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Archive for the year 2025

October 2025

Furrow Bees

No. 800 |

Furrow Bees

The genus Halictus is a large assemblage of bee species in the family Halictidae. The genus is divided into 15 subgenera, some of dubious monophyly, containing over 200 species, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere (a few species occur in South America, Asia and Africa). Most species are black or dark brown, sometimes metallic greenish-tinted, with apical whitish abdominal bands on the terga (the related genus Lasioglossum, which is otherwise often similar in appearance, has the abdominal...

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September 2025

knapweed rhopalid

No. 774 |

knapweed rhopalid

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August 2025

garden figwort weevil

No. 744 |

garden figwort weevil

Cionus hortulanus is a species of weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Curculioninae.

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July 2025

acorn weevil

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.

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June 2025

Rustic Sailor Beetle

No. 682 |

Rustic Sailor Beetle

Cantharis rustica is a species of soldier beetle found in Europe east to central Russia.

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May 2025

Rose Aphid

No. 652 |

Rose Aphid

Macrosiphum rosae is a species of aphids. It infests rosebushes, especially around new buds.

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April 2025

Eyed Ladybird Beetle

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.

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March 2025

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

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.

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February 2025

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

No. 560 |

Wood, Mound, and Field Ants

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January 2025

Grass Flies

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.

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