Insects around Milan
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Milan (45° to 50° latitude, 5° to 10° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all insects records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
No insects arrived here in these weeks last year, as far as the records show.
Expected in the next six weeks
- Brown Hairstreak around 17 November
- Peacock around 8 December
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Hornet Vespa velutina | 129 | 76.0 |
| Common Blue Polyommatus icarus | 110 | 64.8 |
| Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas | 73 | 43.0 |
| Honey Bee Apis mellifera | 57 | 33.6 |
| Praying Mantis Mantis religiosa | 51 | 30.1 |
| Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus armoricanus | 49 | 28.9 |
| Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus | 42 | 24.7 |
| Small White Pieris rapae | 38 | 22.4 |
| Brown Argus Aricia agestis | 27 | 15.9 |
| Loweia tityrus Loweia tityrus | 27 | 15.9 |
| Southern Green Stink Bug Nezara viridula | 26 | 15.3 |
| Orange Swift Triodia sylvina | 26 | 15.3 |
| Hornet Vespa crabro | 26 | 15.3 |
| Elkalyce argiades Elkalyce argiades | 26 | 15.3 |
| Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni | 25 | 14.7 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 8 of the last 12 weeks for insects (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 178 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.