Name a species
A competition to invent common names for 10 threatened UK species
'Cutpurse wasp' wins species naming competition
Guardian reader philipphilip99 wins 2012 Name a species competition for his name for a spider-hunting wasp
Sacculina carcini – A parasitic barnacle
Pocota personata – Hoverfly in disguise
Brindalus porcicollis – A shiny sand scarab
Poecilobothrus nobilitatus – Glittering green fly
Brissopsis lyrifera – Spiny heart in the mud
Aporus unicolor – A spider-hunting wasp
Elysia viridis – Photosynthesising sea-slug
Akera bullata – Squid-like sea slug
Halictus eurygnathus – Lost bee of the South Downs
Peachia cylindrica – Lurker in the sand
Name a species competition terms and conditions 2012
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'Hotlips' fungus wins species naming competition
Name a species competition: 2011 winners
Richard Mabey on the art of giving species their common names
Richard Mabey: Latin names are fine for textbooks, but the beautiful common names we give to our flora and fauna are part of a shared poetic enterprise stretching back thousands of years – and you can still be a part of it
Ophiura albida – a snaky star in the sand
Xerocumus bubalinus – a tree-nurturing mushroom
Octospora humosa – a high-pressured fungus
Nymphon gracile – an undersea spider with a straw
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