Arthropods Daily – September 2026 September 1, 2026 – September 30, 2026

No. 1110 | September 1, 2026

Blue-winged Grasshopper

The blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens, is a grasshopper in the genus Oedipoda.

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No. 1111 | September 2, 2026

northern fruit bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.

No. 1112 | September 3, 2026

northern fruit bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.

No. 1113 | September 4, 2026

northern fruit bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.

No. 1114 | September 5, 2026

Black-shouldered Shieldbug

Carpocoris purpureipennis is a species of shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae....

No. 1115 | September 6, 2026

Blue-winged Grasshopper

The blue-winged grasshopper, Oedipoda caerulescens, is a grasshopper in the genus Oedipoda.

No. 1116 | September 7, 2026

northern fruit bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus is a species of shield bug in the Pentatomidae family.

No. 1117 | September 8, 2026

Blue Featherleg

The white-legged damselfly or blue featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes) is a damselfly of slow-flowing, muddy waters. It occurs from the Atlantic to Siberia and is often abundant throughout its range.

No. 1118 | September 9, 2026

Western Honey Bee

The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bee worldwide. The genus name Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera is the Latin for "honey-bearing", referring to the species' production of honey for the winter.

No. 1119 | September 10, 2026

Black-shouldered Shieldbug

Carpocoris purpureipennis is a species of shield bug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae....

No. 1120 | September 11, 2026

Black-striped Longhorn Beetle

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

No. 1121 | September 12, 2026

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. 1122 | September 13, 2026

Silver Υ

The Silver Y (Autographa gamma) is a migratory moth of the family Noctuidae which is named for the silvery Y-shaped mark on each of its forewings.

No. 1123 | September 14, 2026

Delia

The genus Delia is part of the fly family Anthomyiidae.

No. 1124 | September 15, 2026

Silver Υ

The Silver Y (Autographa gamma) is a migratory moth of the family Noctuidae which is named for the silvery Y-shaped mark on each of its forewings.

No. 1125 | September 16, 2026

Woundwort Shield Bug

Stagonomus venustissimus, common name woundwort shieldbug, is a species of shieldbug belonging to the family Pentatomidae, subfamily Pentatominae.

No. 1126 | September 17, 2026

Campyloneura virgula

Campyloneura virgula is a species of bugs in Miridae family. It is the only species in the genus Campyloneura Fieber, 1861.

No. 1127 | September 18, 2026

Green-veined White

The green-veined white (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

No. 1128 | September 19, 2026

Common Brimstone

Gonepteryx rhamni (known as the common brimstone) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It lives throughout the Palearctic zone, commonly found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa. Across much of its range, it is the only species of its genus, and is therefore simply known locally as the brimstone.

No. 1129 | September 20, 2026

Speckled Bush-cricket

The speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima) is a flightless species of bush-cricket that occurs across most of Europe.

No. 1130 | September 21, 2026

Green Shield Bug

The green shield bug (Palomena prasina) is a shield bug of the family Pentatomidae. It may also be referred to as a green stink bug, particularly outside of Britain, although the name green stink bug more appropriately belongs to the larger North American stink bug, Acrosternum hilare. The adult green shield bug ranges in the colour of their backs from bright green to bronze, without any substantial markings. Green shield bugs are a very common shield...

No. 1131 | September 22, 2026

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.

No. 1132 | September 23, 2026

Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle

No. 1133 | September 24, 2026

Grass bug

Stenodema laevigatum, or sometimes Stenodema laevigata (also called Grass bug), is a carnivorous species of bug from Miridae family. The species have a gray to brown elongated body, with the eyes located backwards in the head. Sometimes they might come in green colour. They are 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in) in length, which makes it a rather big species of its kind. They are common in the United Kingdom, and throughout the rest of Europe.

No. 1134 | September 25, 2026

Black Garden Ant

The black garden ant (Lasius niger), also known as the common black ant, is a formicine ant, the type species of the subgenus Lasius, found all over Europe and in some parts of North America, South America, Asia and Australasia. The European species was split into two species; L. niger is found in open areas, while L. platythorax is found in forest habitats. It is monogynous, meaning colonies have a single queen.