Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Invertebrate Species Found So Far...

This is the list so far of invertebrate species that I have identified in my garden.


INSECTS:

  • Orthoptera

  1. Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
  2. Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
  • Coleoptera

  1. Thick-Legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
  2. Wasp Beetle (Strangalia maculata)
  3. 7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata)
  4. Rove Beetle (Several species)
  5. Flea Beetle (Aphthona flava) and others.
  6. Rosemary Leaf Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
  7. Beetle (Pterostichus cupreus)
  8. Pollen Beetle (Meligethes aeneus)
  9. Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus)
  10. Weevil (Anthonomus pomorum)
  11. Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)
  12. Beetle (Lagria hirta)
  • Diptera

  1. Greenbottle Fly (Lucilia caesar)
  2. Common Housefly (Musca domestica)
  3. Fleshfly (Sarcophaga carnaria)
  4. Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax)
  5. Spotted Cranefly (Nephrotoma appendiculata)
  6. Cranefly (Tipula oleracea)
  7. Mosquito (Culiseta annulata)
  8. Fly (Sepsis fulgens)
  9. Robber Fly (Several species)
  10. Hoverfly (Melanostoma scalare)
  11. Brindled Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)
  12. Hoverfly ( Sphaerophoria scripta)
  13. Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
  14. Pale-Footed Hoverfly (Platycheirus albimanus)
  15. Thick-Legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
  16. Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
  17. Hoverfly (Myathropa florae)
  18. Lesser Banded Hoverfly (Syrphus vitripennis)
  19. Tapered Drone Fly (Eristalis pertinax)
  20. Large Narcissus Fly (Merodon equestris)
  21. Fly (Rhingia campestris)
  22. Chironomid (Chironomus luridus)
  • Heteroptera

  1. Blackfly (Aphis fabae)
  2. Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina)
  3. Common Green Capsid Bug (Lygocoris pabulinus)
  4. Damsel Bug (Himacerus mirmicoides)
  5. Grass Bug (Stenodema laevigata)
  6. Bug (Dicyphus epilobii)
  7. Bug (Capsus ater)
  8. Dock Bug (Corius marginatus)
  9. Ant Damsel Bug (Himacerus apterus)
  10. Ant Mimic Bug (Myrmecoris gracilis)
  11. Flower Bug (Capsodes gothicus)
  12. Common Flower Bug (Anthocoris nemorum)
  13. Leaf Bug (Notostira elongata)
  14. Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius)
  15. Jumping Plant Louse (Psyllopsis sp.)
  16. Horned Treehopper (Centrotus cornutus)
  17. Leafhopper (Hauptidia maroccana)
  18. Sage Leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae)
  • Lepitoptera

  1. Scarlet Tiger Moth (Callimorpha dominula)
  2. Plume Moth (Emmelina monodactyla)
  3. Plume Moth (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla)
  4. White Plume Moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)
  5. Buff Ermine Moth (Spilosoma luteum)
  6. Large White Butterfly (Pieris brassicae)
  7. Nettle-tap Moth (Anthophila fabriciana)
  8. Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
  9. Small White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)
  10. Silver Y Moth (Autographa gamma)
  11. Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album)
  12. Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)
  13. Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui)
  14. Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io)
  15. Garden Carpet Moth (Xanthoroe fluctuata)
  16. Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria)
  17. Meadow Brown Butterfly (Maniola jurtina)
  18. Moth (Syndemis musculana)
  19. Moth (Pyrausta purpuralis)
  20. Double Striped Pug Moth (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
  • Hymenoptera

  1. Rose Sawfly (Arge ochropus)
  2. Rose Sawfly (Arge pagana)
  3. Ichneumon (Ichneumon suspiciosus)
  4. Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)
  5. White-Tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)
  6. Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
  7. Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
  8. Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
  9. Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
  10. Mining Bee (Andrena sp.)
  11. Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus nigricornis)
  12. Black Garden Ant (Lasius niger)
  13. Red Ants (Myrmica rubra)
  • Odonata

  1. Variable Damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)
  • Neuroptera
  1. Lacewing (Micromus variegatus)
  2. Lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)


SPRINGTAILS:
  • Collembola
  1. Springtail (Orchesella villosa)
  2. Globular Springtail (Sminthurus sp.)

ARACHNIDS:

  1. Garden Orb Spider (Araneus diadematus)
  2. Wolf Spider (Pardosa lugubris)
  3. Spider (Enoplognatha ovata)
  4. Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus)
  5. Female Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)
  6. Foliage Spider (Clubiona terrestris)
  7. Jumping Spider (Heliophanus cupreus)
  8. Jumping Spider (Heliophanus flavipes)
  9. Green Orb Spider (Araniella curcurbitina)
  10. Harvestman (Leiobunum rotundum)
  11. Harvestman (Odiellus spinosus)
  12. Harvestman (Opilio parietinus)
  13. False Widow Spider (Steatoda grossa)
  14. Daddy-Long-Legs Spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
  15. Red Spider Mite (Tetranychus urticae)
  16. Large Jawed Orb Spider (Tetragnatha montana)
  17. Crab Spider (Xysticus cristatus)
  18. Spider (Araniella cucurbitina)
  19. Spider (Steodata nobilis)
  20. Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar)


CRUSTACEANS

  1. Common Woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)
  2. Common Rough Woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
  3. Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare)


MOLLUSCS

  1. Garden Snail (Helix aspersa)
  2. Snail (Oxychilus cellarius)
  3. Yellow Slug (Limax flavus)
  4. Garden Slug (Arion hortensis)
  5. Amber Snail (Succinea putris)
  6. Netted Slug (Deroceras reticulatum)


ANNELIDS:

  1. Earthworms (Lumbricus terristris)


There are many more, especially flies and a few spiders, that I do not yet have an accurate identification for.

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