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2nd generation 4th instar ABIA Abia lonicerae ACANTHOSOMATIDAE ACLERIS Aeolothripidae Aeolothrips ericae AGENIOIDEUS Agenioideus cinctellus Agenioideus sericeus AGLAIS Aglais-io AGROTIS Agrotis sp.anal plate Ancistrocerus gazella Ancistrocerus nigricornis Ancistrocerus spec.Andrena nitida ANDRENIDAE Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)Announcement Ant damsel bug (Himacerus mirmicoides)Anthidium-manicatum ANTHOCHARIS ANTHOCOMUS Anthocomus fasciatus Anthomyiid flies (ANTHOMYIIDAE)ANTHRAX Anthrax anthrax Ants (FORMICIDAE)APAELETICUS Apaeleticus inimicus APHROPHORA Aphrophora alni APHROPHORIDAE APINAE Apis mellifera APOIDAE Apollo (Parnassius apollo)Apple ermine (Yponomeuta malinellus)Apterous Asian ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)Assassin bug (Rhynocoris erythropus)ATHALIA Athalia liberta AUCHENORRHYNCHA AUPLOPUS Auplopus carbonarius Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)Bee flies (BOMBYLIIDAE)Bee hotel Bees (APIDAE)Beetles (COLEOPTERA)behaviour BERIS Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)Black garden ant (LASIUS)Black Wood Borer Wasp (Trypoxylon figulus)Black-tailed skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)Blankenheim (D)Blister beetle (Mylabris quadripunctata)Blisterbeetle (Mylabris variabilis)Blood bee (Sphecodes spec.)Blood bees (SPHECODES)Blue featherleg (Platycnemis pennipes)Blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens)Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans)boatman (Hesperocorixa linnaei)Bombus terrestris group (Western-Europe)BOMBYLIUS Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis)BRACHYCERINAE Brassica shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea)Brassy mining bee (Lasioglossum morio)Breeding Broad-leaved sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius)Broodparasitism Broodparasitoidism Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestis)Bug (Eurydema ornata)Bumble bees (BOMBUS)Burrower bugs (CYDNIDAE)Bush crickets (TETTIGONIIDAE)Butterflies (LEPIDOPTERA)Cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae)CACOECiMORPHA CACOXENUS Cacoxenus indagator CALIADURGUS Caliadurgus fasciatellus Calliphora vicina Calliphora vomitoria CALLIPHORIDAE Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis Camponotus vagus cantharis Cantharis cryptica Cap Fréhel (F)Capsid bugs (MIRIDAE)Carder bees (ANTHIDIUM)Carnation tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana)Carrot wasps (GASTERUPTIIDAE)Castor bean tick (Ixodes ricinus)caterpillar Caterpillars!CAUCHAS CELASTRINA CERAMBYCINAE CERCERIS Cerceris quadricincta Cerceris quinquefasciata Cerceris sp.Cetonia aurata Chafer beetles (OXYTHYREA)Chalcid wasps (CHALCIDIDAE)CHALCIDOIDAE CHALICODOMA CHELOSTOMA Chelostoma rapunculi Chlorophorus varius CHORTHIPPUS Chorthippus biguttulus CHRYSIDOIDAE CHRYSIS Chrysis sp.CHRYSOLINA CHRYSOPA Chrysopa spec.Chrysops caecutiens Cicada orni CICADIDAE CIMBICIDAE Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae)Cinnamon bug (Corizus hyoscyami)CLEPSIS CLOSTERATOMUS Clouded silver (Lomographa temerata)Clown beetle (HISTERIDAE INDET)Clown beetle (Histeridae sp.)Clown beetles (HISTERIDAE)CLYTUS COCCINELLINAE Cochum (D)Coelioxys elongata Colias crocea Colletes daviesanus COLLETIDAE Comma (Polygonia c-album)common Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)Common bluets (COENAGRION)Common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum)Common darter (Sympetrum striolatum)Common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca)Common nettle capsid (Liocoris tripustulatus)Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)Common winter damselfly (Sympecma fusca)Common Yellow Face Bee (Hylaeus communis)Communication medium Concealer moths (OECOPHORIDAE)COREUS CORIXIDAE CORIZUS Crab spider (Thomisidae)CRABRO Crabro peltarius Crane flies (TIPULIDAE)CROSSOCERUS Crossocerus annulipes Crossocerus binotatus Crossocerus megacephalus Crossocerus vagabundus Cryptic bumblebee (Bombus cryptarum)Cuckoo wasps (Chrysididae)Culiseta annulata CYRTHOPHORA Dame's rocket (Hesperis matronalis)Damsel bugs (NABIDAE)Damselflies (COENAGRIONIDAE)Dance flies (EMPIDIDAE)Dark-winged blood bee (Sphecodes gibbus)Darters (SYMPETRUM)Delia platura DEPRESSARIIDAE DERAECORIS Deraeocoris lutescens Devil's coach-horse beetle (Ocypus olens)Dewick’s plusia (Macdunnoughia confusa)Digger wasps (CRABRONIDAE)DIOCTRIA Dioctria hyalipennis Diptera Dock bug (Coreus marginatus)Dollendorf (D)DOLYCORIS Double-striped pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)Dragonflies & Damselflies (ODONATA)Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)Early mining bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)ECTEMNIUS Ectemnius cavifrons Ectemnius cephalotes Ectemnius continuus ectemnius-sp Ectoparasitism Ectoparasitoidism egg Eggs!ELASMUCHA EMPIS Empis tessellata Empusa pennata Endoparasitism Endoparasitoidism Ephialtes manifestator EPISYRON Episyron rufipes EPISYRPHUS EREBIDAE ERISTALIS Eristalis horticola Eristalis nemorum Ermine moths (YPONOMEUTIDAE)ESPERIA Esperia sulphurella ETHMIA Ethmia quadrillella Ethmiinae EUMENINAE EUPEODES Eupeodes corollae Eupeodes latifasciatus Eupeodes luniger EUPTERYX European beewulf (Philanthus triangulum)European hornet (Vespa crabo)European orchard bee (Osmia cornuta)European paper wasp (Polistes dominulus)EURYDEMA Facultative parasitism Fairy longhorn moths (ADELIDAE)Fannia fuscula Feathered diamond-back (Incurvaria masculella)Female Fiery clearwing (Pyropteron chrysidiforme)Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)Firethorn (Pyracantha spec.)Five-spot burnet (Zygaena trifolii)Flax (Linum usitatissimum)Flies (BRACHYCERA)Food plant Forget-me-not shieldbug (Sehirus luctuosus)FORMICINAE Fougères (F)Fourteen-spotted ladybird (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)Fox Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi)Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)France Fréjus (F)Fruitflies (DROSOPHILIDAE)Gardenbutterflycount Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)GASTERUPTION Gasteruption assectator agg.Gasteruption erythrostomum Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)GELIS Gelis bicolor Gelis spurius Geometer moths (GEOMETRIDAE)Geranium bronze (Cacyreus marshalli)Germany Giant goldenrod (Solidago gigantea)GONOCERUS Gonocerus acuteangulatus GORYTES Gorytes laticinctus Gossamer-winged butterflies (LYCAENIDAE)GRAMMOPTERA Grammoptera ruficornis GRAPHOSOMA Grass moths (CRAMBIDAE)Grasshoppers (ACRIDIDAEA)Grasshoppers / Crickets (ORTHOPTERA)Great burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis)Greater celandine (Chelidonium majus)Green forester (Adscita statices)Green lacewings (CHRYSOPIDAE)Green shield bug (Palomena prasina)Green-veined white (Pieris napi)Gregair parasitism Grey mining bee (Andrena cineraria)Grey-bakced mining bee (Andrena vaga)Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)Ground beetles (CARABIDAE)Gwynne's mining bee (Andrena bicolor)GYMNOSCELIS Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)Haematobia irritans Hairy shield bug (Dolycoris baccarum)HALICTIDAE Hard ticks (IXODIDAE)HARPALINAE HARPALUS Harpalus affinis Hawkers (AESHNA)Hawkers (AESHNIDAE)Hawthorn mining bee (Andrena scotica)Heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis)Hedychrum rutilans Helina confinis Helina impuncta Hellinsia lienigianus Helophilus pendulus HERIADES HESPEROCORIXA HETEROPTERA HIMACERUS Höffen (D)Holly blue (Celastrina argiolus)Honey bees (APIS)Hornet mimic hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)Horse-flies (TABANIDAE)Horse-fly (Tabanidae spec.)Host Host plant Hotel guests Hoverflies (SYRPHIDAE)HYDROMETRA Hydrometra stagnorum Hydrotaea irritans Hylaeus incongruus Hyperparasitism Iassus lanio ICHNEUMON Ichneumon stramentor Ichneumon wasps (ICHNEUMONIDAE)Ichneumon xanthorius ICHNEUMONINAE Idiobiontism imago INCURVARIA INCURVARIIDAE Introduced species ISOPODA ISSIDAE ISSUS Issus coleoptratus IXODES Jersey tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)Jet ant (Lasius fuliginosus)Keeled skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens)kerfdier Kleptoparasitism Kleptoparasitoidism Klotten (D)Koinobiontism Krimpen aan den IJssel (NL)Ladybirds (COCCINELLIDAE)Landscaping Large bee fly (Bombylius major)Large copper (Lycaena dispar)Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)Large white (Pieris brassicae)Large yellow underwing (Noctua pronuba)larve Lasioglossum calceatum Lasioglossum sextrigatum laying eggs Leaf beetles (CHRYSOMELIDAE)Leaf-footed bugs (COREIDAE)Leafcutter bee (Megachile spec.)Leafcutter bees (MEGACHILE)Leafhoppers (CICADELLIDAE)Leafrollers (TORTRICIDAE)LEPTOPHYES LEPTURINAE les Sept Îles (F)Lesser yellow underwing (Noctua comes)LESTIPHORUS Lestiphorus bicinctus LEUCOPHORA Leucophora spec.Leucozona lucorum LILIOCERUS Lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii)LIOCORIS Longhorn beetles (CERAMBYCIDAE)Lucilia ampullacea Lucilia illustris Lucorum complex LYCAENA LYMANTRIA LYMANTRIINAE MACDUNNOUGHIA MACROGLOSSUM Macroglossum stellatarum Magpie moth (Abraxas grossulariata)Male Mallow skipper (Carcharodus alceae)MAMESTRA Map (Araschnia levana)Marbled white (Melanargia galathea)Marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)Marpissa muscosa Marsh treaders (HYDROMETRIDAE)Masked bees (HYLAEUS)Mason bees (OSMIA)Mating Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)Meadow buttercup (Ranunculus acris)Meadow longhorn (Acleris variegana)Meadow longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella)MECONEMA MECONEMATINAE Megachile ericetorum Megachile leachella MEGACHILLIDAE MELANOSTOMA Melanostoma mellinum Melanostoma scalare MELISCAEVA Meliscaeva auricollis Melitaea didyma MELOIDAE Microplitis mandibularis Migrant hawker (Aeshna mixta)Migrant spreadwing (Lestes barbarus)mildew Mining bees (ANDRENA)Mint moth (Pyrausta aurata)mission complete Mission: Digger wasp Mite morphology Mosquitoes (CULICIDAE)Mosquitoes (NEMATOCERA)Moths (LEPIDOPTERA)moult Murky-legged black legionaire (Beris chalybata)Musca autumnalis Muscina prolapsa Muscina stabulans Mutilla europaea MUTILLIDAE Mydaea corni Mydaea othonevra Mydaea urbana Mylabris variabilis NatureToday Nectar plant NEOASCIA Neoascia podagrica Neomiya cornicina Net-winged insects (NEUROPTERA)New garden species News NITELA Nitela borealis Nitela sp.NOCTUA NOMADA Nomada flavoguttata Nomada sheppardana Nomada spec.Noon fly (Mesembrina meridiana)Norfolk hawker (Aeshna isoceles)Northern gannet (Morus bassanus)Northern white-tailed bumblebee (Bombus magnus)nymph NYMPHALIDAE Obligate parasitism OCYPUS Oenopia conglobata Old World swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)Old World swallowtail (Papilio machaon)OMALUS Omalus aeneus Onesia floralis Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines)Oregano (Origanum vulgare)Ornate tailed diggerwasp (Cerceris rybyensis)ORTHOTYLUS Orthotylus viridinervis Oviposition medium Owlet moths (NOCTUIDAE)Owlet moths (SPHINGIDAE)Oxythyrea funesta Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)PALOMENA Paper wasps (POLISTINAE)Parasite Parasitic associations Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea)PASSALOECUS Passaloecus gracilis Passaloecus insignis Passaloecus spec.Patchwork leafcutter bee (Megachile centuncularis)Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania)PERIBALUS PHANEROPTERINAE Phaonia angelicae Phaonia errans Phaonia rufiventris Phaonia subventa Phaonia trimaculata Phaonia tuguriorum PHILANTUS PHLOGOPHORA PHRAGMATOBIA Physetopoda halensis Picture-winged flies (ULIDIIDAE)PIERIDAE PIERIS Pieris rapae PIMPLA Pimpla turionellae PIMPLINAE Pine ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus)Plaine des Maures (F)Plasterer bee (Colletes spec.)Plasterer bees (COLLETES)Platycheirus albimanus Platycheirus pellatus Platycheirus scutatus Platycnemis latipes Plume moths (PTEROPHORIDAE)Polietes lardarius POLISTES Pollen source POLLENIA Pollenia rudis Pollenia sp.POLYDRUSUS Polydrusus formosus POLYGONIA PORCELLIO PORCELLIONIDAE Potter wasps (ANCISTROCERUS)Praying mantis (MANTODEA)Praying mantis (Rivetina baetica)Predator prepupa Prey PRIOCNEMIS Priocnemis fennica Privet tortrix (Clepsis consimilana)proleg prothoracic shield Protocalliphora azurea Pseudohyperparasitism PTEROMALIDAE Pteromalidae spec.pupa PYRAUSTA PYRRHOCORIDAE PYRRHOCORIS PYRRHOSOMA Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis)Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)Red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)Red-necked footman (Atolmis rubricollis)Resident Rhagio scolopaceus Rhingia campestris Rhinocoris iracundus RHOPALUS Rhopalus subrufus Ridge-saddled carpenter bee (Heriades truncorum)Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)Robberflies (ASILIDAE)Rosemary beetle (Chrysolina americana)Rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)Ruby tiger (Phragmatobia fuliginosa)Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita)Sage Leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae)Saint-Cast-le-Guildo (F)Sand tailed diggerwasp (Cerceris arenaria)Sandpit mining bee (Andrena barbilabris)Sarcophaga carnaria Sargus bipunctatus Sawflies (TENTHREDINIDAE)Sawyer beetle (Prionus coriarius)Scaeve pyrastri Scarlet darter (Crocothemis erythraea)Scentless plant bugs (RHOPALIDAE)SCIOCORIS Sciocoris cursitans Scolia hirta SCOLIIDAE SCYMNINAE SCYMNUS Scymnus spec.SEHIRUS SEIOPTERA Seioptera vibrans Setaceous Hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum)setae Seven-spotted ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)Sharp tailed bee (Coelioxys spec.)Sharp tailed bees (COELIOXYS)Sheep's bit scabious (Jasione montana)Shield bugs (PENTATOMIDAE)Showcase SICUS Sicus ferrugineus Silver-studded blue (Plebeius argus)Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia)Six-spot burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)Skimmers (LIBELLULIDAE)Skimmers (ORTHETRUM)Sleeping medium Sloe hairstreak (Satyrium acaciae)Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas)Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)Small magpie (Anania hortulata)Small skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)Social parasitism Soft-wing flower beetles (MELYRIDAE)Soldier beetles (CANTHARIDAE)Soldier flies (STRATIOMYIDAE)Solitair parasitism Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea)Southern oak bush cricket (Meconema meridionale)Spain Species incerta (sp. inc.)Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria aegeria)SPHECIDAE Spider wasps (POMPILIDAE)SPILOMENA Spilomena troglodytes Spotted longhorn (Rutpela maculata)Spread-winged damselflies (LESTIDAE)Stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)STAPHYLINIDAE STELIS Stelis punctulatissima Stenurella bifasciata Stictoleptura fulva STOMORHINA Stomorhina lunata Striped shield bug (Graphosoma lineatum)Summer chafer (Amphimallon solstitiale)Sweat bee (Lasioglossum spec.)Sweat bees (LASIOGLOSSUM)Swollen-thighed beetle (Oedemera nobilis)SYMMORPHUS Symmorphus bifasciatus Symmorphus crassicornis Symmorphus gracilis SYMPHYTA Syrphus ribesii Syrphus vitripennis Tabanus bromius TACHINA Tachina fera/magnicornis TACHINIDAE Tawny mining bee (Andrena fulva)Ten-spotted ladybird (Adalia decempunctata)Tettigonia viridissima Thick-headed flies (CONOPIDAE)Thrips (THYSANOPTERA)Ticks (IXODIDA)Tolmerus atricapillus Tortoise Travel report Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)Tree grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)Trichius fasciatus Trichodes alvearius Trichodes apiarius TRICHRYSIS Trichrysis cyanea TROMATOBIA Tromatobia lineatoria True bugs (HEMIPTERA)TRYPOXYLON Twentytwo-spot ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)Two-spotted ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)Valencia (ES)Valensole (F)VANESSA Variable damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)Verbena bonariensis Vernal shieldbug (Peribalus strictus)VESPIDAE VESPINAE VESPULA Violet dropwing (Trithemis annulata)Vlinderstichting VOLUCELLA Wall brown (Lasiommata megera)Wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)Wandering crab spider (Philodromus aureolus)Wasp beetle (Clytus arietis)Wasp nest Wasps (HYMENOPTERA)Water betony (Cucullia scrophulariae)Weevils (CURCULIONIDAE)White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum)Wild carrot wasp (Gasteruption assectator)Willow beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)Willughby's Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella)Woodland grayling (Hipparchia fagi)XESTIA XYLOTA Xylota sylvarum Year results YPONOMEUTA Yponomeuta spec.

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