Ladybugs
7-Spotted
14 Spotted
Hyaline Grass Bug
This bug somewhat looks like a stinkhorn; however, it is distinguished by its thickly tipped antennae and the wings which extend past the main body.
Liorhyssus hyalinus, Family: Rhopalidae
Not a picky eater! It’s listed as “extremely polyphagous” with preference for Asteraceae, which is why it is no surprise that I found in a patch of Dandelion flowers. [3]
Dock Bug Coreus marginatus
Shield / Sloe Bug
Woundort Shield Bug
Eysarcoris venustissimus
Dolycoris baccarum
Short Horned Grasshopper
Pezotettix giornae
In French: le Criquet pansu
In German: Kleine Knarrschrecke / Rossis Knarrschrecke
Firebug
I’m assuming it’s the male dragging the female backward….
Dragonflies
Blue Hawker – Aeshna cyanea
Large Red Damsel – Pyrrhosoma nymphula
The particular striping on the tale signifies that this is a male. It is the first dragonfly I have seen this year (now late April), which is supposed to mean the arrival of true Spring.
Cicadas
Idiocerus
Crickets
Dark Bush-cricket – Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Froghopper – Cercopis vulnerata
Weevils
Pink Weevil – Phyllobius
Broad-nosed weevil – Polydrusus formosus
Phyloobius pomaceous
Larinus planus
Beetles
Soldier Beetle – Cantharis fusca
Cantharis rufa
Green-dock beetle
Gastrophysa viridula
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
“Voracious predators,” the larvae hide in vertical tunnels in the soil, leaving their strong jaws open at the surface to grasp at passing prey. [4]
Checkered Beetle – Trichodes alvearius
Malachite Beetle – Malacius bipustulatus
Blood-nosed Beetle – Timarcha tenebricosa
Flea Beetle
Psylliodes chrysocephala [5]
Mystery Beetle on a Beech Tree
Ants
Jet Black Ant – Formicinae / Lasius fuliginosus
European Fire Ant – Myrmica rubra
Flies
Crane Fly
Limonia Fly
Scorpion Fly – Panorpa communis
Robber Fly
Dung Fly – Scathophaga
Flesh Fly – Sarcophaga carnaria
Hunter Fly – Limnophora sp.
Dance Fly – Brachystoma ???
House Fly
Hawthorn Fly
Bibio marci
Fruit Flies
Taiga Tick
Ixodes persulcatus, a hard-bodied tick throughout Europe. Similar: Ixodes ricinus.
Mystery Bugs
References
[1] https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/common-heath
[2] https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Rhopalidae/liorhyssus_hyalinus.html
[3] https://bugguide.net/node/view/13887
[4] Gibbons, Bob. “Field Guide to Insects of Britain and Northern Europe.” The Crowood Press, (1995).
[5] https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/psylliodes-chrysocephala
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