Parks

12 species found in this habitat

Lepidoptera

African Grass Blue

Zizeeria knysna

Tiny blue butterfly with spotted gray-brown undersides. One of the smallest butterflies in Africa....

Hymenoptera

Birch Sawfly

Cimbex femoratus

One of the largest European sawflies, with a stout body, clubbed antennae, and variable coloring from black to yellowish...

Psocoptera

Broad-winged Barklouse

Psococerastis gibbosa

A large bark louse found on tree trunks across Europe. It has broad wings and a rounded body compared to most psocids....

Lepidoptera

December Moth

Poecilocampa populi

A dark, hairy moth that flies in the coldest months of the year, from November to January. Its cold-season activity is a...

Hymenoptera

Elm Cimbicid Sawfly

Cimbex luteus

A large, pale yellowish sawfly with conspicuous knobbed antennae. It is associated with elm trees where the large green ...

Coleoptera

Large Violet Click Beetle

Limoniscus violaceus

A rare and distinctive click beetle with a dark violet-black body and fine pubescence. It develops in the decaying heart...

Hemiptera

Minmin Cicada

Hyalessa maculaticollis

A Japanese cicada known as 'minminzemi' with a green and black body and transparent wings. Its distinctive 'min-min-min'...

Hemiptera

Oak Leafhopper

Typhlocyba quercus

A tiny pale green leafhopper found on oak trees. Feeds by piercing leaf cells, causing pale stippling. Can be extremely ...

Hymenoptera

Oak Marble Gall Wasp

Andricus kollari

A tiny wasp that induces marble-shaped galls on oak twigs where its larvae develop. The galls were historically used to ...

Hymenoptera

Trichiosoma Hawthorn Sawfly

Trichiosoma lucorum

A large, very hairy sawfly with clubbed antennae and a dense covering of golden-brown hairs. It resembles a large bumble...

Coleoptera

Variegated Flower Beetle

Gnorimus variabilis

A dark brown or black beetle with variable yellow-white spots on the elytra. It is extremely rare and tied to ancient ho...

Lepidoptera

White-banded Grass Dart

Taractrocera papyria

A small orange-brown skipper butterfly with a distinctive white band across its hindwings. It is common in grassy habita...