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| Root-maggot flies are found worldwide. There are around 1,200 species globally and 220 in Central Europe. Root-maggot flies are small to medium in size and often have strong bristles. Some species have striking patterns in grey and black, others have yellow abdomens or yellow legs, however most species of root-maggot flies are rather unremarkable in appearance. | | |
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| The females use ovipositors to lay their eggs in small cracks or holes in their larvae’s food plants. The larvae of longhorn beetles are pure herbivores. They mainly feed on wood. Their bodies are flat when they live under tree bark and cylindrical, when they bore into the interior of the tree. Some s... | | |
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| ...wn genus as well as with other rove beetles. Philonthus cognatus are found almost everywhere in the humus layer of forests, fields, meadows and gardens where they often reside under moss or manure. Their great flexibility allows them access to very small holes, which would be inaccesssible to most other animals. | | |
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| ....6 mm. Their bodies are elongated and the males are slenderer than the females. Plagiognathus arbustorum vary in colour from light olive brown to almost black. The head, front of chest and first two antennae segments are usually dark. The head is small, shorter than it is wide and strongly inclined backwards. The chest has a bright posterior. The chest and front wings are covered with dark hairs. The legs are yellowish. A very useful identifying characteristic is the black, vertical lines on th... | | |
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| It overwinters as an adult without food and without reproducing. These fliessearch for small cavities in attics and storage areas in human settlements to overwinter, often in droves. They wake up on warm sunny days or when the heating is turned on and are then guided to the light. In early spring, they appear, often en masse, in skylights o... | | |
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| Paraplatypeza atra are small flies with body lengths of 2-2.5 mm. Their stocky, bumpy bodies are very dark at the top and light grey at the bottom and the females appear somewhat brighter than the males. Their heads are black (females: dark greyish-brown) and they have very l... | | |
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| Earwigs prefer warm habitats. They feed on plant parts and waste, or live off small insects. They are most active at dusk or at night. During the day they hide under bark or stones. | | |
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| Spear-winged flies | | ...teridae) are a family in the order Diptera, suborder Brachycera, infraorder Muscomorpha, the unranked taxon Cyclorrhapha, the section Aschiza and the superfamily Lonchopteroidea. Their scientific family name is synonymous with the Musidoridae. This small family is monogeneric, it only contains the genus Lonchoptera, with 45 species known worldwide. | | |
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| Spear-winged flies are usually small, with body lengths of 2-5 mm. Their slender bodies are yellow, brownh or brownish-black in colour and are covered in bristly hairs. Their wings are spear shaped hence their name. Spear-winged flies have long legs with which they move forward, quick... | | |
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| Pond olive dun | | The pond olive dun (Cloeon dipterum), also called the small mayfly, of the order mayflies (Ephemeroptera), suborder split-back mayflies (Schistonota) and the superfamily Baetoidea belongs to the family of the Baetidae and to the genus Cloeon. This species is widespread from Europe to Siberia to East Asia (... | | |
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