Best Palaearctic

Andrena vaga, the grey-backed mining bee, is a European species that strictly collects pollen from willow trees and forms massive nesting aggregations in open sandy soils.

Andrena flavipes, the yellow-legged mining bee, is an adaptable insect known to produce two generations annually and is expanding its range across Northern Europe.

Megachile parietina is a large solitary mason bee native to Europe and Asia, notable for building its nest cells on the surface of stones or walls using masticated plant material.

Halictus sexcinctus, the six-banded furrow bee, is a Palearctic sweat bee identifiable by the distinct yellow hair bands on the female's abdomen and its communal nesting habits.

Megachile lagopoda is a large leafcutter bee native to Europe and Asia, notable for the males' distinctive enlarged front legs and its habit of nesting in pre-existing wood cavities.

Lasioglossum marginatum is a European sweat bee described by Gaspard Auguste Brullé in 1832, notable for its unusual multi-year colony cycles and late-emerging reproductive bees.

A European grasshopper species in the family Acrididae described by Toussaint de Charpentier in 1825, widely distributed across the Palaearctic.

Osmia caerulescens, the blue mason bee, is a solitary insect found across Europe and North America, notable for its metallic blue coloring and nesting in cavities like hollow stems.

Andrena thoracica is a large, robust European mining bee easily recognized by the female's bright orange-red hind legs, which typically forages on plants in the legume family.

Halictus quadricinctus is a large European sweat bee recognized by four distinct abdominal hair bands, known to excavate deep nesting burrows in vertical clay or soil banks.

Chorthippus dichrous is a species of grasshopper belonging to the Acrididae family, originally described by Eversmann in 1859 from Russian territory.

Melitta leporina is a Palearctic solitary bee first described by Panzer in 1799, notable for being oligolectic on plants in the Fabaceae family.

Lasioglossum xanthopus is a European sweat bee described by William Kirby in 1802, recognized by its distinctively marked body and its preference for nesting in clay soils.

Andrena dorsata, the short-fringed mining bee, is notable for its bivoltine life cycle, producing two distinct generations each year that forage across various European habitats.

Hylaeus punctulatissimus is a solitary masked bee native to Europe, first described by Frederick Smith in 1842, recognized by its distinct markings.

Andrena bimaculata, the two-spotted mining bee, is a widespread Eurasian species notable for its bivoltine life cycle and the distinctive pair of hair spots on the male's abdomen.

Andrena labialis is a European mining bee notably characterized by its unusually expanded mouthparts, and it typically forages on nectar and pollen from leguminous plants.

Anthidiellum strigatum is a small solitary bee native to Europe and Asia, notable for constructing its free-standing nests out of plant resin attached to plant stems or rocks.

Described by Norwegian entomologist Arne Semb Torvik Dons in 1945, Chorthippus armoricanus is a grasshopper species widely distributed across the meadows of Western Europe.

Andrena trimmerana, Trimmer's mining bee, is a scarce European species recognized by its bivoltine life cycle, with a second generation emerging in late summer to pollinate ivy.

Andrena schencki is a brightly colored mining bee described in 1853, commonly found in sandy heathlands across Europe where it forages for pollen from willows and brambles.

Andrena ovatula is a small European mining bee known for its ecological role as a pollinator of economically important crops, foraging predominantly on clover and other legumes.

Lasioglossum villosulum is a Palearctic sweat bee described by William Kirby in 1802, commonly found in sandy habitats where females excavate nests in loose soil.

Described by French entomologist Hippolyte Lucas in 1849, Chorthippus apicalis is a grasshopper species distinguished by its prevalence in the ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula.

Andrena minutula is a widespread but very small European mining bee, notoriously difficult to identify visually due to its close physical resemblance to many related species.

Lasioglossum nigripes is an Asian sweat bee species described by Ferdinand Morawitz in 1876, recognized for its primitively eusocial colonies and ground-nesting behaviors.

Chorthippus kanasensis is a species of short-horned grasshopper in the Acrididae family, notable for its discovery in the Kanas Lake region of Xinjiang, China.

Chorthippus kalunshanensis is an acridid grasshopper species native to China, notable for its type locality in the Kalunshan mountainous geographical region.

A species of acridid grasshopper in the genus Chorthippus, described from Turkey and notable for its distribution in the eastern Mediterranean.