In order to ensure that the site is maintained at optimal condition a number of surveys were held at the site to determine which insects lived on the site, and ensure that the land is managed to give optimal conditions to the species. Two hundred and forty three species were identified as living on the reserve, including a number of rare species (spiny-mouthed tephritid, and one which has until present day been deemed to be extinct in the UK.

The mosaic like nature of habitats at Ruxley is undoubtedly one reason why the site serves insect life particularly well, and likewise those creatures that feed upon them.

The site plays host to two different species of spider, 30 different species of beetle, 118 different species of fly, 32 species of bug, 40 species of ants, bees, sawflies and wasps,nine species of butterflies and moths, four different species of damsels and dragonflies, Harvestmen, and three different species of grasshoppers and crickets.

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