Flies
43 species of fly have become extinct in England in the last 200 years, 10 of which are shown below
Species: Belida angelicae
Extinct: 1936
Species: Clitellaria ephippium
Extinct: 1850
© John Reinecke
© Hectonichus
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Ants
One species of ant has become extinct in England in the last 200 years.
Species: Formica pratensis (black-backed
meadow ant)
Extinct: 1988
Factors leading to extinction: Urban
development and inappropriate land
management
©Andrea Hallgass
Bees
22 species of bee have become extinct In England in the last 200 years, 16 of which are shown below. Bees are threatened by habitat loss, the use of pesticides, disease and invasive bee species.
©Pietro Niolu
Species: Andrena lepida
Extinct: 1952
Factors leading to extinction: Agricultural changes
Species: Andrena nana
Extinct: 1930
©Stefan Schmidt
Species: Andrena nanula
Extinct: 1877
Species: Andrena vaga
Extinct: 1946
©Stefan Schmidt
© Henk Wallays
Species: Bombus distinguendus (great yellow bumblebee)
Extinct: 1981
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss
©Stefan Schmidt
©Göran Holmström
Species: Bombus subterraneus (short-haired bumblebee)
Extinct: 1990
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss/degradation and agricultural changes
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Species: Coelioxys afra
Extinct: 1892
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and changes to agricultural methods
Species: Dufourea halictula
Extinct: 1953
©Stefan Schmidt
©Stefan Schmidt
Species: Eucera nigrescens
Extinct: 1970
Factors leading to extinction: Agricultural changes and a decline in some of its food plants
Species: Halictus maculates
Extinct: 1930
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©Stefan Schmidt
Species: Megachile ericetorum
Extinct: 1844
Species: Megachile lapponica
Extinct: 1847
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© Henk Wallays
Species: Melecta luctuosa
Extinct: 1912
Factors leading to extinction: Decline of its host species
Species: Nomada errans
Extinct: 1982
Factors leading to extinction: Cliff stabilisation and scrub encroachment
© Sandrine Meddou
©Stefan Schmidt
©Stefan Schmidt
Species: Osmia xanthomelana
Extinct: 1998
Factors leading to extinction: Cliff stabilisation, scrub encroachment and agricultural intensification
Species: Rhophites quinquespinosus
Extinct: 1878
©Stefan Schmidt
Beetles
78 species of beetle have become extinct in England in the last 200 years, 55 of which are shown below. Beetles are threatened by habitat loss, pollution, the intensification and expansion of agriculture and the spread of cities.
Species: Acupalpus elegans
Extinct: 1875
Species: Aglyptinus agathidioides
Extinct: 1912
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© Natural History Museum
Species: Ampedus sanguineus
Extinct: 1830
Species: Anthrenus pimpinellae
Extinct: 1895
© Henk Wallays
© Henk Wallays
Species: Anthrenus scrophulariae
Extinct: 1800s
Species: Bagous arduus (longitarsis)
Extinct: 1800s
Factors leading to extinction: Water pollution
© Isidro Martínez
© Stefan Schmidt
Species: Bagous binodulus
Extinct: 1861
Factors leading to extinction: Water pollution
Species: Bagous petro
Extinct: 1895
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© Lech Borowiec
© Lech Borowiec
Species: Bidessus minutissimus (Minutest diving beetle)
Extinct: 1908
Factors leading to extinction: Water pollution and poor river management
Species: Bostrichus capucinus
Extinct: 1908
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© Costan E
Species: Bothynoderes (Chromoderus) afinis
Extinct: 1883
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Species: Cardiophorus gramineus
Extinct: 1863
Factors leading to extinction: poor management
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© Eran Finkle
Species: Cardiophorus ruficollis
Extinct: 1833
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Species: Ceutorhynchus syrites
Extinct: 1800s
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© Lech Borowiec
Species: Chrysomela tremula
Extinct: 1958
Factors leading to extinction: Decline in coppicing
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Species: Clytra laeviuscula
Extinct: 1895
© Lech Borowiec
© Cristian Arghius
© Michael Schäfer
Species: Coniocleonus hollbergi
Extinct: 1815
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Species: Endophloeus markovichianus
Extinct: 1927
© Isidro Martínez
© Mick Talbot
Species: Gyrinus natator
Extinct: 1921
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat succession
Species: Hister illigeri
Extinct: 1800s
© Lech Borowiec
© Vitaliy Nazarenko
Species: Hypera arundinis
Extinct: 1800s
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Species: Hypocassida subferruginea
Extinct: 1800s
© Renato Nicolai
Species: Lamia textor
Extinct: 1953
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© Udo Schmidt
Species: Lamprohiza splendidula
Extinct: 1884
Factors leading to extinction: Land use and agricultural changes
© Maria Justamond
Species: Lebia marginata
Extinct: 1800
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Species: Lebia scapularis
Extinct: 1883
© Lech Borowiec
© Isidro Martínez
© Isidro Martínez
Species: Lepturobosca virens
Extinct: 1800s
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and land use changes
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Species: Lepyrus capucinus
Extinct: 1897
© Ruth Zwiener
Species: Lixus angustatus nec algirus
Extinct: 1928
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Species: Lixus paraplecticus
Extinct: 1958
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and modification
© Pietro Niolu
© Juergen Mangelsdorf
Species: Lixus vilis
Extinct: 1905
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© Josef DvoÅ™ák
Species: Meligethes coracinus
Extinct: 1870s
© Lech Borowiec
Species: Meloe autumnalis
Extinct: 1952
Factors leading to extinction: Changes in land management
© Isidro Martínez
Species: Meloe cicatricosus
Extinct: 1906
Factors leading to extinction: Changes in land management
© Lech Borowiec
Species: Meloe mediterraneus
Extinct: 1800s
Factors leading to extinction: Changes in land management
Species: Meloe variegatus
Extinct: 1882
Factors leading to extinction: Changes in land management
© Stanislav Shinkarenkov
© Isidro Martínez
© Michael Thomas
Species: Murmidius ovalis
Extinct: 1831
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and land use changes
Species: Mycterus curculioides
Extinct: 1882
© Isidro Martínez
Species: Obrium cantharinum
Extinct: 1929
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and land use changes
© Lech Borowiec
Species: Paederidus rubrothoracicus
Extinct: 1870
© Henk Wallays
Species: Philonthus confinis
Extinct: 1902
Species: Phloeophagus gracilis
Extinct: 1897
Factors leading to extinction: Land use changes
© Lech Borowiec
© Friedhelm Bahr
© Stanislav Shinkarenko
Species: Plagionotus arcuatus
Extinct: 1800s
Species: Platycerus caraboides (Blue stag beetle)
Extinct: 1839
© Stanislav Shinkarenko
© Lech Borowiec
Species: Pleurophorus caesus
Extinct: 1890
Species: Polyphylla fullo
Extinct: mid-1800s
© Jaroslaw Makowski
Species: Pterostichus aterrimus
Extinct: 1973
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and degradation
Species: Rhynchites bacchus
Extinct: 1843
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© Juraj Komar
Species: Rhyssemus germanus
Extinct: 1800s
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and poor management
Species: Spercheus emarginatus
Extinct: 1956
Factors leading to extinction: Loss of fenland habitat
© Lech Borowiec
© Udo Schmidt
Species: Strangalia attenuata
Extinct: 1845
Species: Tilloidea unifasciatus
Extinct: 1877
© Lech Borowiec
© Siga
Species: Trichodes alvearius
Extinct: 1800s
Species: Trichodes apiarius
Extinct: 1830
© Jane Aston
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Species: Tychius polylineatus
Extinct: 1909
© Lech Borowiec
Birds
Seven species of bird have become extinct in England in the last 200 years. Birds are threatened by habitat loss, human disturbance, agriculture and hunting.
Species: Charadrius alexandrines (Kentish plover)
Extinct: 1928
Factors leading to extinction: Human disturbance
Species: Chlidonias niger (Black tern)
Extinct: 1840s-1850s
Factors leading to extinction: Loss of wetlands
© Francis Yap
© Andrew Jordan
Species: Ciconia ciconia (White stork)
Extinct: Unknown
Factors leading to extinction: There is no clear understanding of why this bird failed to survive in the UK.
Species: Crex crex (Corncrake)
Extinct: Early 1990s
Factors leading to extinction: The mechanisation of mowing and the earlier mowing of grass crops
© Henrique Oliveira Pires
Species: Lanius collurio (Red-backed shrike)
Extinct: 1988
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss, agricultural intensification and egg collecting
Species: Otis tarda (Great bustard)
Extinct: 1833
Factors leading to extinction: Expansion and intensification of agriculture
Species: Pinguinus impennis (Great auk)
Extinct: 1820s
Factors leading to extinction: Hunting
Butterflies
Five species of butterfly have become extinct in England in the last 200 years. Butterflies are threatened by the intensification and mechanisation of agriculture, changes in land management, and the use of both pesticides and herbicides.
Species: Aporia crataegi (Black-veined white)
Extinct: 1890s-1920s
Factors leading to extinction: Numbers crashed during a prolonged wet period
Species: Carterocephalus palaemon (Chequered skipper)
Extinct: 1976
Factors leading to extinction: Habitat loss and neglect
Species: Cyaniris semiargus (Mazarine blue)
Extinct: 1903
Factors leading to extinction: Changes in agricultural practices
Species: Lycaena dispar (Large copper)
Extinct: 1864
Factors leading to extinction: The draining of the fens where it used to breed
Species: Nymphalis polychloros (Large tortoiseshell)
Extinct: c1953
Factors leading to extinction: Dutch elm disease eradicated main larval food source