis
Bottom right Sericomyia lappona​​
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 25/9/19
Name the beetle pollinators
Top left Swollen-thighed Beetle
Top right Four-banded Longhorn Beetle
Bottom left Cream-spot Ladybird
Bottom right Common Red Soldier Beetle
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 29/9/19
More on Oak leaves
The pancakes are Common Spangle Gall caused by the wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
The growths on the Acorn are Knopper Oak Galls ​caused by the wasp Andricus quercuscalicis 
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
What are these on Oak leaves?
Silk Button Spangle Galls caused by the wasp Neuroterus numismalis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
Name the weevil species
Figwort Weevil Cionus scrophulariae
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
Name the bug species that laid the eggs
Gorse Shield Bug Piezodorus lituratus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
Name the spider species
Marbled Orb Weaver Araneus marmoreus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
Name the dragonfly species
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
Name the Ladybird species
22 Spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 24/9/19
Name the insect
​Scorpion-fly
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 23/9/19
Name the plant species
Hemp-agrimony Eupatorium cannabinum
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 23/9/19
Name the species
Green Leafhopper Cicadella viridis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 23/9/19
Name the plant species
Pink-sorrel Oxalis articulata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 23/9/19
Name the hoverfly species
Leucozona lucorum
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 22/9/19
Name the plant species
Sea Kale Crambe maritima
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 21/9/19
Four wasp mimics to identify
Top left Wasp Beetle
Top right Bog Hoverfly
Bottom left Four-barred Major Fly
Bottom right Wasp Spider photo by Lynda Lambert
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 20/9/19
Name the Beetles
Top left Sulphur Beetle Cteniopus sulphureus
Top right Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus investigator 
Bottom left Hazel Leaf-roller Weevil Apoderus coryli
Bottom right Orange Ladybird Halyzia sedecimguttata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 20/9/19
Name the species
Downland Bee Fly Villa cingulata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 20/9/19
Name the shieldbug species
Spiked Shieldbug Picromerus bidens
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 19/9/19
Name the Beetles
Top left Lesser Stag Beetle
Top right Devil's Coach-horse
Bottom left Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
​Bottom Right Red-tipped Flower Beetle
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 18/9/19
Name the wildflower species
​Shepherd's-purse Capsella bursa-pastoris

Picture
Twitter photo quiz 18/9/19
Name the birdwatching destination
​Cyprus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 17/9/19
Name the duck species
Ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 17/9/19
Name the moth species
The Herald Scoliopteryx libatrix
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 17/9/19
Name the autumn moth species
Centre-barred Sallow Atethmia centrago
Photo by Richard K Lambert
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 17/9/19
Name the butterfly species and variation
​Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia (
Valezina variation)
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 17/9/19
Name the European butterfly species
​Spanish Marbled White Melanargia ines
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
Name the European butterfly species
Spanish Festoon Zerynthia rumina
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
What's the birdie?
Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
Name the bird species
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
Name the Dragonfly species
Black-tailed Skimmer 
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
What links these four species?
The answer is Clouded
Top left photo is a Clouded Drab, top right is a Clouded Yellow, bottom left is a Clouded Silver, bottom right is a Clouded Border
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
Which word links these two species?
​Dingy, on the left Dingy Skipper, on the right Dingy Footman
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
Name the moth species
Yellow-tail Euproctis similis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 16/9/19
Name the European butterfly species
Scarce Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius
Photos by Richard K Lambert

Picture
​Twitter photo quiz 15/9/19
What's the birdie?
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 15/9/19
Name the bird species
Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus
Picture
​Twitter photo quiz 15/9/19
Name the moth species
Eyed Hawk-moth Smerinthus ocellata
Photo by Richard K Lambert

Picture
Twitter photo quiz 14/9/19
Name the autumn moth species
Dusky-lemon Sallow Xanthia gilvago  
​Photo by Richard K Lambert
​
Picture
​Twitter photo quiz 15/9/19
Name the autumn moth species
Yellow-line Quaker Agrochola macilenta 
Photo by Richard K Lambert

Picture
Twitter photo quiz 14/9/19
Name the autumn moth species
Sallow Cirrhia icteritia
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 14/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Holly Blue Celastrina argiolus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 14/9/19
Name the duck species
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the species
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the micro moth species
​Ypsolopha sequella
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the wort
Bridewort Spiraea salicifolia
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the plant species
Common Toadflax Linaria vulgaris 
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the plant species from the leaves
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
What is causing these growths on Oak trees?
Caused by Knopper Oak Gall Wasp Andricus quercuscalicis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the wildflower species
Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Common Blue Polyommatus icarus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 13/9/19
Name the bird species with the Coot
Red-crested Pochard Netta Rufina
Picture
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 12/9/19
Name the species of deer
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 12/9/19
Name the bird species
Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Picture
Twitter site photos 12/9/19
Species seen at Old Moor RSPB Yorkshire
Top left Hawthorn Shieldbug
Top right Alder Tongue
Bottom left Water Spider
​Bottom right Tree Sparrow
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 12/9/19
Name the shieldbug species
Southern Green Shieldbug Nezara viridula
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 12/9/19
Name the moth species
Green Silver-lines Pseudoips prasinana
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 12/9/19
Name the Ladybird species
Adonis Ladybird Hippodamia variegata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 11/9/19
Name the moth species with Oak in their name
Top left Oak Eggar
Top right Green Oak Tortrix
Bottom left Oak Beauty
​Bottom right Oak Hook-tip
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 11/9/19
Name the moth species
Brindled Green Dryobotodes eremita
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 11/9/19
Name the plant species
Corn Marigold Chrysanthemum segetum
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 11/9/19
Name the moth species
Figure of Eight Diloba caeruleocephala
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 11/9/19
What's the birdie?
Whitethroat Sylvia communis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 10/9/19
Name the wildflower species
Yellow-wort Blackstonia perfoliata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz
Name the caterpillar species and plant
Mullein Moth caterpillar Cucullia verbasci
Great Mullein Verbascum thapsus
​The names show the link between these two species​
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 10/9/19
Name the wildflower species
Lessrer Centaury Centaurium pulchellum
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 10/9/19
Name these 4 American herons
Top left Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Top right Reddish Egret
Bottom left Great Blue Heron
Bottom right Black-crowned Night Heron
​
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 9/9/19
Name the moth species
Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 9/9/19
Name the dragonfly species
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Picture
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 9/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Peacock Aglais io
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 9/9/19
Name the bird species
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Picture

Twitter photo quiz 8/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Top left Peacock
Top right Small Tortoiseshell
Bottom left Painted Lady
​Bottom right Speckled Wood

Picture
Twitter photo quiz 8/9/19
Name the bird species
Sanderling Calidris alba
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 8/9/19
Name the bird species
Ruppell's Warbler Sylvia ruppelli
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 8/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Large White Pieris brassicae
Picture
Twitter quiz 8/9/19
Butterfly scientific names
Large White
Comma
​Pearl-bordered Fritillary
​
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 8/9/19
Name the moth species
Brimstone Opisthograptis luteolata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 7/9/19
Name the butterfly species that will emerge
Large White Pieris brassicae
Picture
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 7/9/19
Name the species
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Adult photo shown as well
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 7/9/19
Name the well behaved butterflies
Small Tortoiseshell in each photo, with Comma, Small White and Red Admiral.
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 7/9/19
Name the caterpillar species
Comma Butterfly Polygonia c-album
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the moth species
Green-brindled Crescent Allophyes oxyacanthae
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Long-tailed Blue Lampides boeticus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the bird species
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the wildflower species
Wood Avens Geum urbanum
Has lots of other common names included Herb-Bennet
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the butterfly species
This is a Pearl-bordered Fritillary Boloria euphrosyne
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the bird species
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the bird species on the UK Amber list
Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 6/9/19
Name the bird species
​Linnet Linaria cannabina
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 5/9/19
What is the new name for this European species?
Iberian Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cooki)
Picture
Twitter quiz 5/9/19
Name the bird species
Manx Shearwater
Wren
​Little Auk
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 5/9/19
What do these two have in common?
​They are both called Redshank. 
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 4/9/19
What's the birdie?
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 4/9/19
Name the bird species
Robin Erithacus rubecula
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 4/9/19
Name the moth species
September Thorn Ennomus erosaria
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 3/9/19
Name the half a duck
Mallard (male) Anas platyrhynchos
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 3/9/19
Name the North American bird species
Killdeer Plover Charadrius vociferus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 3/9/19
Name the butterfly species
Wood White Leptidea sinapis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 3/9/19
Name the moth species
​Flounced Rustic Luperina testacea
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 3/9/19
Name the bird species without a head
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 2/9/19
Name the moth species
​Pink-barred Sallow Xanthia togata
Picture
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 2/9/19
What's the birdie?
Young and adult Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 2/9/19
What's the birdie?
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 2/9/19
Name the moth species
Flame Carpet Xanthorhoe designata
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 1/9/19
What's the birdie?
Little Owl Athene noctua
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 1/9/19
Name the North American bird species
Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
Picture
Twitter photo quiz 1/9/19
Name the bird species
Scaup Aythya marila


  • Home
    • Species Index Page
  • Birds of the world
  • British Wildlife Quiz Home Page
  • Wales & Scotland County & Regional Galleries
  • English County, Site and Trip Galleries
    • Trip Reports
  • Foreign Trip Reports and Galleries
  • Resources for children (Key Stage 1 & Key Stage 2)
  • British Wildlife Recording sites
  • British Nature Guide E-Magazines