Invertebrates

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Common English Name	Scientific name
Antlion and Lacewings
Large European Antlion	Palpares libelluloides
Large Balkan Spoon-winged Lacewing	Nemoptera sinuata
Bees
Violet Carpenter Bee	Xylocarpus violacea
	Andrena albopunctata
Green-eyed Flower Bee	Anthophora bimaculata
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee	Bombus terrestris
Honey Bee	Apis melifera
Wool Carder Bee	Anthidium manicatum
Mining Bee sp.	Andrena albopunctata
Beetles
Forest Caterpillar Hunter Beetle	Calosoma sycophanta
Dung Beetle	Scarabeus sacer
Jewel Beetle or Flat-headed Woodborer	Capnodis tenebrionis
Flat-headed Pine Borer	Chalcophora mariana
Big Black Thistle Chafer
Green stripy & hairy Chafer
Darker Medium Chafer
Garden type Chafer
Golden Chafer
Pied Chafer	Oxythyrea cinctella
Ashpodel Long-horn Beetle	Agapanthia asphodeli
Bloody–nosed Beetle	Timarcha tenebricosa
Glowworm	Lampyris sp.
Green Tiger Beetle	Cicindela campestris
Longhorn Beetle	Carites sp.
Longhorn Beetle	Silpha sp.
Adonis Ladybird	Hippodamia varirgata
Bryony Ladybird	Henosepilachna argus
Bugs
Red and Black Shield Bug	Graphosoma semipunctatum
Assassin Bug	Rhinocoris iracundus
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug	Halyomorpha halys
Oleander Seed Bug	Caenocoris nerii
Water Cricket	Welia caprai
Western Conifer Bug	Leptoglossus occidentalis
Centipedes and Millipedes
Megarian-banded Centipede	Scolopendra cingulata
Dark Brown Millipede	Pachyiulus flavipes
Yellow Millipede sp.	Geophilus sp. Millipede
Yellow and Black Flat-Backed Millipede	Melaphe vestita
Cicada
Lesvos Cicada	Cicada orni lesbosiensis

Crickets
Mole Cricket	Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Verge Cricket	Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis
Eastern Lesvos Bush-Cricket (Large upcurved subgenital plate)	Poecilimon mytelenensis brevissimus
Western Lesvos Bush-Cricket (Subgenital plate cut short and does not curve up)	Poecilimon mytelenensis mytelenensis

	Poecilimon mytelenensis amissus
	Poecilimon mytelenensis pergamicus
	Poecilimon mytelenensis tucicus
Greek Predatory Bush-Cricket	Saga hellenica
Balkan Sawing Bush-Cricket	Saga natoliae
Smyrna Marbled Bush-Cricket	Eupholidoptera smyrnensis
Straube’s Plump Bush-Cricket	Isophya straubei
Eastern Green Bush-Cricket	Tettigonia caudate
Grasshoppers
Egyptian Grasshopper	Anacridium aegyptiacum
Blue-winged Grasshopper	Oedipoda caerulescens
Common Digging Grasshopper	Acrotylus insubricus
Slant-faced Grasshopper	Acrida ungarica
Turkish-banded Grasshopper	Acryptera labiata
Long-winged Grasshopper	Aiolopus thalassinus
Broad Green-winged Grasshopper	Aiolopus strepens
Eurasian Pincer Grasshopper	Calliptamus barbarous
Hornets and Wasps
Oriental Hornet	Vespa orientalis
Ruby-tailed Wasp	Chrysis ignita
European Paper Wasp	Polistes dominulus
Great Potter Wasp	Delta unguiculata
Giant Solitary Wasp (alt. Mammoth Wasp)	Megascolia maculate flavifrons
Parasitic Wasp sp.
Mantises
Praying Mantis (no wings)	Ameles heldreichii
European Dwarf Mantis (no wings)	Ameles spallanziana
Cone-head Mantis	Empusa fasciata
Giant Asian Mantis (white spot on wing)	Hierodula tenuidentata
Mediterranean Mantis (colourful wings)	Iris oratoria
Praying Mantis (white & black spot on upper inside of front legs)	Mantis religiosa
Praying Mantis (no wings, long and slim)	Rivetina balcanica
Owlflies
European Owlfly	Libelluloides coccajus
Milky Owlfly	Libelloides lacteus
Ascalaphus Owlfly	Libelluloides macaronius
Other
Hornet Robberfly	Asilus crabroniformis
Mantisfly	Mantispidae sp.
European Termite	Kalotermes flavicollis
Earwig	Forficula smyrnensis
Snake Fly
Woodlice
Bee Fly	Bombylella atra
Bee Fly	Bombyletta fimbriatus
Bee Fly	Hemipenthes morio
Bee Fly	Lomatia sp.
Bee Fly	Fallenia fasciata
Canopid Fly	Myopa sp.
Horsefly	Tabanus sp
Horsefly	Tabinid sp.
Hoverfly	Callicera sp.
Hoverfly	Cheilosia sp.
Hoverfly	Chrysotoxum sp.
Hoverfly	Episyrphus balteatus
Hoverfly	Eristalinus taeniops
Hoverfly	Eristalis sp.
Hoverfly	Merodon avidus
Hoverfly	Merodon velox
Hoverfly	Myathropa florea
Hoverfly	Volucella zonaria
Flesh Fly	Sarcophaga sp
Bluebottle	Calliphora sp.
Greenbottle	Lucilia sp.
	Phasia sp.
	Ectophasia sp.
	Tachina fera
	Tachinid sp.
Stable Fly	Stomoxys calcitrans
Signal Fly	Ulidiidae sp.