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Common English Name | Scientific name |
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Antlion and Lacewings | |
Large European Antlion | Palpares libelluloides |
Large Balkan Spoon-winged Lacewing | Nemoptera sinuata |
Bees | |
Violet Carpenter Bee | Xylocarpus violacea |
Andrena albopunctata | |
Green-eyed Flower Bee | Anthophora bimaculata |
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee | Bombus terrestris |
Honey Bee | Apis melifera |
Wool Carder Bee | Anthidium manicatum |
Mining Bee sp. | Andrena albopunctata |
Beetles | |
Forest Caterpillar Hunter Beetle | Calosoma sycophanta |
Dung Beetle | Scarabeus sacer |
Jewel Beetle or Flat-headed Woodborer | Capnodis tenebrionis |
Flat-headed Pine Borer | Chalcophora mariana |
Big Black Thistle Chafer | |
Green stripy & hairy Chafer | |
Darker Medium Chafer | |
Garden type Chafer | |
Golden Chafer | |
Pied Chafer | Oxythyrea cinctella |
Ashpodel Long-horn Beetle | Agapanthia asphodeli |
Bloody–nosed Beetle | Timarcha tenebricosa |
Glowworm | Lampyris sp. |
Green Tiger Beetle | Cicindela campestris |
Longhorn Beetle | Carites sp. |
Longhorn Beetle | Silpha sp. |
Adonis Ladybird | Hippodamia varirgata |
Bryony Ladybird | Henosepilachna argus |
Bugs | |
Red and Black Shield Bug | Graphosoma semipunctatum |
Assassin Bug | Rhinocoris iracundus |
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug | Halyomorpha halys |
Oleander Seed Bug | Caenocoris nerii |
Water Cricket | Welia caprai |
Western Conifer Bug | Leptoglossus occidentalis |
Centipedes and Millipedes | |
Megarian-banded Centipede | Scolopendra cingulata |
Dark Brown Millipede | Pachyiulus flavipes |
Yellow Millipede sp. | Geophilus sp. Millipede |
Yellow and Black Flat-Backed Millipede | Melaphe vestita |
Cicada | |
Lesvos Cicada | Cicada orni lesbosiensis |
Crickets | |
Mole Cricket | Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa |
Verge Cricket | Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis |
Eastern Lesvos Bush-Cricket (Large upcurved subgenital plate) | Poecilimon mytelenensis brevissimus |
Western Lesvos Bush-Cricket (Subgenital plate cut short and does not curve up) | Poecilimon mytelenensis mytelenensis |
Poecilimon mytelenensis amissus | |
Poecilimon mytelenensis pergamicus | |
Poecilimon mytelenensis tucicus | |
Greek Predatory Bush-Cricket | Saga hellenica |
Balkan Sawing Bush-Cricket | Saga natoliae |
Smyrna Marbled Bush-Cricket | Eupholidoptera smyrnensis |
Straube’s Plump Bush-Cricket | Isophya straubei |
Eastern Green Bush-Cricket | Tettigonia caudate |
Grasshoppers | |
Egyptian Grasshopper | Anacridium aegyptiacum |
Blue-winged Grasshopper | Oedipoda caerulescens |
Common Digging Grasshopper | Acrotylus insubricus |
Slant-faced Grasshopper | Acrida ungarica |
Turkish-banded Grasshopper | Acryptera labiata |
Long-winged Grasshopper | Aiolopus thalassinus |
Broad Green-winged Grasshopper | Aiolopus strepens |
Eurasian Pincer Grasshopper | Calliptamus barbarous |
Hornets and Wasps | |
Oriental Hornet | Vespa orientalis |
Ruby-tailed Wasp | Chrysis ignita |
European Paper Wasp | Polistes dominulus |
Great Potter Wasp | Delta unguiculata |
Giant Solitary Wasp (alt. Mammoth Wasp) | Megascolia maculate flavifrons |
Parasitic Wasp sp. | |
Mantises | |
Praying Mantis (no wings) | Ameles heldreichii |
European Dwarf Mantis (no wings) | Ameles spallanziana |
Cone-head Mantis | Empusa fasciata |
Giant Asian Mantis (white spot on wing) | Hierodula tenuidentata |
Mediterranean Mantis (colourful wings) | Iris oratoria |
Praying Mantis (white & black spot on upper inside of front legs) | Mantis religiosa |
Praying Mantis (no wings, long and slim) | Rivetina balcanica |
Owlflies | |
European Owlfly | Libelluloides coccajus |
Milky Owlfly | Libelloides lacteus |
Ascalaphus Owlfly | Libelluloides macaronius |
Other | |
Hornet Robberfly | Asilus crabroniformis |
Mantisfly | Mantispidae sp. |
European Termite | Kalotermes flavicollis |
Earwig | Forficula smyrnensis |
Snake Fly | |
Woodlice | |
Bee Fly | Bombylella atra |
Bee Fly | Bombyletta fimbriatus |
Bee Fly | Hemipenthes morio |
Bee Fly | Lomatia sp. |
Bee Fly | Fallenia fasciata |
Canopid Fly | Myopa sp. |
Horsefly | Tabanus sp |
Horsefly | Tabinid sp. |
Hoverfly | Callicera sp. |
Hoverfly | Cheilosia sp. |
Hoverfly | Chrysotoxum sp. |
Hoverfly | Episyrphus balteatus |
Hoverfly | Eristalinus taeniops |
Hoverfly | Eristalis sp. |
Hoverfly | Merodon avidus |
Hoverfly | Merodon velox |
Hoverfly | Myathropa florea |
Hoverfly | Volucella zonaria |
Flesh Fly | Sarcophaga sp |
Bluebottle | Calliphora sp. |
Greenbottle | Lucilia sp. |
Phasia sp. | |
Ectophasia sp. | |
Tachina fera | |
Tachinid sp. | |
Stable Fly | Stomoxys calcitrans |
Signal Fly | Ulidiidae sp. |
Some images from Autumn 2021 with kind permission from Carla De Haan Dujardin