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Crested Cow-Wheat (Melampyrum cristatum)

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Recording Schemes and Study Groups

There are variety of national species recording schemes and study groups in the UK. Clicking on one of the taxonomic group names below will open a smaller window with contact details for that scheme.

BOTANY
Vascular Plants
Botanical Society of the British Isles
Lichens	Myxomycetes	Marine Algae	Algae
Lichens	Myxomycetes	Marine Algae	Characeae (stoneworts)
Bryophyta	Fungi
Mosses and liverworts	British Mycological Society Association of British Fungus Groups
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Birds	Mammals
Birds	Mammal Society Bat Conservation Trust: National Bat Monitoring Programme
Fishes	Amphibians and Reptiles
Fishes	National Amphibian & Reptile Recording Scheme
INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
Insects: beetles
Coleoptera (aquatic species) / aquatic beetles Coleoptera: Buprestidae, Cantharidae, Drilidae, Lampyridae and Lycidae / soldier and jewel beetles, glow-worm and allies Coleoptera: Carabidae / ground beetles Coleoptera: Cerambycidae / longhorn beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae & Bruchidae / leaf-and seed-beetles Coleoptera: Coccinellidae / ladybirds Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae, Atomariinae / atomariine beetles Coleoptera: Curculioinidae (orthocerous species) / orthocerous weevils Coleoptera: Dermestidae (and Derodontidae) / Hide, larder and carpet beetles Coleoptera: Elateroidea / click beetles and allies Coleoptera: Ptiliidae / ptiliid beetles Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea / dung beetles and chafers Coleoptera: Scirtidae / scirtid beetles Coleoptera: Scolytidae / bark beetles Coleoptera: Staphylinidae / rove beetles Coleoptera: Stenini / staphylinid beetles: Stenus and Dianous Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea / darkling beetles
Insects: flies
Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) / biting midges Diptera: Anthomyiidae / anthomyiid flies Diptera: Brachycera (larger species) / Larger Brachycera: Robberflies, Bee-flies, Snipeflies, Solderflies, Horseflies and allies Diptera: Chironomidae / chironomid flies Diptera: Chloropidae / chloropid flies Diptera: Conopidae, Lonchopteridae, Ulidiidae & Pallopteridae / conopid, lonchopterid & picture-winged flies Diptera: Culicidae / mosquitoes Diptera: Dixidae / meniscus midges Diptera: Drosophilidae / fruit flies Diptera: Empididae / empid & dolichopodid flies Diptera: Mycetophilidae and allies / fungus gnats Diptera: Nerioidea: Pseudopomyzidae, Micropezidae; Diopsoidea: Tanypezidae, Strongylophthalmidae, Megamerinidae & Psilidae / stilt and stalk flies Diptera: Oestridae / warble-flies and bots Diptera: Pipunculidae / pipunculid flies Diptera: Sciomyzidae / snail-killing flies Diptera: Sepsidae / sepsid flies Diptera: Syrphidae / hoverflies Diptera: Tachinidae / tachinid flies Diptera: Tephritidae / tephritid flies Diptera: Tipuloidea & Ptychopteridae / craneflies
Other insects
Ephemeroptera / mayflies Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha / leafhoppers & froghoppers Hemiptera: Heteroptera (aquatic species) / water bugs Hemiptera: Heteroptera (terrestrial species) / shieldbugs & allied species Hemiptera: Heteroptera (terrestrial species) / plant bugs & allied species Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea / psyllids Hymenoptera: Aculeata / bees, wasps, ants Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea (nocturnal) / parasitic wasps Hymenoptera: Symphyta / sawflies Lepidoptera: Butterflies / butterflies Lepidoptera: Moths / moths Lepidoptera: Crambidae & Pyralidae / grass & pyralid moths Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae / gelechiid moths Lepidoptera: Incurvarioidea / longhorn moths and allies Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae / plume moths Lepidoptera: leaf-miners / leaf-mining moths Neuropterida (Neuroptera, Mecoptera & Megaloptera) / lacewings, scorpion-flies, snake-flies and allies Odonata / dragonflies & damselflies Odonata (migrant species) / dragonflies & damselflies Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Dictyoptera & Phasmida / grasshoppers and allies Plecoptera / stoneflies Psocoptera (outdoor species) / barkflies Siphonaptera / fleas Trichoptera / caddisflies
Non-insect invertebrates
Acarina: Ixodoidea / ticks Annelida: Oligochaeta / earthworms Arachnida: Araneae / spiders Arachnida: Opiliones / harvestmen Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones / pseudoscorpions Collembola / springtails Crustacea (hypogean species) / Cave amphipods and other Crustacea Isopoda (non-marine species) / woodlice Mollusca (non-marine species) / non-marine molluscs Myriapoda: Chilopoda / centipedes Myriapoda: Diplopoda / millipedes Tricladida (freshwater species) / freshwater flatworms Tricladida (terrestrial species) / terrestrial flatworms

Bryony Ladybird larva (Henosepilachna argus)