Other insects
There are 32,500 species of insects in France (source OPIE), including 8,000 species of Hymenoptera and 6,500 species of Diptera.
This part of rural France is a superb place to study insects. The diversity of the countryside produces a diversity of insects not normally encountered in the UK outside of nature reserves. The existence of the hunting regime no doubt contributes, both through conserving woodland and by leaving fields fallow. Small fields like this can often be found around the periphery of villages - alive with butterflies and other insects by the end of April. Unfortunately these fields are the most vulnerable to housing development, whilst village centres sometimes fall into decay.
That said, for us the single most important habitat for insects has been our garden. One quickly discovers the importance of fruit trees, particularly those that blossom early like plum. These provide the launch pad for an increasing number and variety of insects throughout the summer and into the autumn - providing one plants plenty of pollen-rich flowering plants. I'm no gardener, but my wife sows from seed many plants like Honesty, Aquilegia, Borage, Giant Bellflower and Michaelmas Daisy - all both pleasing to the eye and great for insects. Together with the succession of fruit blossoms through to apple and pear, and flowering shrubs/climbers like Wisteria, Buddlea and Ivy, a small garden can provide plenty of interest for up to eight months of the year
OTHER INSECTS GALLERY
Reference sources; books;
Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain and Western Europe. Michael Chinery, London, 1986. The ultimate 'gateway' book and totally indispensible, even today. A work of pure genius
Orthopteres de France, Belgique, Luxembourg & Suisse. Sardet/Roesti/Braud, Biotope Editions 2015. Wonderful guide to Grasshoppers, Bush-crickets and Crickets of France
A Field Guide to Grasshoppers and Crickets of Britain and Northern Europe. Heiko Bellman, Collins 1988. A super little book if you can find a copy
Britain's Hoverflies: An Introduction to the Hoverflies of Britain. Ball/Morris, WILDGuides 2013
Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. Falk/Lewington, Bloomsbury 2015
A Photographic Guide to Insects of Southern Europe & the Mediterranean. Paul D Brock, NatureBureau 2017
Reference sources; websites;
Insects - general;
Les Carnets nature de Jessica
Le Monde des Insectes
NatureSpot
Discover Life - Insects
The Garden Safari
Steven Falk collections - insects
Grasshoppers, Bush-crickets and Crickets;
Grasshoppers of Europe
Liste des Orthoptères de la Vienne (86)
Orthoptera and their ecology
Bugs;
British Bugs
Flies;
Diptera > Tachinidae
British flies on Flickr
robberflies.info
Diptera.info
Mecopteran from France & Western-Palaeartic (Scorpionflies)
Tabanidae (Horseflies, etc)
Bombyliidae (Beeflies)
Hoverflies;
Nature Guide UK - Hoverflies
Hymenoptera; Bees, wasps & ants;
Wild Bees, Wasps and Ants of Europe - Facebook group
British ichneumonid wasps ID guide for beginners
Common/German Wasp
Bumblebee Conservation Trust
bumblebee.org
BWARS
Atlas of European Bees
The Garden Safari - Hymenoptera
BTO - Garden Bumblebees
Discover Life - Bees and Wasps
Hymettus
Beetles;
Longhorn Beetles of the W. Palearctic
Beetle fauna of Germany
Spiders;
araneae; spiders of Europe
Spiders of Belgium and France
Approach to insect identification
No insects were killed in the creation of this list! I just don't see the point, and I've probably heard most of the arguments. If they can't be identified by photography and observation, then they remain unidentified. Usually one can make an identification down to family or genus level
Approach to taxonomy
The 29-32 insect orders are usually placed in the order of evolutionary complexity with the oldest and most primitive groups listed first. So first are the Apterygota (wingless insects with no true metamorphosis at all) starting with Thysanura, 3-pronged bristletails. This then proceeds through Endopterygota (Holometabolous insects with complete metamorphosis) ending with Hymenoptera (ants, bees, and wasps). Chinery (1986) roughly follows this order, but puts Coleoptera (beetles) last, for some reason. Brock (2017) follows this order more faithfully, with some changes presumably due to the latest DNA-based research. Some authorities simply list the orders alphabetically – not a bad idea considering the state of constant flux. Relatively speaking, chaos! Together with constant DNA studies splitting species and rearranging the order that does exist, nothing seems to be there to entice a new generation of observers
ORDERS OF INSECTS - In the order of evolutionary complexity with the oldest and most primitive groups listed first
List of species observed in the southern Vienne/Brenne since our arrival in January 2006
Mayflies (order Ephemeroptera)
Ephemera (Mayfly) sp.
Grasshoppers, Bush-crickets and Crickets (order Orthoptera)
Order follows the list in 'Orthopteres de France, Belgique, Luxembourg & Suisse', Sardet/Roesti/Braud, Biotope Editions, 2015
Phaneroptera falcata (Sickle-bearing Bush-cricket)
Phaneroptera nana (Mediterranean Katydid)
Leptophyes punctatissima (Speckled Bush-cricket)
Conocephalus fuscus (Long-winged Conehead)
Conocephalus dorsalis (Short-winged Conehead)
Ruspolia nitidula nitidula (Large Conehead)
Ephippiger diurnus diurnus (Western Saddle Bush-cricket)
Tettigonia viridissima (Great Green Bush-cricket)
Platycleis albopunctata albopunctata (Grey Bush-cricket)
Tessellana tessellata tessellata (Brown-spotted Bush-cricket)
Roeseliana roeselii (Roesel's Bush-cricket)
Pholidoptera griseoaptera (Dark Bush-cricket)
Gryllus campestris (Field Cricket)
Nemobius sylvestris (Wood Cricket)
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Mole Cricket)
Tetrix subulata (Slender Groundhopper)
Tetrix undulata (Common Groundhopper)
Calliptamus italicus italicus (Italian Locust)
Calliptamus barbarus barbarus (Barbarian Grasshopper)
Oedipoda Caerulescens caerulescens (Blue-winged Grasshopper)
Aiolopus strepens (Broad Green-winged Grasshopper)
Aiolopus thalassinus thalassinus (Long-winged Grasshopper)
Mecostethus parapleurus parapleurus (Leek Grasshopper)
Stethophyma grossum (Large Marsh Grasshopper)
Chrysochraon dispar dispar (Large Gold Grasshopper)
Paracinema tricolor bisignata (Tricolor Grasshopper)
Omocestus rufipes (Woodland Grasshopper)
Stenobothrus lineatus (Stripe-winged Grasshopper)
Gomphocerippus rufus (Rufous Grasshopper)
Pseudochorthippus parallelus parallelus (Meadow Grasshopper)
Chorthippus dorsatus dorsatus (Steppe Grasshopper)
Chorthippus albomarginatus albomarginatus (Lesser Marsh Grasshopper)
Chorthippus brunneus brunneus (Common Field Grasshopper)
Chorthippus mollis mollis (Lesser Field Grasshopper)
Chorthippus biguttulus biguttulus (Bow-winged Grasshopper)
Euchorthippus declivus (Common Straw Grasshopper)
Euchorthippus elegantulus (Elegant Straw Grasshopper)
Mantids and Stick Insects (orders Dictyoptera, Phasmida)
Mantis religiosa (Praying Mantis)
Clonopsis gallica (French Stick Insect)
Bugs (order Hemiptera)
Order follows A Photographic Guide to Insects of Southern Europe & the Mediterranean. Paul D Brock, NatureBureau 2017
Canthophorus impressus (Down Shieldbug, Cydnidae)
Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug, Cydnidae)
Aelia acuminata (Bishop's Mitre, Pentatomidae)
Carpocoris purpureipennis (Pentatomidae) - 5+ Merigny 2/8/24
Carpocoris fuscispinus (Pentatomidae)
Dolycoris baccarum (Hairy Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Peribalus strictus vernalis (Vernal Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Palomena prasina (Green Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Nezara viridula (Southern Green Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Mottled Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Dyroderes umbraculatus (Pentatomidae)
Eurydema oleracea (Crucifer Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Graphosoma italicum (AC Milan Shieldbug, Pentatomidae)
Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug, Coreidae)
Syromastus rhombeus (Coreidae)
Coriomeris denticulatus (Denticulate Leatherbug, Coreidae)
Camptopus lateralis (Broad-headed Bug, Alydidae)
Corizus hyoscyami (Black & Red Squash Bug, Rhopalidae)
Liorhyssus hyalinus (Rhopalidae) - 1 Bernier 29/5/25
Stictopleurus abutilon (Rhopalidae)
Pyrrhocoris apterus (Fire Bug, Pyrrhocoridae)
Dicranocephalus albipes (Stenocephalidae)
Lygaeus equestris/simulans (Lygaeidae) - 1 Bernier 30/8/23
Spilostethus pandurus (Lygaeidae)
Melanocoryphus albomaculatus (Lygaeidae)
Horvathiolus superbus (Lygaeidae)
Beosus maritimus (Lygaeidae)
Rhyparochromus vulgaris (Rhyparochromidae)
Coranus griseus (Reduviidae) - 1 Merigny 27/8/24
Peirates hybridus (Reduviidae)
Rhynocoris annulatus (Spined Assassin Bug, Reduviidae)
Nagusta goedelii (Reduviidae) - 1 Bernier 18/11/24
Himacerus mirmicoides (Nabidae) - 1 nymph Bernier 24/6/23
Deraeocoris ruber (Red Bug, Miridae)
Calocoris nemoralis (Miridae)
Hadrodemus m-flavum (Miridae)
Adelphocoris vandalicus (Miridae)
Closterotomus norwegicus (Potato Capsid, Miridae)
Adelphocoris lineolatus (Lucerne Bug, Miridae)
Lygus gemellatus (Miridae) - 2 Bernier 27/6/23
Capsodes flavomarginatus (Miridae)
Leptopterna dolabrata (Meadow Plant Bug, Miridae)
Lygocoris pabulinus (Common Green Capsid, Miridae)
Miris striatus (Miridae)
Gerris lacustris (Common Pond Skater, Gerridae)
Nepa cinerea (Water Scorpion, Nepidae)
Ranatra linearis (Water Stick Insect, Nepidae)
Corixidae (Water Boatman) sp.
Cercopis vulnerata (Red & Black Froghopper, Cercopidae)
Philaenus spumarius (Common Froghopper, Aphrophoridae) - 1 Bernier 23/6/23
Aphrophora alni (European Alder Spittlebug, Aphrophoridae) - 1 Bernier 3/7/24
Centrotus cornutus (Horned Treehopper, Membracidae)
Stictocephala bisonia (Buffalo Treehopper, Membracidae)
Cicadella viridis (Green Leafhopper, Cicadellidae)
Antlions, Lacewings and allies (order Neuroptera)
Chrysopa perla (Chrysopidae, Green Lacewings)
Chrysoperla carnea (Chrysopidae)
Distoleon tetragrammicus (Myrmeleontidae, Antlions)
Libelloides coccajus (Ascalaphidae, Owlflies)
Libelloides longicornis (Ascalaphidae)
Sialis lutaria (Alder Fly)
True flies (order Diptera)
Ctenophora festiva (Tipulidae, Long-palped craneflies)
Tipula maxima (Giant Cranefly)
Tipula paludosa (European Crane Fly)
Nephrotoma flavescens (Tiger Cranefly)
Sciara analis/S. hemerobioides (Sciaridae, Dark-winged Fungus Gnats)
Bibio marci (St Mark's Fly, Bibionidae)
Rhagio tringarius (Marsh Snipe Fly, Rhagionidae)
Atylotus fulvus (Golden Horsefly, Tabanidae, Horseflies)
Chrysops caecutiens (Tabanidae)
Tabanus quatuornotatus (Tabanidae)
Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly, Tabanidae)
Chloromyia formosa (Broad Centurian, Stratiomyidae, Soldierflies)
Odontomyia tigrina (Black Colonel, Stratiomyidae)
Odontomyia ornata (Ornate Brigadier, Stratiomyidae) - 1m Bernier 25/6/23
Oplodontha viridula (Common Green Colonel, Stratiomyidae)
Stratiomys longicornis (Long-horned General, Stratiomyidae)
Bombylella atra (Bombyliidae, Bee-flies)
Bombylius canescens (Western Bee-fly, Bombyliidae)
Bombylius cruciatus (Bombyliidae)
Bombylius major (Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombyliidae)
Anthrax anthrax (Black Bee-fly, Bombyliidae)
Hemipenthes morio (Bombyliidae)
Hemipenthes velutina (Bombyliidae)
Villa hottentotta (Bombyliidae)
Asilis crabroniformis (Hornet Robberfly, Asilidae)
Choerades gilvus (Ginger Robberfly, Asilidae)
Machimus sp. (Asilidae)
Saropogon leucocephalus (Asilidae)
Dioctria atricapilla/harcyniae (Asilidae) - 1 Bernier 3/6/24
Empis tessellata (Empididae, Dagger flies)
Therevidae (Stiletto fly) sp.
Hoverflies (order Diptera, family Syrphidae)
Order alphabetical. Common names appear to be a matter of conjecture - the more established ones are added in brackets;
Baccha elongata (Gossamer Hoverfly)
Caliprobola speciosa (Green Forest Hoverfly)
Cheilosia sp.
Chrysotoxum bicinctum (Two-banded Spearhorn)
Chrysotoxum cautum (Large Wasp Hoverfly)
Chrysotoxum festivum (Beaded Chrysotoxum)
Chrysotoxum vernale
Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade Hoverfly)
Epistrophe eligans (Spring Epistrophe)
Eristalis arbustorum (Plain-faced Dronefly)
Eristalis intricarius (Furry Dronefly)
Eristalis nemorum (Stripe-faced Dronefly)
Eristalis pertinax (Tapered Dronefly)
Eristalis similis (Glass-winged Dronefly)
Eristalis tenax (Stripe-eyed Dronefly)
Eristalinus sepulchralis (Small Spotty-eyed Dronefly)
Eupeodes corollae
Helophilus pendulus (Common Tiger Hoverfly)
Helophilus trivittatus (Large Tiger Hoverfly)
Meliscaeva auricollis (Spotted Meliscaeva)
Merodon equestris (Narcissus Bulb Fly)
Milesia crabroniformis
Myathropa florea (Batman Hoverfly)
Pipiza noctiluca (Common Pipiza)
Platycheirus sp. - 1m Bernier 5/6/24
Rhingia campestris (Common Snout-hoverfly)
Rhingia rostrata (Grey-backed Snout-hoverfly)
Riponnensia splendens - 1m Bernier 3/6/23, 1m 9/7/24
Scaeva pyrastri (White-clubbed Scaeva)
Scaeva selenitica/Scaeva dignota
Sphaerophoria scripta (Long Hoverfly)
Spilomyia saltuum - 1m Bernier 15/7/17, 1f Merigny 27/8/24
Syritta pipiens (Thick-legged Hoverfly)
Syrphus ribesii/Syrphus rectus
Syrphus torvus
Syrphus vitripennis/Syrphus torvus
Volucella bombylans (Bumblebee Hoverfly)
Volucella inanis (Wasp Plumehorn) - 1m Merigny 25/7/24
Volucella inflata (Cossus Hoverfly)
Volucella pellucens (Large Pied Hoverfly)
Volucella zonaria (Hornet Hoverfly)
Xanthogramma pedissequum (Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly)
Xanthogramma pedissequum/Xanthogramma stackelbergi
Xylota sp.
Thick-headed flies (order Diptera, family Conopidae)
Conops silaceus
Physocephala chrysorrhoea
Physocephala vittata
Sicus ferrugineus
Other Diptera
Orellia falcata (Tephritidae, Fruit flies)
Otites formosa (Ulidiidae, Picture-winged flies)
Dorycera graminum (Ulidiidae) - 1f Bernier 6/5/18
Platystoma seminationis (Platystomatidae, Signal Flies)
Scathophaga stercoraria (Yellow Dung Fly, Scathophagidae)
Fannia canicularis (Lesser House Fly, Fannidae)
Musca domestica (Common House Fly, Muscidae)
Neomyia cornicina (Greenbottle, Muscidae)
Graphomya maculata (Muscidae)
Stomorhina lunata (Calliphoridae, Blowflies)
Sarcophaga sp. (Sarcophagidae, Flesh flies)
Sepedon sphegea (Sciomyzidae, Marsh flies) - order undefined
Euthycera sp. (Sciomyzidae) - 1 Bernier 24/9/23
Micropezidae (Stilt-legged Flies) sp.
Parasitic flies (order Diptera, family Tachinidae)
Ectophasia crasipennis
Ectophasia oblonga/E. crasipennis
Gymnosoma rotundatum
Phasia aurigera
Sturmia bella - 1 Bernier 10/7/24
Cylindromyia bicolor
Cylindromyia sp. - Bernier 6/2023
Peleteria rubescens
Gonia picea
Tachina fera
Tachina grossa (Giant Tachinid Fly)
Trichopoda pennipes
Dinera carinifrons - 1m Bernier 17/6/24
Eliozeta helluo - 1 Bernier 6/7/21
Scorpion Flies (order Mecoptera), Caddisflies (order Trichoptera)
Panorpa communis (Common Scorpion Fly)
Panorpa germanica (German Scorpion Fly)
Silo nigricornis (Goeridae, Caddisflies)
Wasps, bees, ants and relatives (order Hymenoptera)
One of the most difficult groups to identify to species level without taking samples. The following were identified by photography, observation and occasionally a process of elimination. For example, elimination of similar species by date, habitat or geographic location
Suborder Symphyta - Sawflies and Woodwasps. The order followed here is Argidae, Tenthredinidae
Arge melanochroa (Argidae)
Arge pagana (Large Rose Sawfly, Argidae)
Arge cyanocrocea (Bramble Sawfly, Argidae)
Arge berberidis (Berberis Sawfly, Argidae) - 1f Bernier 27/6/23
Arge ochropus (Rose Sawfly, Argidae) - 1 Bernier 27/6/24
Sterictiphora angelicae (Argidae) - 1f Oulches 7/8/23
Aglaostigma aucupariae (Tenthredinidae)
Macrophya montana (Tenthredinidae)
Macrophya albicincta/ M. alboannulata (Symphyta, Tenthredinidae)
Macrophya militaris (Tenthredinidae)
Macrophya blanda var. lacrimosa (Tenthredinidae)
Macrophya rufipes (Tenthredinidae)
Rhogogaster viridis (Green Sawfly, Tenthredinidae)
Tenthredo scrophulariae (Figwort Sawfly, Tenthredinidae)
Tenthredo temula (Tenthredinidae)
Tenthredo zona (Tenthredinidae)
Tenthredo vespa (Tenthredinidae)
Tenthredo marginella (Tenthredinidae)
Tenthredopsis litterata (Tenthredinidae)
Nematus lucidus (Tenthredinidae)
Dolerus sanguinicollis (Tenthredinidae)
Suborder Apocrita (Parasitica) - Parasitic wasps. The order followed here is Chalcidoidea (several families) (Chalcid wasps), Leucospidae (separate family), Braconidae (Braconid wasps), Gasteruptiidae (Carrot wasps), Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon wasps)
Brachymeria tibialis (Chalcididae)
Leucospis dorsigera (Leucospidae)
Atanycolus sp. (Braconidae)
Gasteruption hastator (Gasteruptiidae) - 1f Bernier 2/7/23
Gasteruptiidae sp. (Gasteruptiidae)
Amblyteles armatorius (Ichneumonidae)
Ichneumon sarcitorius (Ichneumonidae)
(?) Ophion sp. (Ichneumonidae)
Habrocampulum biguttatum (Ichneumonidae)
Perithous sp. (Ichneumonidae)
Pimplinae sp. (Ichneumonidae)
Eridolius sp. (Ichneumonidae)
Tryphoninae sp. (Ichneumonidae) - 1 Bernier 17/6/24
(?)Exyston calcaratus (Tryphoninae, Ichneumonidae) - 1 Bernier 17/6/24
Xorides sepulchralis (Ichneumonidae) - 1m Bernier 24/9/23
Metopius dentatus (Ichneumonidae) - 1f Oulches 10/4/24
Suborder Apocrita (Aculeates) - Ants, Bees and wasps. Order followed here is Chrysididae (Cuckoo wasps), Tiphiidae (Tiphiid wasps), Scoliidae (Mammoth wasps) and Formicidae (Ants). For 'true' wasps see next.
Chrysis sp. (Chrysididae)
Trichrysis cyanea (Chrysididae) - 1 Bernier 11/9/23
Hedychrum nobile (Chrysididae) - 1f Bernier 29/6/23
Tiphia femorata (Beetle-killing Wasp, Tiphiidae)
Scolia hirta (Hairy Flower Wasp, Scoliidae)
Scolia sexmaculata (Scoliidae) - 1f Bernier 5-9/7/25
Camponotus vagus (Formicidae)
Formica rufa (Southern Wood Ant, Formicidae)
'True' wasps. Phylogeny in apparent state of flux. Order followed here is Pompilidae (Spider-hunting wasps), Vespidae (Social, Potter and Mason wasps), Sphecidae (Sand wasps) and Crabronidae (Digger wasps)
Aporus unicolor (Purseweb Spider-wasp, Pompilidae)
Episyron rufipes/gallicum (Pompilidae) - 1 Bernier 11/7/23
Episyron arrogans (Pompilidae) - 1 Bernier 2/8/24
Caliadurgus fasciatellus (Pompilidae)
Anoplius viaticus (Black-banded Spider Wasp, Pompilidae) - 1 Merigny 10/4/24
Auplopus carbonarius (Pompilidae) - 1f Bernier 10/6/24
Monosapyga clavicornis (Sapygidae) - 1 Bernier 23/5/24
Sapyga quinquepunctata (Sapygidae)
Delta unguiculatum (Great Potter Wasp, Vespidae)
Eumenes sp. (Vespidae)
Eumenes papillarius (Vespidae) - 2 Bernier 24/8/23
Odynerus spinipes (Spiny-legged Mason Wasp, Vespidae)
Allodynerus delphinalis (Vespidae) - 1m Bernier 18/7/23
Allodynerus rossii (Vespidae) - 1 Bernier 5/6/24
Ancistrocerus gazella (Vespidae) - 1f Bernier 11/7/23
Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Early Mason Wasp, Vespidae)
Symmorphus gracilis (Vespidae) - 1f Bernier 10/6/24
Parodontodynerus ephippium (Vespidae)
Leptochilus regulus (Vespidae) - 1 Bernier 1/7/23
Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp, Vespidae)
Polistes dominula/gallicus (Vespidae)
Vespa crabro (Hornet, Vespidae)
Vespa velutina (Asian Hornet, Vespidae)
Vespula germanica (German wasp, Vespidae)
Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp, Vespidae)
Ammophila sabulosa (Red-banded Sand Wasp, Sphecidae)
Isodontia mexicana (Grass-carrying Wasp, Sphecidae)
Prionyx kirbii (Sphecidae)
Sphex funerarius rufocinctus (Sphecidae)
Sphecodes sp. (Sphecidae) - 7/2023
Lestica clypeata (Crabronidae)
Lestica sp. (Crabronidae)
Bembix tarsata (Crabronidae)
Astata boops (Crabronidae) - 1m Merigny 8/8/24
Cerceris arenaria (Sand-tailed Digger Wasp, Crabronidae)
Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp, Crabronidae)
Cerceris quadricincta (Crabonidae)
Cerceris sabulosa (Crabonidae) - 1 Bernier 9/7/24
Philanthus triangulum (Bee Wolf, Crabronidae)
(?)Tachytes panzeri (Crabronidae) - Some/all obs could be of similar Tachysphex species
Ectemnius continuus (Crabronidae) - 1 Bernier 17/7/23, 5/6/24
Ectemnius sp. (Crabronidae) - 1m Bernier 17/6/24
Oxybelus uniglumis (Crabronidae) - 1 Bernier 1/7/23
Oxybelus mucronatus (Crabronidae)
Bees. Order follows the list in 'Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland', Falk/Lewington, Bloomsbury 2015. Generally speaking, after the genus name the species are listed alphabetically, e.g. Andrena a... to Andrena z... and so on
Big thanks to Bernhard Jacobi and el.gritche for help with some species
Colletes hederae (Ivy Bee, Colletidae)
Colletes sp. (Colletidae) - Bernier 6/2023
Hylaeus meridionalis/variegatus (Colletidae) - Bernier June/July/2023
Andrena agilissima (Violet-winged Mining-bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena ampla (Andrenidae)
Andrena cineraria (Ashy Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena flavipes (Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena florea (Bryony Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena fulva (Tawny Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena fulvago (Hawksbeard Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena gravida (White-bellied Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena haemorrhoa (Orange-tailed mining bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena labialis (Large Meadow Mining Bee, Andrenidae) - 1 Bernier 20/6/23
Andrena morio (Andrenidae) - 1m Bernier 8/7/23
Andrena morio/pilipes (Andrenidae) - 1f Bernier 23/6/23
Andrena nigrospina (Scarce Black Mining Bee, Andrenidae) - 1m, (?)1f Merigny 10/7/24; (?)1f Bernier 12/7/24
Andrena nigrospina/pilipes (Andrenidae)
Andrena nitida (Grey-patched Mining Bee, Andrenidae) - 1f (probable) Bernier 31/3/24
Andrena thoracica (Cliff Mining Bee, Andrenidae)
Andrena (Lepidandrena) curvungula/pandellei - 1f Bernier 23/6/24
Halictus quadricinctus (Giant Furrow Bee, Halictidae)
Halictus scabiosae (Great Banded Furrow Bee, Halictidae)
Halictus sexcinctus (Six-banded Furrow-bee, Halictidae)
Halictus (simplex-compressus-langobardicus, Halictidae)
Lasioglossum sexnotatum (Ashy Furrow Bee, Halictidae)
Lasioglossum sp. (Halictidae)
Sphecodes albilabris (Halictidae)
Sphecodes sp. (Halictidae)
Anthidium manicatum (European Wool Carder Bee, Megachilidae)
Anthidium septemspinosum (Megachilidae; Anthidium)
Trachusa interrupta (Megachilidae) - 1f Bernier 7/8/23
Stelis punctulatissima (Megachilidae) - 1 Bernier 9-18/7/25
Chelostoma florisomne (Large Scissor Bee, Megachilidae) - Bernier 23/5/24
Chelostoma rapunculi (Megachilidae) - 1m Bernier 29/5/25
Osmia bicornis (Red Mason Bee, Megachilidae)
Osmia brevicornis (Megachilidae)
Osmia caerulescens (Blue Mason Bee, Megachilidae)
Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee, Megachilidae)
Osmia leaiana/niveata (Megachilidae) - 1m Bernier 3/6/24
Megachile centuncularis (Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee, Megachilidae)
Megachile lagopoda (Megachilidae)
Megachile pilidens (Megachilidae)
Megachile sculpturalis (Giant Resin Bee, Megachilidae) - 1f Bernier 11/9/23
Coelioxys conoidea (Large Sharp-tailed Bee, Megachilidae)
Lithurgus chrysurus (Mediterranean Wood-boring Bee, Megachilidae)
Lithurgus cornutus (Megachilidae)
Nomada armata (Armed Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada bifasciata (Dusky-horned Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada flavopicta (Blunthorn Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada goodeniana (Gooden's Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada panzeri (Panzer’s Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada ruficornis (Fork-jawed Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada sexfasciata (Six-banded Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Nomada signata (Broad-banded Nomad Bee, Apidae)
Epeolus fallax (Apidae; Epeolus)
Thyreus ramosus (Apidae; Melectini)
Eucera longicornis (Long-horned Bee, Apidae)
Tetraloniella dentata (Apidae)
Amegilla albigena (Apidae; Anthophorini)
Anthophora bimaculata (Green-eyed Flower Bee, Apidae)
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee, Apidae)
Melecta luctuosa (Apidae) - 1 Bernier 20/5/24, 4/6/24
Ceratina cucurbitina (Apidae; Ceratina)
Xylocopa valga (Apidae) - 1f Bernier 11/9/23
Xylocopa violacea (Violet Carpenter Bee, Apidae)
Bombus hortorum (Garden Bumblebee, Apidae)
Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee, Apidae) - 1 Bernier 11/9/23
Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee, Apidae)
Bombus muscorum/humilis/pascuorum (Apidae)
Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee, Apidae)
Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee, Apidae)
Bombus ruderarius (Red-shanked Carder Bee, Apidae)
Bombus ruderatus (Large Garden Bumblebee, Apidae)
Bombus sylvarum (Shrill Carder Bee, Apidae)
Bombus terrestris 'type' (Buff-tailed Bumblebee-type, Apidae)
Bombus vestalis (Vestal Cuckoo Bee, Apidae)
Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee, Apidae)
Beetles (order Coleoptera)
Order follows A Photographic Guide to Insects of Southern Europe & the Mediterranean. Paul D Brock, NatureBureau 2017
Dytiscus marginalis (Great Diving Beetle, Dytiscidae)
Cybister lateralimarginalis (Dytiscidae)
Acilius sulcatus (Lesser Diving Beetle, Dytiscidae)
Cicindela campestris (Green Tiger Beetle, Cicindelidae)
Cicindela hybrida (Dune Tiger Beetle, Cicindelidae)
Ocypus olens (Devil's Coach Horse, Staphylinidae)
Geotrupidae (Dor Beetle) sp.
Sinodendron cylindricum (Rhinoceros Beetle, Lucanidae)
Dorcus parallelipipedus (Lesser Stag Beetle, Lucanidae)
Lucanus cervus (Stag Beetle, Lucanidae)
Copris lunaris (Scarabaeidae)
Melolontha melolontha (Cockchafer, Scarabaeidae)
Amphimallon solstitialis (Summer Chafer, Scarabaeidae)
Hoplia coerulea (Blue Chafer, Scarabaeidae)
Cetonia aurata (Rose Chafer, Scarabaeidae)
Cetonia aeruginosa (Scarabaeidae)
Valgus hemipterus (Scarabaeidae)
Epicometis hirta (Hairy Beetle, Scarabaeidae)
Oxythyrea funesta (Scarabaeidae)
Trichius gallicus (Scarabaeidae)
Ptosima undecimmaculata (Buprestidae) - 1 Bernier 17/6/24
Anthaxia millefolii polychloros (Buprestidae)
Athous haemorrhoidalis (Elateridae)
Ampedus praeustus (Elaterinae)
Agrypnus murinus (Elateridae)
(?)Aplotarsus incanus (Elaterinae)
Lygistopterus sanguineus (Lycidae) - 1 Bernier 5/7/25
Lampyris noctiluca (Glow Worm, Lampyridae)
Cantharis rustica (Rustic Sailor Beetle, Cantharidae)
Cantharis fusca (Cantharidae)
Cantharis livida (Cantharidae)
Rhagonycha fulva (Common Red Soldier Beetle, Cantharidae)
Cantharidae sp.(Cantharidae) - 10+ Bernier 6/2023
Clerus mutillarius (Cleridae)
Trichodes alvearius (Bee-hive Beetle, Cleridae)
Trichodes apiarius (Cleridae)
Malachius bipustulatus (Malachite Beetle, Melyridae)
Psyllobora 22-punctata (22-Spot Ladybird, Coccinellidae)
Coccinella septempuntata (7-Spot Ladybird, Coccinellidae)
Adalia bipuntacta (2-Spot Ladybird, Coccinellidae)
Harmonia axyridis (Harlequin Ladybird, Coccinellidae)
Propylea quatuordecimpunctata (14-spot Ladybird, Coccinellidae)
Henosepilachna elaterii (Melon Ladybird Beetle, Coccinellidae)
Mordellidae sp. (Tumbling Flower Beetles)
Anogcodes seladonius (False Oil Beetles, Oedemeridae) - 1f Merigny 10/7/24
Oedemera nobilis (Oedemeridae)
Oedemera podagrariae (Oedemeridae)
Meloe violaceus (Violet Oil Beetle, Meloidae)
Pyrochroa serraticornis (Pyrochroidae)
Rhagium bifasciatum (Two-banded Longhorn Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Anoplodera sexguttata (Six-spotted Longhorn Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Stictoleptura cordigera (Cerambycidae)
Stictoleptura fulva (Cerambycidae)
Stictoleptura rubra (Red-brown Longhorn Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Leptura aurulenta (Cerambycidae) - 1 Bernier 26/6/23
Strangalia cf maculata (Black & Yellow Longhorn Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Stenurella melanura (Cerambycidae) - 1 Oulches 24/6/24
Molorchus minor (Spruce Shortwing Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Stenopterus mauritanicus (Cerambycidae)
Cerambyx scopolii (Capricorn Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Aromia moschata (Musk Beetle, Cerambycidae) - 1 St-Benoit 29/7/24
Chlorophorus figuratus (Cerambycidae)
Chlorophorus glabromaculatus (Cerambycidae) - 1 Bernier 15/8/23
Clytus arietis (Wasp Beetle, Cerambycidae)
Brachyleptura fulva (Cerambycidae)
Agapanthia villosoviridescens (Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn, Cerambycidae) - 1 Bernier 30/5/24
Donacia versicolorea (Chrysomelidae)
Clytra quadripunctata (Chrysomelidae) - 1 Merigny 6/6/24
Cryptocephalus aureolus (Chrysomelidae)
Cryptocephalus bipunctatus (Chrysomelidae)
Cryptocephalus sericeus (Chrysomelidae)
Timarcha tenebricosa (Bloody-nosed Beetle, Chrysomelidae)
Chrysolina banksii (Chrysomelidae)
Galeruca tanaceti (Chrysomelidae)
Cassida viridis (Green Tortoise Beetle, Chrysomelidae)
Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado Beetle, Chrysomelidae)
Curculio venosus (Acorn Weevil, Curculionidae)
Phyllobius argentatus (Silver-green Leaf Weevil, Curculionidae) - Nettle Weevils
Larinus australis (Curculionoidea)
Larinus sp. (Curculionoidea)
Lixus paraplecticus (Curculionoidea)
Other arthropods (phylum Arthropoda)
For spiders see araneae; spiders of Europe
Alphabetical order, scientific names
Agelena labyrinthica (Labyrinth Spider, Agelenidae)
Araneus diadematus (Garden Spider, Araneidae)
Argiope bruennichi (Wasp Spider, Araneidae)
Carrhotus xanthogramma (Salticidae)
Dolomedes fimbriatus/D. plantarius (Raft/Great Raft Spider, Pisauridae)
Heliophanus cupreus (Copper Sun Jumper, Salticidae)
Heliophanus kochii (Salticidae)
Marpissa muscosa (Fencepost jumper, Salticidae)
Micrommata ligurina (Sparassidae)
Misumena vatia (Goldenrod Crab Spider, Thomisidae)
Neriene radiata (Linyphiidae)
Pardosa pullata (Common wolf-spider, Lycosidae)
Pisaura mirabilis (Nursery Web Spider, Pisauridae)
Synema globosum (Thomisidae)
Tetragnatha striata (Striped Stretch-spider, Tetragnathidae)
Xysticus audax (Thomisidae)
Xysticus cristatus (Thomisidae)
Xysticus robustus (Thomisidae)
Scutigera coleoptrata (House Centipede, Scutigeridae)
Tachypodoiulus niger (Black Millipede, Julidae)