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October 2025
No. 782 |
Anthaxia nitidula
Anthaxia nitidula is a species of jewel beetles belonging to the family Buprestidae, subfamily Buprestinae.
September 2025
No. 774 |
knapweed rhopalid
August 2025
No. 744 |
garden figwort weevil
Cionus hortulanus is a species of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Curculioninae.
July 2025
No. 713 |
acorn weevil
Curculio glandium is a species of European carpophagus weevil in the genus Curculio, the acorn and nut weevils. It eats by a rostrum, an elongated snout, that is used for piercing.
June 2025
No. 682 |
Rustic Sailor Beetle
Cantharis rustica is a species of soldier beetle found in Europe east to central Russia.
May 2025
No. 652 |
Rose Aphid
Macrosiphum rosae is a species of aphids. It infests rosebushes, especially around new buds.
April 2025
No. 621 |
Eyed Ladybird Beetle
Anatis ocellata, commonly known as the eyed ladybug, is a species of ladybug in the Coccinellidae family. It has black spots on a red background, with each spot surrounded by a yellowish halo. In one color variation, a specimen found in Scotland was reported having the spots fused to form longitudinal lines.
March 2025
No. 591 |
Three Spotted Nettle Bug
Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.
February 2025
No. 560 |
Wood, Mound, and Field Ants
No. 552 |
Lygus pratensis
Lygus pratensis is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae.
January 2025
No. 532 |
Grass Flies
Opomyzidae is a family of acalyptrate Diptera. They are generally small, slender, yellow, brown or black coloured flies. The larval food plants are grasses, including cereal crops, the adults are mainly found in open habitats. Some species being agricultural pests.
December 2024
No. 501 |
Yellow-haired Sun Fly
Myathropa florea is a very common European and North African species of hoverfly. Adults may be seen on flowers from May to September. It is of similar size as the drone fly, but living Myathropa are generally more yellow, with two light bands to the thorax, interrupted with a black central smudge. In museum specimens, any yellow colour soon fades to brown after death. Like most Eristalini, Myathropa are rather variable in size, shape and colour.
November 2024
No. 470 |
banded rhopalid
Stictopleurus punctatonervosus is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to the family Rhopalidae, subfamily Rhopalinae.
October 2024
No. 440 |
Common Nettle Flower Bug
Plagiognathus arbustorum is a species of insects in the family Miridae, the plant bugs....
No. 436 |
Pipizella
Pipizella is a genus Hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
September 2024
No. 409 |
Golden Digger Wasp
Sphex funerarius, the golden digger wasp, is a species of digger wasp belonging to the family Sphecidae.
August 2024
No. 379 |
Calocoris affinis
Calocoris affinis is a species of insect in the subfamily Mirinae of the family Miridae that can be found everywhere in Europe except for Switzerland and Greece.
July 2024
No. 348 |
red-spotted plant bug
Deraeocoris ruber (also known as Mirid Bug) is a species of bugs in Miridae family.
June 2024
No. 317 |
Marsh Damsel Bug
Nabis limbatus is a species of damsel bug in the family Nabidae. It is found in Northern Europe and the northern part of Western and Central Europe.It occurs in the East in Eastern Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia to China and Korea.It is introduced in Canada. In the Alps, it rises to about 1400 meters above sea level. In the South of Europe,found only in the central uplands....
May 2024
No. 287 |
Common Green Capsid
Lygocoris pabulinus also known as the common green capsid, is a species of bug from the family Miridae which can be found throughout Europe (except for Greece, Malta, and Iceland). It feeds on plants.
April 2024
No. 256 |
Thick-legged Hover Fly
Syritta pipiens is a common species of European hover fly. It is sometimes called the thick-legged hoverfly, from its distinctive broad hind femora. They are fast nimble fliers, and the larvae feed in rotting organic matter.
March 2024
No. 226 |
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea, the marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae....
February 2024
No. 195 |
Common Green Capsid
Lygocoris pabulinus also known as the common green capsid, is a species of bug from the family Miridae which can be found throughout Europe (except for Greece, Malta, and Iceland). It feeds on plants.
January 2024
No. 166 |
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata, the seven-spot ladybird (or, in North America, seven-spotted ladybug or "C-7"), is the most common ladybird in Europe. Its elytra are of a red colour, but punctuated with three black spots each, with one further spot being spread over the junction of the two, making a total of seven spots, from which the species derives both its common and scientific names (from the Latin septem = "seven" and punctus = "spot").
December 2023
No. 135 |
European Paper Wasp
The European paper wasp (Polistes dominula, often misspelled as dominulus) is one of the most common and well-known species of social wasps in the genus Polistes. Its diet is more diverse than that of most Polistes species (many genera of insects versus mainly caterpillars in other Polistes), giving it superior survival value over many other wasp species during a shortage of resources.
November 2023
No. 104 |
Marmalade Hover Fly
Episyrphus balteatus, sometimes called the marmalade hoverfly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9–12 mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout the Palaearctic region, which covers Europe, North Asia and North Africa. The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands. Two further identification characters are the presence of secondary black bands on the third and fourth dorsal plates and faint greyish longitudinal stripes on the thorax. Its color patterns may appear wasp-like to...
October 2023
No. 74 |
Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle
The 14-spotted Ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata) is a small lady beetle, belonging to the family Coccinellidae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name 14-spotted ladybird beetle, or simply P-14.
September 2023
No. 43 |
northern fruit bug
Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.
August 2023
No. 13 |
Marbled White
Melanargia galathea, the marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae....
