Orchards
138 species found in this habitat
Achemon Sphinx Moth
Eumorpha achemon
A robust hawk moth with pink and tan-brown forewings and bright pink hindwings. It is closely related to the Pandorus sp...
African Citrus Psyllid
Trioza erytreae
A small brownish psyllid that causes distinctive pit galls on citrus leaves. It vectors the African form of citrus green...
Aphytis Wasp
Aphytis melinus
A tiny golden-yellow parasitoid wasp that is the primary biocontrol agent of California red scale on citrus. It lays egg...
Apple Leaf Miner
Lyonetia clerkella
A tiny moth whose serpentine leaf mines are visible on apple and cherry leaves. The mine appears as a winding white trai...
Apple Maggot Fly
Rhagoletis pomonella
A fruit fly pest whose larvae tunnel through apple flesh causing brown trails. It is a textbook example of sympatric spe...
Apple Sawfly
Hoplocampa testudinea
A small brown-and-yellow sawfly that is a significant pest of apple orchards. Larvae bore into developing apples, leavin...
Banded Swallowtail
Papilio demolion
A medium-large swallowtail with dark brown-black wings bearing a broad pale greenish-yellow band across both forewings a...
Black-kneed Capsid
Blepharidopterus angulatus
A slender, pale green mirid bug with distinctive black knee joints. It is a beneficial predator found in European apple ...
Black-waved Flannel Moth
Megalopyge crispata
A fluffy white to yellowish moth with wavy dark lines across the forewings. Like its relative the puss moth, its caterpi...
Blue Orchard Bee
Osmia lignaria
A metallic dark blue solitary bee that nests in pre-existing holes in wood. It is an exceptionally efficient pollinator ...
Blue-Green Sharpshooter
Graphocephala atropunctata
A strikingly colored blue-green leafhopper native to the western US. It is an important vector of Pierce's disease in Ca...
Broad-necked Root Borer
Prionus laticollis
A large dark brown prionine beetle with a notably broad pronotum bearing three sharp lateral teeth on each side. Found i...
Bronze Orange Bug
Musgraveia sulciventris
A large, bronze-colored shield bug that is a pest of citrus trees in eastern Australia. Nymphs are bright green and chan...
Buffalo Treehopper
Stictocephala bisonia
A small, bright green treehopper with a distinctive triangular pronotum that makes it resemble a miniature American biso...
California Red Scale
Aonidiella aurantii
A circular reddish-brown armored scale insect that infests citrus bark, leaves, and fruit. Heavy infestations can kill b...
California Root Borer
Prionus californicus
A massive prionine beetle found in western North America, one of the largest beetles in the region. Males have conspicuo...
Cherry Blossom Weevil
Anthonomus rectirostris
A small weevil that feeds on cherry blossoms in Japan, emerging in spring to coincide with sakura season. Females lay eg...
Chestnut Gall Wasp
Dryocosmus kuriphilus
An invasive gall wasp from China that is the most damaging pest of chestnut trees worldwide. It induces galls on buds an...
Chinese Character Moth
Cilix glaucata
A tiny moth whose resting posture perfectly mimics a bird dropping on a leaf. Its white wings bear a central brown blotc...
Citrus Leafminer Parasitoid
Cirrospilus ingenuus
A tiny ectoparasitoid wasp that attacks citrus leafminer larvae inside their leaf mines. It has been introduced to many ...
Citrus Mealybug
Planococcus citri
A soft-bodied, waxy-coated insect that clusters on citrus fruits, stems, and roots while feeding on sap. Heavy infestati...
Citrus Mealybug Encyrtid
Leptomastix dactylopii
A solitary parasitoid wasp specific to citrus mealybugs, used globally in greenhouse biological control. Adults are slen...
Citrus Spittlebug
Clastoptera undulata
A small oval-shaped spittlebug with dark brown and cream banding. Nymphs produce frothy spittle masses on pecan, citrus,...
Citrus Swallowtail
Papilio demodocus
A common large swallowtail with cream and black patterned wings and blue-red eyespots on the hindwings. It is widespread...
Citrus Whitefly
Dialeurodes citri
A small white-winged whitefly that is a common pest of citrus trees. Adults gather on the undersides of leaves, and heav...
Codling Moth
Cydia pomonella
A small grey-brown moth whose larvae are the proverbial worm in the apple. It is the most economically important pest of...
Comma Butterfly
Polygonia c-album
Orange butterfly with ragged wing edges and a small white comma-shaped mark on the underside. The irregular outline mimi...
Common Flower Bug
Anthocoris nemorum
A tiny brown bug that is a voracious predator of aphids, mites and psyllids. An important biological control agent....
Common Green Capsid
Lygocoris pabulinus
A bright green mirid bug that is a common pest of fruit trees and currants in Europe. It causes russeting and distortion...
Common Lime Butterfly
Papilio demoleus
Black swallowtail covered in pale yellow spots and lacking hindwing tails. A major pest of citrus across Asia and recent...
Common Snakefly
Raphidia notata
A distinctive predatory insect with an elongated prothorax that gives it a snake-like appearance. It hunts aphids and ot...
Coppered White-spotted Flower Chafer
Protaetia cuprea
A coppery-bronze chafer beetle with small white spots scattered across its elytra. It feeds in large flowers during warm...
Cotton Aphid
Aphis gossypii
A small yellowish-green to dark green aphid that attacks cotton, cucurbits, and citrus worldwide. It transmits numerous ...
Cottony Cushion Scale
Icerya purchasi
A scale insect with a distinctive white fluted egg sac that devastated California's citrus industry in the 1880s. Its co...
Cuban Green June Beetle
Cotinis mutabilis
A large metallic green scarab beetle found in Cuba and the Caribbean. It is a clumsy but powerful flier attracted to rip...
Dainty Swallowtail
Papilio anactus
A small, elegant swallowtail butterfly that is the most widespread Papilio species in Australia. It has black wings with...
Deraeocoris Plant Bug
Deraeocoris ruber
A small, shiny dark reddish-brown to black predatory plant bug found across Europe. It feeds on aphids, spider mites, an...
Dogwood Borer
Synanthedon scitula
A clearwing moth whose larvae bore beneath the bark of dogwood, apple, and other trees. It is a significant pest of appl...
Dustywing
Coniopteryx tineiformis
A tiny moth-like lacewing covered in a white waxy powder that gives it a dusty appearance. It is an important predator o...
Elegant Brown Lacewing
Sympherobius elegans
A tiny, delicate brown lacewing found in bark crevices of broadleaved trees. One of the smallest hemerobiid species in E...
European Cherry Fruit Fly
Rhagoletis cerasi
A small black fly with distinctive wing banding that infests sweet and sour cherries. Larvae feed inside cherries, causi...
European Flower Beetle
Tropinota hirta
A hairy black beetle with scattered white spots that feeds deep inside flowers. It is an important pollinator of fruit t...
European Grape Berry Moth
Eupoecilia ambiguella
A small cream-colored moth with a dark diagonal band across the forewings. It is one of the two most damaging moth pests...
European Grapevine Moth
Lobesia botrana
A small marbled moth with complex grey, brown, and olive patterns on the forewings. It is the most economically importan...
European Hornet
Vespa crabro
The largest European wasp, with a brown and yellow striped body and reddish-brown head and thorax. Despite its fearsome ...
Figure of Eight Moth
Diloba caeruleocephala
Named for the figure-of-eight marking on its grey forewing, this autumn-flying moth is often found at ivy blossom. Its c...
Flatid Planthopper
Metcalfa pruinosa
A small waxy-white planthopper native to North America that has invaded Europe. Nymphs produce long waxy filaments that ...
Florida Leaf-footed Bug
Acanthocephala femorata
A large robust coreid bug with distinctive leaf-like expansions on its hind tibiae. It is dark brown to black with sligh...
Gaudy Sphinx Moth
Eumorpha labruscae
A spectacular hawk moth with blue-green and brown patterned forewings that create an extraordinary leafy camouflage. It ...
Giant Peacock Moth
Saturnia pyri
Europe's largest moth, with a wingspan up to 16 cm and prominent eyespots on all four wings. Its brown-gray wings are bo...
Goldsmith Beetle
Cotalpa lanigera
A beautiful golden-yellow scarab beetle with a metallic luster and fuzzy underside. It is attracted to lights on warm su...
Gooseberry Sawfly
Nematus ribesii
The most destructive insect pest of gooseberry and red currant bushes in Europe. Larvae can strip bushes completely of l...
Granulate Ambrosia Beetle
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
A tiny reddish-brown ambrosia beetle that bores into a wide range of hardwood trees. It cultivates a symbiotic fungus in...
Grape Borer
Xylotrechus pyrrhoderus
A destructive pest of grapevines in East Asia with reddish-brown legs and wavy yellowish markings on dark elytra. Larvae...
Grape Flea Beetle
Altica chalybea
A small, metallic dark blue beetle with enlarged jumping legs that feeds on grape buds and young foliage. It can cause s...
Grape Phylloxera
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae
A tiny aphid-like insect that feeds on grapevine roots, causing galls and eventually killing European grape varieties. I...
Grapevine Beetle
Pelidnota punctata
A handsome tan-colored scarab with dark spots on its elytra, found in eastern North America. Adults feed on grapevine fo...
Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil
Polydrusus formosus
A small, brilliant metallic green beetle covered in tiny iridescent scales that produce its striking coloration. It is n...
Green June Beetle
Cotinis nitida
A large velvety green beetle with bronze margins that buzzes loudly in flight. It feeds on ripe fruit and is attracted t...
Hag Moth
Phobetron pithecium
A furry brown moth whose larva is called the monkey slug due to its bizarre shape with curly fleshy lateral projections....
Hagen's Dustywing
Coniopteryx hageniana
A minute dustywing found across Europe and known for its effectiveness against orchard mites. Easily overlooked due to i...
Horned Mason Bee
Osmia cornuta
A robust spring-flying bee with distinctive horn-like projections on the female's face. It is widely used as a managed p...
Hornfaced Bee
Osmia cornifrons
A robust reddish-brown solitary bee native to Japan, widely used for fruit tree pollination. Females have small horn-lik...
Italian Tree Cricket
Oecanthus pellucens
A delicate pale green cricket with translucent wings. Males sing a melodious continuous trill on warm evenings. The rate...
Japanese Beetle Tachinid
Istocheta aldrichi
A parasitic fly introduced from Japan to North America specifically for Japanese beetle control. Females lay eggs on the...
Japanese Rose Chafer
Cetonia pilifera
A metallic green flower beetle common in Japan, known as 'shirosujikogane.' Found on flowers and tree sap during summer ...
Kidney-Spot Ladybird
Chilocorus renipustulatus
A small black ladybird with two red kidney-shaped spots, found across Europe. It specializes in feeding on scale insects...
Lackey Moth
Malacosoma neustria
A pale tawny moth whose colorful striped caterpillars spin communal silk tents on trees....
Large Fruit-tree Tortrix
Archips podana
A relatively large tortricid with reddish-brown males and paler females. It is a common pest in orchards where larvae we...
Large Scoliid Wasp
Megascolia maculata
Europe's largest wasp, with a massive black body marked with bold yellow spots. Females burrow underground to parasitise...
Large Tortoiseshell
Nymphalis polychloros
A large orange butterfly with dark spots resembling a scaled-up small tortoiseshell, once widespread in Britain but now ...
Large-headed Resin Bee
Heriades truncorum
A tiny black resin bee with a disproportionately large head that nests in beetle holes and hollow stems. It uses plant r...
Leaf-footed Bug
Leptoglossus occidentalis
A medium to large brown bug with a distinctive white zigzag band across the wings and flattened, leaf-like expansions on...
Lemon-tree Borer Parasite
Diachasmimorpha longicaudata
A parasitoid of fruit fly larvae that has been released worldwide for biological control of tephritid pests. Females loc...
Lesser Citronella Ant
Lasius claviger
A small yellow subterranean ant closely related to the larger citronella ant. It produces a citrus scent and lives in de...
Light Brown Apple Moth
Epiphyas postvittana
A small variable brown moth native to Australia that has invaded several continents. It feeds on over 500 plant species,...
Long-snouted March Fly
Bibio lanigerus
A robust, hairy black march fly with a woolly thorax and relatively large body for the family. Adults emerge in spring a...
Malachite Butterfly
Siproeta stelenes
A large butterfly with striking black and brilliant malachite green patterning on both wing surfaces. It has a slow grac...
Mango Bark Beetle
Plocaederus ferrugineus
A rusty-brown cerambycid that attacks the bark and cambium of mango trees in South Asia. Adults are strong fliers and ar...
Mango Fruit Fly
Ceratitis cosyra
A small, colorful fly with patterned wings that is one of the most destructive pests of mangoes in East Africa. Females ...
Mango Mealybug
Drosicha mangiferae
A large, soft-bodied mealybug covered in white waxy secretions that infests mango trees. Nymphs crawl up mango trunks in...
Mango Stem Borer
Batocera rubus
A large greyish-brown longhorn beetle that is a major pest of mango trees in South and Southeast Asia. Adults have robus...
Mediterranean Scoliid Wasp
Scolia hirta
A black hairy wasp with two prominent yellow abdominal spots common across Mediterranean regions. It parasitizes rose ch...
Metaphycus Scale Parasitoid
Metaphycus helvolus
A golden-yellow parasitoid wasp that attacks black scale and other soft scale insects on citrus and olive trees. It is o...
Mottled Umber Moth
Erannis defoliaria
A variably patterned brown moth where males range from pale to almost black. Females are completely wingless and resembl...
Musk Longhorn
Aromia bungii
A large and colorful cerambycid with a bright red pronotum and metallic dark blue-black elytra. Native to East Asia, it ...
Natal Fruit Fly
Ceratitis rosa
A colorful African fruit fly closely related to the Mediterranean fruit fly. It attacks tropical and subtropical fruits ...
New Caledonian Monarch Fly
Bactrocera umbrosa
A fruit fly found in New Caledonia and the western Pacific. It is a pest of breadfruit and jackfruit trees....
Noble Chafer
Gnorimus nobilis
A scarce metallic green beetle with small white flecks on the elytra. It is associated with old orchards and ancient fru...
Nut Weevil
Curculio nucum
A small weevil with a slender, downward-curved snout used to bore into hazelnuts. The larva feeds inside the nut before ...
Orange-tailed Mining Bee
Andrena haemorrhoa
A common spring bee with a ginger thorax and orange-tipped abdomen. It visits a wide variety of flowers and is an import...
Oriental Fruit Moth
Grapholita molesta
A small dark moth whose larvae first bore into peach shoot tips, then later generations attack fruits. It is one of the ...
Pale Brown Hawk Moth
Theretra nessus
A sleek hawk moth with uniform brown coloring and darker lateral stripes along the body. It is widespread across tropica...
Pandora Sphinx Moth
Eumorpha pandorus
A large sphinx moth with olive-green forewings marked with darker patches and pink hindwings. Its caterpillar has a larg...
Peach Slug Sawfly
Caliroa annulipes
A small, shiny black sawfly whose slug-like larvae feed on the upper leaf surface of various fruit trees, including peac...
Peach Twig Borer
Anarsia lineatella
A small gray moth whose larvae bore into new shoots and developing fruits of stone fruit trees. It is a key pest in peac...
Peachtree Borer
Synanthedon exitiosa
A clearwing moth that is the most destructive borer of peach trees in North America. Larvae feed in the bark at the soil...
Pear Fruit Sawfly
Hoplocampa brevis
A small, dark sawfly that is a pest of pear orchards. Larvae bore into developing pear fruitlets, causing premature frui...
Pear Leaf-curling Midge
Dasineura pyri
A minute gall midge whose larvae cause pear leaves to roll tightly inward along their margins. Multiple generations can ...
Pear Psylla
Cacopsylla pyri
A small winged psyllid that is the most important insect pest of European pear orchards. Nymphs produce copious honeydew...
Pear Slug Sawfly
Caliroa cerasi
A cosmopolitan sawfly whose slimy, slug-like larvae skeletonize leaves of cherry, pear, and plum. Heavy infestations cau...
Pear Thrips
Taeniothrips inconsequens
A dark brown thrips that damages pear and cherry blossoms in spring. Adults emerge from the soil to feed on opening buds...
Pecan Weevil
Curculio caryae
A brown weevil with a long snout that is a significant pest of pecan and hickory trees. Larvae develop inside the nuts o...
Pink Wax Scale Whitefly
Aleurocanthus woglumi
Known as the citrus blackfly, this whitefly has dark sooty-colored pupae that distinguish it from other whitefly species...
Plum Curculio
Conotrachelus nenuphar
A dark brown snout beetle covered in warty bumps that is a major pest of stone fruits. Females carve a crescent-shaped s...
Plum Sawfly
Hoplocampa flava
A small, yellowish-brown sawfly that is a pest of plum orchards. Larvae bore into developing plum fruitlets, causing the...
Psyllid
Diaphorina citri
A small sap-sucking insect that vectors citrus greening disease, the most devastating citrus disease worldwide. Infected...
Queensland Fruit Fly
Bactrocera tryoni
Australia's most economically damaging fruit fly with a reddish-brown body. It attacks a wide range of cultivated fruits...
Red Mason Bee
Osmia bicornis
A compact, ginger-haired solitary bee that nests in hollow stems and bee hotels. It is an exceptionally efficient pollin...
Red-belted Clearwing
Synanthedon myopaeformis
A clearwing moth with a distinctive red band around its abdomen. Larvae bore beneath the bark of apple and other fruit t...
Ricaniid Planthopper
Ricania speculum
A broad-winged planthopper with dark, glossy wings held tent-like over its body. It is a pest of tea, coffee, and variou...
Rose Thrips
Thrips fuscipennis
A common European thrips found in rose flowers and other blossoms. It feeds on pollen and flower petals....
Rosy Apple Aphid
Dysaphis plantaginea
A purplish-gray aphid covered in a dusky waxy bloom that causes severe leaf curling and fruit deformation on apple trees...
Rough Stink Bug
Brochymena quadripustulata
A gray-brown bark-colored stink bug with a rough, granular body surface that provides excellent camouflage on tree trunk...
Saddleback Caterpillar Moth
Acharia stimulea
A dark brown moth best known for its extraordinary caterpillar, which is bright green with a brown saddle-shaped marking...
San Jose Scale
Diaspidiotus perniciosus
A tiny armored scale insect that forms gray encrustations on the bark and fruit of apple, pear, and stone fruit trees. I...
Silver-striped Hawk Moth
Hippotion celerio
A medium-sized hawk moth with olive-brown forewings and bright pink hindwings, featuring silver stripes along the body. ...
Small-eyed Sphinx Moth
Paonias myops
A pinkish-brown sphinx moth whose hindwings bear a small blue eyespot ringed in black and yellow. It relies on camouflag...
Social Pear Sawfly
Neurotoma saltuum
A broad-bodied sawfly with long antennae whose larvae spin communal webs on pear and other fruit trees. Multiple larvae ...
South American Leaf-Footed Bug
Leptoglossus zonatus
A brown coreid bug with expanded leaf-like hind tibiae and a pale zigzag band across the forewings. It is a significant ...
South American Swallowtail
Heraclides thoas
A large swallowtail butterfly with black wings bearing bright yellow band patterns and prominent tail extensions. It is ...
Southeast Asian Stingless Bee
Heterotrigona itama
A popular managed stingless bee in Malaysia and Indonesia valued for its medicinal honey. They construct their nests in ...
Spanish Fly
Lytta vesicatoria
A slender, metallic green blister beetle with soft elytra. It produces cantharidin, a potent blistering agent, as a chem...
Spiny Oak Slug Moth
Euclea delphinii
A small colorful moth with green, brown, and silver-spotted forewings. Its flattened, jewel-like caterpillar is green wi...
Spiny Oakworm Moth Predator Beetle
Calosoma scrutator
A large, iridescent green ground beetle with violet-blue margins, known as the fiery searcher. It hunts caterpillars in ...
Stag Beetle Mimic Longhorn
Cerambyx scopolii
A medium-sized dark brown longhorn beetle common across Europe. Adults emerge in late spring and are attracted to flower...
Steelblue Ichneumon
Lissopimpla excelsa
A metallic blue-black ichneumon wasp native to Australia. It is an important parasitoid of pest caterpillars including t...
Steelblue Ladybird
Halmus chalybeus
A small metallic blue-green ladybird native to Australia. It is an important predator of scale insects on citrus and euc...
Summer Fruit Tortrix
Adoxophyes orana
A small yellowish-brown moth with darker V-shaped markings on the forewings. It is a significant fruit pest throughout E...
Tessaratomid Giant Shield Bug
Tessaratoma papillosa
A very large, robust shield bug that is a serious pest of lychee and longan trees in Asia. Adults are yellowish-brown an...
Torpedo Bug
Siphanta hebes
A bright green flatid planthopper with an elongated torpedo-shaped body profile when wings are folded. It is native to A...
Twig-girdling Longhorn
Ceroplesis thunbergii
A grey and black longhorn beetle with pale speckled markings. It girdles living twigs to create suitable egg-laying site...
Vedalia Beetle
Novius cardinalis
A small red-and-black ladybird famous as the first successful biological control agent in history. It saved the Californ...
Vine Mealybug
Planococcus ficus
A pink-bodied mealybug covered in white wax that has become a major pest of vineyards worldwide. It feeds on vine roots,...
Walnut Husk Fly
Rhagoletis completa
A fruit fly whose larvae feed inside walnut husks, staining and damaging the nuts. It has become an invasive pest in Eur...
Wheel Bug
Arilus cristatus
The largest assassin bug in North America, named for the distinctive cogwheel-shaped crest on its thorax. It delivers an...
White-Tipped Planthopper
Siphanta acuta
A bright green, wedge-shaped planthopper with white-tipped wings that mimics a small leaf. It is a common pest that has ...
Woolly Apple Aphid
Eriosoma lanigerum
An aphid covered in waxy white filaments that forms colonies on apple tree bark and roots. Heavy infestations cause gall...