Arthropods Daily – June 2026 –

Castor Bean Tick

No. 1018 |

Castor Bean Tick

Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. It may reach a length of 11 mm (0.43 in) when engorged with a blood meal, and can transmit both bacterial and viral pathogens such as the causative agents of Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis.

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Dance Flies

No. 1019 |

Dance Flies

Empididae is a family of flies with over 3,000 described species occurring worldwide in all the Ecozones but the majority are found in the Holarctic. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives in the Empidoidea, and exhibit a wide range of forms but are generally small to medium sized, non-metallic and rather bristly.

Masked Bees

No. 1020 |

Masked Bees

Hylaeus is a large (>500 species) and diverse cosmopolitan genus within the bee family Colletidae.

Ceutorhynchus typhae

No. 1021 |

Ceutorhynchus typhae

Lomatia lateralis

No. 1022 |

Lomatia lateralis

Ceutorhynchus typhae

No. 1023 |

Ceutorhynchus typhae

Dinera grisescens

No. 1024 |

Dinera grisescens

Dinera grisescens is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in North America and Europe.

Lomatia lateralis

No. 1025 |

Lomatia lateralis

Dinera grisescens

No. 1026 |

Dinera grisescens

Dinera grisescens is a species of bristle fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in North America and Europe.

Red-spotted Plant Bug

No. 1027 |

Red-spotted Plant Bug

Deraeocoris ruber (also known as Mirid Bug) is a species of bugs in Miridae family.

Dock Bug

No. 1028 |

Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus is a herbivorous species of True Bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the dock bug as it feeds on the leaves and seeds of docks and sorrels. It is a medium-sized speckled brown insect, between 13 and 15 mm long as an adult, with a broad abdomen. It occurs throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa. It is often found in dense vegetation, such as hedgerows and wasteland.

Oedemera virescens

No. 1029 |

Oedemera virescens

Greenish Oedemera

No. 1030 |

Greenish Oedemera

Oedemera lurida is a species of beetle belonging to the family Oedemeridae subfamily Oedemerinae.

Dock Bug

No. 1031 |

Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus is a herbivorous species of True Bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the dock bug as it feeds on the leaves and seeds of docks and sorrels. It is a medium-sized speckled brown insect, between 13 and 15 mm long as an adult, with a broad abdomen. It occurs throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa. It is often found in dense vegetation, such as hedgerows and wasteland.

Potato Mirid

No. 1032 |

Potato Mirid

Closterotomus norvegicus (also known as the potato capsid) is a species of bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae. It can be found feeding on nettle, clover, and cannabis, as well as Compositae, potatoes, carrots and chrysanthemums. They prefer to feed on the flowers, buds and unripe fruit. The species occurs in Great Britain and continental Europe. In 1997 it was moved from the Calocoris genus to its current name.

Dock Bug

No. 1033 |

Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus is a herbivorous species of True Bug in the family Coreidae. It is commonly known as the dock bug as it feeds on the leaves and seeds of docks and sorrels. It is a medium-sized speckled brown insect, between 13 and 15 mm long as an adult, with a broad abdomen. It occurs throughout Europe, Asia and northern Africa. It is often found in dense vegetation, such as hedgerows and wasteland.

Red-spotted Plant Bug

No. 1034 |

Red-spotted Plant Bug

Deraeocoris ruber (also known as Mirid Bug) is a species of bugs in Miridae family.

Golden Furrow Bee

No. 1035 |

Golden Furrow Bee

Oedemera femorata

No. 1036 |

Oedemera femorata

Furrow Bees

No. 1037 |

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...

Sloe Bug

No. 1038 |

Sloe Bug

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

Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees

No. 1039 |

Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees

Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees whose pollen-carrying structure (called a scopa) is restricted to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other bee families). Megachilid genera are most commonly known as mason bees and leafcutter bees, reflecting the materials from which they build their nest cells (soil or leaves, respectively); a few collect plant or animal hairs and fibers, and are called...

Furrow Bees

No. 1040 |

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...

Sloe Bug

No. 1041 |

Sloe Bug

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

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

No. 1042 |

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

Lomatia lateralis

No. 1043 |

Lomatia lateralis

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

No. 1044 |

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

Hedychrum rutilans

No. 1045 |

Hedychrum rutilans

Hedychrum rutilans is a species of cuckoo wasps (insects in the family Chrysididae). The species occurs primarily in Austria, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and in North Africa. The head and thorax are metallic green with red spots, while the abdomen is red. The color is more green and partially golden in the male and more extensively golden-red in the female. The body is somewhat hairy.

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

No. 1046 |

Three Spotted Nettle Bug

Liocoris tripustulatus or the common nettle bug is a species of plant bugs belonging to the family Miridae, subfamily Mirinae.

Furrow Bees

No. 1047 |

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...