Animals I've seen in my country (minus birds, which have moved to a seperate list)

Submitted by rudolf55 on Sat, 10/11/2008 - 04:15
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  1. Amphibians (Amphibia)

  2. Common frog (Rana temporaria)
  3. Common toad (Bufo bufo)
  4. Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus)
  5. Moor frog (Rana arvalis)
  6. Smooth newt (Triturus vulgaris)

  7. Arachnids (Arachnida)

  8. Amaurobius claustrarius
  9. Anelosimus vittatatus
  10. Ashen wolf spider (Arctosa cinerea)
  11. Barn funnel weaver spider (Tegenaria domestica)
  12. Brown dog tick (Rhipicephalus sanguineus)
  13. Candy stripe spider (Enoplognatha ovata)
  14. Cellar spider (Pholcus phalangioides)
  15. Common harvestman (Phalangium opilio)
  16. Crab spider (Misumenops tricuspidatus)
  17. Crustulina guttata
  18. Cupboard spider (Steatoda grossa)
  19. Dendryphantes rudis
  20. Diaea dorsata
  21. European garden spider (Araneus diadematus): http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/rudolf55/Beesten/Spinachtigen/PA2...
  22. Four spot orb weaver (Araneus quadratus)
  23. Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia)
  24. Great raft spider (Dolomedes plantarius)
  25. Hogna radiata
  26. Labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica)
  27. Large wolf spider (Alopecosa cuneata)
  28. Marpissa muscosa
  29. Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
  30. Raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus)
  31. Red harvestman (Opilio canestrinii)
  32. Rilaena triangularis
  33. Sheep tick (Ixodes ricinus)
  34. Tegenaria atrica
  35. Wall harvestman (Opilio parietinus)
  36. Wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
  37. Zebra spider (Salticus scenicus)

  38. Crustaceans (Crustacea)

  39. Acorn barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides)
  40. Ant woodlouse (Platyarthrus hoffmannseggi)
  41. Beachcrab (Carcinus maenas)
  42. Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus)
  43. Common woodlouse (Oniscus asellus)
  44. Edible crab (Cancer pagurus)
  45. Pill woodlouse (Armadillium vulgare)
  46. Rough woodlouse (Porcellio scaber)
  47. Sand shrimp (Crangon crangon)
  48. Scorpion spider crab (Inachus dorsettensis)

  49. Centipedes (Chilopoda)

  50. Brown centipede (Lithobius forficatus)
  51. Compost centipede (Haplophilus subterraneus)
  52. Garden centipede (Geophilus longicornis)
  53. House centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)

  54. Fish

  55. Carp bream (Abramis brama)
  56. Common bleak (Alburnus alburnus)
  57. Common roach (Rutilus rutilus)
  58. European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
  59. European perch (Perca fluviatilis)
  60. Northern pike (Esox lucius)
  61. Zander (Sander lucioperca)

  62. Gastropods (Gastropoda)

  63. Arion fuscus
  64. Burgundy snail (Helix pomatia)
  65. Discus rotundatus
  66. Garden snail (Helix aspersa)
  67. Great grey slug (Limax maximus)
  68. Grey field slug (Deroceras reticulatum)
  69. Grove snail (Cepaea nemoralis): http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/rudolf55/Beesten/Slakken/PA202442...
  70. New Zealand mud snail (Potamopyrgus antipodarum)
  71. Pointed snail (Cochlicella acuta)
  72. Red slug (Arion rufus)
  73. Two-lipped door snail (Balea biplicata)
  74. White garden snail (Theba pisana)
  75. White-lipped snail (Cepaea hortensis)
  76. Zonitoides nitidus

  77. Insects (Insecta)

  78. Angle shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)
  79. Ant beetle (Thanasimus formicarius)
  80. Alcon blue (Maculinea alcon)
  81. Antler moth (Cerapteryx graminis)
  82. Asian ladybeetle (Harmonia axyridis)
  83. Aulacus striatus
  84. Azure damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
  85. Banded demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)
  86. Beautiful demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo)
  87. Beech splendour beetle (Agrilus viridis)
  88. Bird's wing (Dypterygia scabriuscula)
  89. Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae scopoli)
  90. Black clock (pterostichus madidus)
  91. Black darter (Sympetrum danae)
  92. Black-lined skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)
  93. Black sexton beetle (Nicrophorus humator)
  94. Black-veined white (Aporia crataegi)
  95. Bloody-nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa)
  96. Blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria)
  97. Blue-tailed damselfly (Ischnura elegans)
  98. Bog fritillary (Boloria eunomia)
  99. Bordered pug (Eupithecia succenturiata)
  100. Brick (Agrochola circellaris)
  101. Broken-barred carpet (Electrophaes corylata)
  102. Brown bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)
  103. Brown chafer (Serica brunnea)
  104. Brown silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)
  105. Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
  106. Burren green (Calamia tridens)
  107. Cardinal beetle (Pyrochroa coccinea)
  108. Chain ground beetle (Carabus granulatus)
  109. Chameleon soldier fly (Stratiomys chamaeleon)
  110. Cherry gall (Cynips quercusfolii)
  111. Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae)
  112. Cloaked minor (Mesoligia furuncula)
  113. Clouded drab (Orthosia incerta)
  114. Clouded silver (Lomographa temerata)
  115. Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha)
  116. Codling moth (Cydia pomonella)
  117. Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
  118. Comma (Polygonia c-album)
  119. Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
  120. Common blue damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
  121. Common brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
  122. Common burying beetle (Nicrophorus vespillo)
  123. Common carpet (Epirrhoe alternata)
  124. Common crane fly (Tipula oleracea)
  125. Common earwig (Forficula auricularia)
  126. Common field grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)
  127. Common furniture beetle (Anobium punctatum)
  128. Common glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca)
  129. Common green grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)
  130. Common green lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)
  131. Common hawker (Aeshna juncea)
  132. Common pug (Eupithecia vulgata)
  133. Common quaker (Orthosia cerasi)
  134. Common red soldier beetle (Rhagonycha fulva)
  135. Common scorpionfly (Panorpa communis)
  136. Common sun beetle (Amara aenea)
  137. Common swift (Korscheltellus lupulina)
  138. Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
  139. Common wave (Cabera exanthemata)
  140. Common white wave (Cabera pusaria)
  141. Copper underwing (Amphipyra pyramidea)
  142. Cranberry fritillary (Boloria aquilonaris)
  143. Cream-bordered green pea (Earias clorana)
  144. Culex pipiens
  145. Dangling swamp-lover (Helophilus pendulus)
  146. Dark arches (Apamea monoglypha)
  147. Dark dagger (Acronicta tridens)
  148. Darkling beetle (Lagria hirta)
  149. December moth (Poecilocampa populi)
  150. Devil's coach-horse beetle (Staphylinus olens)
  151. Dingy shears (Parastichtis ypsillon)
  152. Dingy skipper (Erynnis tages)
  153. Dock bug (Coreus marginatus)
  154. Dor beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius): http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/rudolf55/Beesten/Insecten/P911198...
  155. Dotted border (Agriopis marginaria)
  156. Dotted fan-foot (Macrochilo cribrumalis)
  157. Dotted footman (Pelosia muscerda)
  158. Draughts board fly (Sarcophaga carnaria)
  159. Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina)
  160. Dun-bar (Cosmia trapezina)
  161. Dusky brocade (Apamea remissa)
  162. Dwarf cream wave (Idaea fuscovenosa)
  163. Emerald damselfly (Lestes sponsa)
  164. Emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator)
  165. Emperor moth (Pavonia pavonia)
  166. Engrailed (Ectropis crepuscularia)
  167. Ephemera danica
  168. Epichnopterix plumella
  169. Essex skipper (Thymelicus lineola)
  170. European bark beetle (Glischrochilus quadripunctatus)
  171. European honey bee (Apis mellifera)
  172. European hornet (Vespa crabro)
  173. European peacock butterfly (Inachis io)
  174. European red wood ant (Formica pratensis)
  175. European red wood ant (Formica polyctena)
  176. Fan-foot (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis)
  177. Feathered beauty (Peribatodes rhomboidaria)
  178. Figure of eighty (Tethea ocularis)
  179. Firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
  180. Flame (Axylia putris)
  181. Flounced rustic (Luperina testacea)
  182. Forest bug (Pentatoma rufipes)
  183. Forest carabid beetle (Abax parallelepipedus)
  184. Fourteen-spotted lady beetle (Propylea quatuordecimpunctata)
  185. Fox moth (Macrothylacia rubi)
  186. Freyer's pug (Eupithecia intricata)
  187. Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
  188. Garden chafer (phyllopertha horticola)
  189. Garden ground beetle (Carabus nemoralis)
  190. Giant water beetle (Hydrous piceus)
  191. Gillmeria ochrodactyla
  192. Golden ground beetle (Carabus auratus)
  193. Golden-rod pug (Eupithecia virgaureata)
  194. Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
  195. Great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis)
  196. Great oak beauty (Hypomecis roboraria)
  197. Great prominent (Peridea anceps)
  198. Great water beetle (Scolytus scolytus)
  199. Green bottle fly (Phaenicia sericata)
  200. Green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
  201. Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
  202. Green shieldbug (Palomena prasina)
  203. Grey birch (Aethalura punctulata)
  204. Grey dagger (Acronicta psi)
  205. Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar)
  206. Hairy dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
  207. Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
  208. Hazel leaf-roller weevil (Apoderus coryli)
  209. Head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis)
  210. Heart and club (Agrotis clavis)
  211. Heart and dart (Agrotis exclamationis)
  212. Heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia)
  213. Hebrew character (Orthosia gothica)
  214. Herald (Scoliopteryx libatrix)
  215. Hofmannophila pseudospretella
  216. Holly blue (Celastrina argiolus)
  217. Horntail (Urocerus gigas)
  218. House cricket (Acheta domesticus)
  219. Iris seed weevil (Mononychus punctum-album)
  220. Juniper carpet (Thera juniperata)
  221. Larder beetle (Dermestes lardarius)
  222. Large blue (Maculinea arion)
  223. Large elm beetle (Scolytus scolytus)
  224. Large red damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
  225. Large wainscot (Rhizedra lutosa)
  226. Large white (Pieris brassicae)
  227. Latticed heath (Semiothisa clathrata)
  228. Leathery carabus (Carabus coriaceus)
  229. Lesser broad-bordered yellow underwing (Noctua janthe)
  230. Lesser cream wave (Scopula immutata)
  231. Lesser marsh grasshopper (Chorthippus albomarginatus)
  232. Light arches (Apamea lithoxylaea)
  233. Lunar marbled brown (Drymonia ruficornis)
  234. Map (Araschnia levana)
  235. Marbled beauty (Cryphia domestica)
  236. Marbled minor (Oligia strigilis)
  237. Marbled white (Melanargia galathea)
  238. Marbled white-spot (Protodeltote pygarga)
  239. March moth (Alsophila aescularia)
  240. Masked hunter (Reduvius personatus)
  241. May highflyer (Hydriomena impluviata)
  242. Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)
  243. Mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor)
  244. Middle-barred minor (Oligia fasciuncula)
  245. Miller (Acronicta leporina)
  246. Mother shipton moth (Callistege mi)
  247. Moth midge (Tinearia alternata)
  248. Mottled rustic (Caradrina morpheus)
  249. Mullein wave (Scopula marginepunctata)
  250. Muslin moth (Diaphora mendica)
  251. New forest cicada (Cicadetta montana)
  252. New garden bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
  253. Notch-horned cleg (Haematopota pluvialis)
  254. November moth (Epirrita dilutata)
  255. Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii)
  256. Nut-tree tussock (Colocasia coryli)
  257. Oak bush-cricket (Meconema thalassinum)
  258. Oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea)
  259. Oblique carpet (Orthonama vittata)
  260. Old world swallowtail (Papilio machaon)
  261. Olive skipper (Pyrgus serratulae)
  262. Orange ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata)
  263. Orange moth (Angerona prunaria)
  264. Orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
  265. Orchard ermine (Yponomeuta padella)
  266. Painted lady (Vanessa cardui)
  267. Pale giant horsefly (Tabanus bovinus)
  268. Pale mottled willow (Paradrina clavipalpis)
  269. Pale oak beauty (Hypomecis punctinalis)
  270. Pale tussock (Calliteara pudibunda)
  271. Parent bug (Elasmucha grisea)
  272. Pebble prominent (Notodonta ziczac)
  273. Phoenix (Eulithis prunata)
  274. Pill beetle (Byrrhus pilula)
  275. Pine beauty (Panolis flammea)
  276. Pine carpet (Thera firmata)
  277. Pine hawk-moth (Sphinx pinastri)
  278. Pine tree lappet (Dendrolimus pini)
  279. Pinion-streaked snout (Schrankia costaestrigalis)
  280. Pink-barred sallow (Xanthia togata)
  281. Platyura marginata
  282. Podalonia hirsuta
  283. Poplar grey (Acronicta megacephala)
  284. Popular lutestring (Tethea or)
  285. Popular hawk-moth (Laothoe populi)
  286. Purple bar (Cosmorhoe ocellata)
  287. Purple hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
  288. Puss moth (Cerura vinula)
  289. Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
  290. Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
  291. Red-necked footman (Atolmis rubricollis)
  292. Red-nigger bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
  293. Red twin-spot carpet (Xanthorhoe spadicearia)
  294. Rose chafer (Cetonia aurata)
  295. Rosy rustic (Hydraecia micacea)
  296. Ruddy darter (Sympetrum sanguineum)
  297. Rustic (Hoplodrina blanda)
  298. Rustic shoulder-knot (Apamea sordens)
  299. Sabre wasp (Rhyssa persuasoria)
  300. Scalloped hook-tip (Falcaria lacertinaria)
  301. Scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria)
  302. Scarce dagger (Acronicta auricoma)
  303. Scarce footman (Eilema complana)
  304. Scarce swallowtail (Iphiclides podalirius)
  305. Scarlet dragonfly (Crocothemis erythraea)
  306. Scarlet lily beetle (Lilioceris lilii)
  307. Setaceous hebrew character (Xestia c-nigrum)
  308. Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
  309. Shark (Cucullia umbratica)
  310. Shears (Hada plebeja)
  311. Silver barred (Deltote bankiana)
  312. Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)
  313. Silver-studded blue (Plebeius argus)
  314. Six-dotted swamp beetle (Agonum sexpunctatum)
  315. Skull hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
  316. Small angle shades (Euplexia lucipara)
  317. Small bee hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum)
  318. Small fan foot (Herminia grisealis)
  319. Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
  320. Small quaker (Orthosia cruda)
  321. Small square-spot (Diarsia rubi)
  322. Small tortoiseshell (Nymphalis urticae)
  323. Small white (Pieris rapae): http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/rudolf55/Beesten/Insecten/IMG_396...
  324. Snail ground beetle (Cychrus caraboides)
  325. Southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea)
  326. Southern wood-ant (Formica rufa)
  327. Speckled bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
  328. Speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)
  329. Spectacle (Abrostola tripartita)
  330. Sprawler (Asteroscopus sphinx)
  331. Spring usher (Agriopis leucophaearia)
  332. Spurge hawk-moth (Hyles euphorbiae)
  333. Straw underwing (Thalpophila matura)
  334. Striped shield-bug (Graphosoma lineatum)
  335. Summer chafer (Amphimallon solstitialis)
  336. Sycamore (Acronicta aceris)
  337. Tanner (Prionus coriarius)
  338. Turnip moth (Agrotis segetum)
  339. Twenty-two-spot ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata)
  340. Two-spotted lady beetle (Adalia bipunctata)
  341. Vagrant darter (Sympetrum vulgatum)
  342. Variable damselfly (Coenagrion pulchellum)
  343. V-moth (Macaria wauaria)
  344. Varied carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
  345. Vine's rustic (Hoplodrina ambigua)
  346. Violet copper (Lycaena helle)
  347. Violet ground beetle (Carabus violaceus)
  348. Wall (Lasiommata megera)
  349. Warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)
  350. Water measurer (Hydrometra stagnorum)
  351. Waved black (Parascotia fuliginaria)
  352. Whirligig beetle (Gyrinus natator)
  353. White admiral (Limenitis camilla)
  354. White ermine (Spilosoma lubricipeda)
  355. White hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
  356. White-legged damselfly (Chalcolestes viridus)
  357. White plumed moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla)
  358. Wide-necked ground beetle (Nebria brevicollis)
  359. Willow emerald damselfly (Chalcolestes viridus)
  360. Winter moth (Operophtera brumata)
  361. Wood cricket (Nemobius sylvestris)
  362. Wood white (Leptidea sinapis)
  363. Yellow meadow ant (Lasius flavus)

  364. Jellyfish (Scyphozoa)

  365. Blue jellyfish (Cyanea lamarckii)
  366. Moon jelly (Aurelia aurita)

  367. Milipedes (Diplopoda)

  368. Glomeris marginata

  369. Reptiles (Reptilia)

  370. Red-eared slider (Trachemys scripta elegans): http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h101/rudolf55/Beesten/Reptielen/P90410...
Author Comments: 

Odd list, this one. Mostly how it came to be. I'd been thinking about making this list about animals in my garden. Then, I figured that would mean I'd have to leave out several great ones and I expanded it to the entire neighbourhood. But hey, why not go for the entire town, then?

Currently, this is set on my town and the surrounding areas. I wonder when I'll do the entire country. Either way, this will prove to be easy for birds (a lot of them, but all very recognisable), the mammals (the same as the birds) and the fish (of which I've seen very few). The insects, arachnids and the like, however...

Some arthropods are only listed by scientific name. Plus, the arthropods are species I've seen in the entire country. It has begun.

Bolded animals are the ones I've managed to take pictures of. They will have a link next to their name. Some will be very clear pictures (mostly so for the common species), some will be, well...less than great.

CollinsSean12/18/2008

Where do you live?

rudolf5512/19/2008

Belgium.

To be more precise, a town just north-east of Antwerp

CollinsSean12/20/2008

Thanks. Its just I couldn't picture from which
country your list is derived. Hope you well on your creature spotting!!

rudolf5512/21/2008

Thanks!

I can imagine it not being all that easy to see which country I'm from when you look at the list. Especially considering there are some animals here one normally shouldn't find in Europe, like the rose-ringed parakeet.