Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.
| Insects, beetles 1, 2, ground beetles 1 2, springtails, earwigs, flies, true bugs, bumblebees, bees, wasps, sawflies, butterflies and moths 1 2 3 lacewings etc., dragonflies and damselflies, stoneflies, |
Flatworms |
Slugs/snails |
Worms/leeches |
Lice |
| Millipedes/centipedes etc. |
Spiders 1, 2, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc. |
Woodlice, water fleas, cyclops |
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Apis mellifera, the Honeybee
Found near flowers in gardens, grassland and woodland edges during spring summer and autumn.
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Symphyta, Sawflies
Larva found eating plants, adults tend to be found around flowers during the warmer months.
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Urocercus gigas, Wood wasp or Horntail
Adults are seen on sunny days in summer in or near coniferous woods.
Adult body length is 12 - 44 mm.
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Vespula germanica or Vespula vulgaris, social wasps.
Found in open woodland, grassland and gardens in spring summer and autumn.
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Stonehaven, Scotland
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