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  • Sawfly - Euura sp. Unfortunately, ID-ing based on photos is not possible. Posted in several Facebook groups and iNaturalist - only the genus Euura is confirmed.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/147855/sawfly_-_euura_sp.html Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Euura sp.,Geotagged,Hymenoptera,Insecta,Sawfly,Sofia,Spring,Tenthredinidae,Tenthredinoidea,Wildlife
    Sawfly - Euura sp.
  • Sawfly - Euura sp. Unfortunately, ID-ing based on photos is not possible. Posted in several Facebook groups and iNaturalist - only the genus Euura is confirmed.
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/147856/sawfly_-_euura_sp.html Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Euura sp.,Geotagged,Hymenoptera,Insecta,Sawfly,Sofia,Spring,Tenthredinidae,Tenthredinoidea,Wildlife
    Sawfly - Euura sp.
  • Aplocnemus sp. Small, 6-7 mm beetle, Rhadalidae family. Unfortunately, IDing it based only on a photo is impossible. Animalia,Aplocnemus sp.,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Clerioidea,Coleoptera,Europe,Geotagged,Insecta,Rhadalidae,Sofia,Spring,Wildlife
    Aplocnemus sp.
  • Here's looking at you Big grasshopper on garden mesh
    Here's looking at you
  • Bee on flower
    Bee on flower
  • Spring has sprung  Red ants nest in the garden
    Spring has sprung
  • Longhorn Bettle taken in Tankovo village, Bulgaria
    Longhorn Bettle
  • Unidentified  Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Chironomidae,Diptera,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Spring,Unidentified,Wildlife
    Unidentified
  • Deroceras sp. Deroceras is a taxonomic genus of small to medium sized air-breathing land slugs in the family Agriolimacidae. The species identification is possible only after dissection. Agriolimacidae,Air-breathing snails,Animal,Animalia,Bulgaria,Deroceras sp.,Europe,Gastropoda,Geotagged,Limacoidea,Mollusca,Pulmonata,Stylommatophora,Summer,Vitosha Mountain Nature Park,Wildlife
    Deroceras sp.
  • Tanytarsini tribe, probably Tanytarsus sp. Body about 3 mm. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Chironomidae,Diptera,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Sofia,South park,Summer,Wildlife
    Tanytarsini tribe, probably Tanytarsus sp.
  • %Chironomid Some kind of midge, nonbiting gnat. Body about 3 mm. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Chironomidae,Diptera,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Sofia,South park,Summer,Wildlife
    %Chironomid
  • Aedes or Ochlerotatus spp. Bloodsucking mosquito on my arm. In a few seconds, while taking a couple of shots, she doubled in volume! Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Culicidae,Diptera,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Mosquito,Ochlerotatus spp.,Sofia,Summer,Wildlife
    Aedes or Ochlerotatus spp.
  • Maybe Two-spot hairy ladybird larva - Scymnus frontalis Here is an interesting observation:
Last weekend in the South Park, Sofia, while taking a close-up of an Echium vulgare plant - a common viper, I noticed a tiny white cocoon moving along the stem and took a few pictures. I thought it was an aphid in disguise and sent the photos to Dr.R.Dransfield for a consultation from InfluentialPoints.com. It turned out to be a ladybug larva covered with a wax cocoon, a mimicry to resemble aphids, and not be recognized by them. Both ladybugs and their larvae are great predators on aphids.
According to Dr.R. Dransfield, it is most likely the larva of the two-spot hairy ladybird - Scymnus frontalis. At the same time, there is not enough morphological data to determine the type of larvae, so this could be a larva of any ladybug of the genus Scymnus. Given that Scymnus frontalis is rarely recorded in the Sofia region, it is more likely to be a larva of S.interruptus or S.rubromaculatus. That's why, I will leave this species unidentified. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Coccinellidae,Coleoptera,Cucujoidea,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Ladybug,Scymninae,Scymnus frontalis,Sofia,South park,Summer,Two-spot hairy ladybird,Wildlife
    Maybe Two-spot hairy ladybird larva - Scymnus frontalis
  • Mayfly, class Ephemeroptera, most probably Baetidae family It is about 9 mm. - body only. Difficult to identify. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Baetidae,Bulgaria,Ephemeroptera,Europe,Fall,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Sofia,Unidentified,Wildlife
    Mayfly, class Ephemeroptera, most probably Baetidae family
  • Pollen collector
    Pollen collector
  • Showy Plump Bush-Cricket - Isophya speciosa I have just been told that this is not I.speciosa, as the female of I.speciosa has shorter ovipositor. This is a nymph of another species of this genus, but I don't know which one. Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Bush cricket,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Katydid,Long-horned grasshopper,Nature,Orthoptera,Rhodope mountains,Tettigoniidae,Wildlife,nymph
    Showy Plump Bush-Cricket - Isophya speciosa
  • Trochosa sp. Maybe T.ruricola Wolf spider mom with spiderlings on her back. Animal,Animalia,Arachnida,Araneae,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Europe,Geotagged,Lycosidae,Nature,Rhodope mountains,Spring,Trochosa sp.,Wildlife,Wolf spider
    Trochosa sp. Maybe T.ruricola
  • Thymus Citriodorus (Lemon thyme or Citrus thyme) in the garden Close up of Thymus Citriodorus (Lemon thyme or Citrus thyme) ** Note:Selective focus Bulgaria,Geotagged,bed,close-up,cultivated,eating,flower,food,formal,garden,green,healthy,herb,herbal,ingredient,leaf,medicine,nature
    Thymus Citriodorus (Lemon thyme or Citrus thyme) in the garden
  • Digitalis purpurea flower Digitalis purpurea flower in bloom in the garden Bulgaria,Geotagged,bloom,blooming,blossom,botany,closeup,colorful,detail,digitalis,flora,floral,florescence,flower,foxglove,garden,green,herb
    Digitalis purpurea flower
  • Chaenomeles japonica Chaenomeles branch in blossom. Chaenomeles japonica Bulgaria,Geotagged,background,beautiful,beauty,bloom,blooming,blossom,blossoming,branch,bush,chaenomeles,closeup,color,flora,floral,flower,garden,green,japanese
    Chaenomeles japonica
  • Dark-winged fungus gnat - Sciaridae family Photos are taken in my apartment - my wife bought soil for the flowers and after some time they started to fly around. Small, about 1.5 mm, very annoying insects. I don't think further identification is possible.

The life cycle of only a few species has been studied in any detail, mainly those which are pests of commercially grown mushrooms. Sciarid larvae are mainly found in soil and plant litter, where they seem to feed mainly on fungi and animal faeces. Also, some species mine in plant parts above and below the earth. The larvae play an important role in turning forest leaf litter into soil. Sciarid flies are common pests of mushroom houses and of plants grown in protected culture, for example herbs, where the warm and moist conditions favour their rapid development. In commercial mushroom houses, sciarid fly larvae tunnel into the stalks of the mushrooms, and feeding damage can sever developing mycelium, causing mushrooms to become brown and leathery. Their faeces may also prevent the mycelium from colonising the casing layer, severely reducing yields. As a pest of plants, sciarid larvae feed on the root system. In both industries, adult sciarid flies are a nuisance pest that can result in crop rejection if high numbers are present in the growing area.

The damaging larval stage can be controlled using the beneficial nematode Steinernema feltiae, which enters the larva and releases a bacterium that kills the insect. The nematode then reproduces within the larva and its young are released into the growing medium, where they actively search out new host larvae.
From Wikipedia Animal,Animalia,Arthropoda,Bulgaria,Dark-winged fungus gnat,Diptera,Europe,Geotagged,Insect,Insecta,Nature,Sciaridae,Sofia,Wildlife,Winter
    Dark-winged fungus gnat - Sciaridae family
  • Hot peppers These little peppers were given to us by a neighbour who grows them. The nearest I.D. I can find to them is capsicum chinense but it would appear that capsicum chinense is native to America so I will have to rely on fellow members to help me identify them.  Bulgaria,Geotagged,Winter
    Hot peppers
  • Parasol mushroom  Bulgaria,Geotagged,Winter
    Parasol mushroom
  • Parasol mushroom  Bulgaria,Geotagged,Winter
    Parasol mushroom
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