Arthropods Daily – March 2024 March 1, 2024 – March 31, 2024

No. 197 | March 2, 2024

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil

Polydrusus formosus is a species of broad-nosed weevils belonging to the family Curculionidae, subfamily Entiminae....

No. 198 | March 3, 2024

Phyllotreta nigripes

No. 199 | March 4, 2024

Great Green Bush-cricket

Tettigonia viridissima, the great green bush-cricket, is a large species of katydid or bush-cricket belonging to the family Tettigoniidae, subfamily Tettigoniinae.

No. 200 | March 5, 2024

Southern Oak Bush-cricket

Meconema meridionale is an insect in the family Tettigoniidae, commonly known as the southern oak bush cricket.

No. 201 | March 6, 2024

Mint beetle

Chrysolina coerulans, also known as the blue mint beetle or blue mint leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is a member of the subgenus Synerga of the genus Chrysolina. It is native to a wide range of countries between mid and eastern Europe and lives alongside rivers and in meadows, it feeds on various plant members of the mint family.

No. 202 | March 7, 2024

Common Nettle Flower Bug

Plagiognathus arbustorum is a species of insects in the family Miridae, the plant bugs....

No. 203 | March 8, 2024

Mint beetle

Chrysolina coerulans, also known as the blue mint beetle or blue mint leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is a member of the subgenus Synerga of the genus Chrysolina. It is native to a wide range of countries between mid and eastern Europe and lives alongside rivers and in meadows, it feeds on various plant members of the mint family.

No. 204 | March 9, 2024

Tree Snipefly

Chrysopilus laetus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.

No. 206 | March 11, 2024

Mint beetle

Chrysolina coerulans, also known as the blue mint beetle or blue mint leaf beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Chrysomelidae. It is a member of the subgenus Synerga of the genus Chrysolina. It is native to a wide range of countries between mid and eastern Europe and lives alongside rivers and in meadows, it feeds on various plant members of the mint family.

No. 207 | March 12, 2024

Aphidoidea

Aphids, also known as plant lice and in Britain and the Commonwealth as greenflies, blackflies, or whiteflies (not to be confused with "jumping plant lice" or true whiteflies), are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Many species are green, but other commonly occurring species may be white and wooly, brown, or black. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions. They are capable of extremely rapid increase...

No. 208 | March 13, 2024

Buzzing Spider

Anyphaena accentuata is a species of spider.

No. 209 | March 14, 2024

Tree Snipefly

Chrysopilus laetus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.

No. 210 | March 15, 2024

Green Dock Beetle

Gastrophysa viridula, known as the green dock beetle, green dock leaf beetle or green sorrel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe.

No. 211 | March 16, 2024

Willow Flea-beetle

Crepidodera aurata also known as willow flea beetle, is a species of flea beetles from the Chrysomelidae family, described by Marsham in 1802. It can be found in Palearctic region and to the east of Korea. Can be found in Wales.

No. 212 | March 17, 2024

Black-horned Gem Fly

Microchrysa polita, the black-horned gem, is a European species of soldier fly.

No. 213 | March 18, 2024

Green Dock Beetle

Gastrophysa viridula, known as the green dock beetle, green dock leaf beetle or green sorrel beetle, is a species of beetle native to Europe.

No. 214 | March 19, 2024

Oedemera femorata

No. 215 | March 20, 2024

Sloe Bug

Dolycoris baccarum, the sloe bug, is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae....

No. 216 | March 21, 2024

Large White

Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.

No. 217 | March 22, 2024

Common European Greenbottle Fly

The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blow fly found in most areas of the world, and the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. It is 10–14 mm long, slightly larger than a house fly, and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings. It has short, sparse black bristles (setae) and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae...

No. 218 | March 23, 2024

Black-backed meadow ant

Formica pratensis, the black-backed meadow ant, is a species of European red wood ant in the family Formicidae.

No. 219 | March 24, 2024

Large White

Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.

No. 220 | March 25, 2024

Empis livida

Empis livida is a species of dance fly, in the fly family Empididae. Males range from 7.5–9.3 millimetres (0.30–0.37 in), females 7.5–10.2 millimetres (0.30–0.40 in). The male's abdomen is brownish, and his wings appear faintly brown and clouded. The female's abdomen is gray and her wings are clear. E. livida lives in hedgerows, feeding on the nectar of several species of Rosaceae, several species of Asteraceae, and Heracleum sphondylium nectar; they also feed on other insects. They live...

No. 221 | March 26, 2024

variable longhorn beetle

Stenocorus meridianus is a species of longhorn beetle in the Lepturinae subfamily that can be found anywhere in Europe (except for Faroe Islands, Iceland and Ireland, Malta, and parts of Italy such as San Marino, Sardinia, Sicily, and Vatican city), Caucasus, and Kazakhstan. They are 15–27 millimetres (0.59–1.06 in). The species have brown coloured legs, but can have either black (female) or brown (male) coloured prothorax. They occasionally feed on deciduous trees such as elm, maple, and...

No. 222 | March 27, 2024

Malachite Beetles

Malachiinae is a subfamily of soft-wing flower beetles, beetles of the family Melyridae.

No. 223 | March 28, 2024

Black-backed meadow ant

Formica pratensis, the black-backed meadow ant, is a species of European red wood ant in the family Formicidae.

No. 224 | March 29, 2024

Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp

Isodontia mexicana, the Grass-carrying wasp, is a species belonging to the family Sphecidae. It is mainly found throughout North America, but has become established in Europe, primarily France, Switzerland, Hungary, Italy and Spain.

No. 225 | March 30, 2024

Black-striped Longhorn Beetle

Stenurella melanura is a beetle species of flower longhorns belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Lepturinae.

No. 226 | March 31, 2024

Marbled White

Melanargia galathea, the marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae....