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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

Oedemera lurida

No. 1030 |

Oedemera lurida

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.