Species Explorer

Lycaena dispar

Amphipoea lucens

The Large Ear (Amphipoea lucens) is declining primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized wetland environments. Agricultural intensification, drainage of fens and marshes, and changes in water management practices have significantly reduced the availability of suitable breeding and feeding habitats for this moth species.

Scolytus scolytus

The Large Elm Bark Beetle faces severe population declines primarily due to the widespread loss of its host elm trees from Dutch elm disease, which has devastated elm populations across Europe and North America. Habitat fragmentation, urbanization, and the removal of dead and dying elm trees for disease control have further reduced available breeding sites for this specialized bark beetle.

Andrena bimaculata

Aneura maxima

Aneura maxima, a critically endangered liverwort, faces severe threats from habitat destruction and degradation of its specialized wetland environments. The species has an extremely limited distribution and small population size, making it highly vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbances. Climate change and altered hydrology pose additional risks to the moist, stable conditions this bryophyte requires for survival.

Pyrgus alveus

Stethophyma grossum

Tabanus autumnalis

The Large Marsh Horsefly faces severe population decline primarily due to widespread destruction and degradation of its specialized wetland habitats. Agricultural intensification, urban development, and drainage of marshlands have eliminated much of the species' breeding and feeding grounds, while climate change further threatens remaining suitable habitat.

Andrena apicata

The Large Sallow Mining Bee faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development, which has eliminated much of its specialized nesting and foraging habitat. The species' narrow ecological requirements and dependence on specific sallow species for pollen collection makes it particularly vulnerable to landscape changes and climate-driven shifts in plant phenology.

Phalonidia affinitana

Andrena hattorfiana

The Large Scabious Mining Bee is critically endangered primarily due to habitat loss and fragmentation of chalk grasslands and limestone areas where its host plant, Field Scabious, grows. Agricultural intensification, urban development, and changes in land management practices have severely reduced the availability of suitable nesting sites and foraging areas. The species' highly specialized relationship with Field Scabious makes it particularly vulnerable to habitat degradation.

Panurgus banksianus

Coelioxys conoideus

The Large Sharp-tail Bee faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development, which has eliminated much of its specialized nesting sites and reduced availability of host bee species. Climate change and pesticide use further compound these pressures, making this cleptoparasitic bee extremely vulnerable to extinction.

Nymphalis polychloros

The Large Tortoiseshell butterfly has experienced severe population declines across its range due to habitat loss and fragmentation of woodland areas where its host plants grow. Climate change and changing woodland management practices have further reduced suitable breeding habitats, while the species' specific ecological requirements make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes.

Camarhynchus psittacula

Dendrochernes cyrneus

The Large Tree-chernes faces significant threats from habitat loss and degradation due to deforestation and human development activities in its limited range. As an endemic species with restricted distribution, it is particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and habitat fragmentation that reduce the availability of suitable old-growth forest environments.

Sabatia grandiflora

The largeflower rose gentian faces severe threats primarily from habitat loss due to coastal development, sea level rise, and human disturbance in its limited salt marsh and coastal prairie habitats. The species has an extremely restricted range along the Gulf Coast, making it highly vulnerable to localized threats and environmental changes.

Amphipyra perflua

The Larger Pale-tipped Black Moth faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized woodland environments. Climate change and agricultural intensification have further reduced suitable breeding and feeding sites, while light pollution disrupts its nocturnal behavior patterns.

Trichomycterus gorgona

Megalaria laureri

Laurer's Catillaria is declining primarily due to habitat loss and degradation from deforestation, agricultural expansion, and urban development in its limited range. Air pollution and climate change are also contributing to the deterioration of suitable lichen habitat conditions.

Byssomerulius albostramineus

Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Scotopteryx mucronata

The Lead Belle moth is declining primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its specialized chalk grassland habitats. Agricultural intensification, urban development, and changes in traditional grazing practices have significantly reduced the availability of suitable breeding sites containing its larval host plants.

Pavona diffluens

Pavona venosa

Pavona bipartita

Voyria aphylla

Juncus foliosus

Juncus capitatus

Juncus capitatus faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification, urban development, and drainage of wetland areas. The species' specialized requirements for temporary pools and seasonally flooded areas make it particularly vulnerable to hydrological changes and land use conversion.

Scapania curta

Lactuca saligna

Least Lettuce (Lactuca saligna) faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development of its preferred wetland and coastal marsh environments. The species is particularly vulnerable to changes in water levels and salinity, making it highly susceptible to climate change impacts and coastal development pressures.

Photedes captiuncula

The Least Minor (Photedes captiuncula) is critically endangered primarily due to severe habitat loss and degradation of its specialized wetland environments. The species depends on specific host plants in fen and marsh habitats that have been extensively drained, developed, or altered by agricultural intensification and urban expansion.

Scythris siccella

Bovista pusilla

Nitella confervacea

Least Stonewort (Nitella confervacea) is declining primarily due to habitat loss and degradation of its freshwater aquatic environments. Water pollution, eutrophication from agricultural runoff, and physical disturbance of shallow water bodies have severely reduced suitable habitat for this charophyte algae.

Lebia cruxminor

Lebia cruxminor faces severe population decline primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urbanization in its limited range. The species' specialized ecological requirements and small population size make it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbance.

Mugil liza

Pterotopteryx dodecadactyla

Ptychohyla legleri

Legler's Stream Frog faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat destruction from deforestation, agricultural expansion, and urban development in its limited montane range. The species is also threatened by water pollution from agricultural runoff and climate change impacts that alter the temperature and precipitation patterns critical for its stream-dependent lifecycle.

Hyloxalus lehmanni

Lehmann's Rocket Frog faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in Colombia's Andean cloud forests. The species' extremely limited range and specialized habitat requirements make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and fragmentation.

Lyophyllum paelochroum

Muellerella hospitans

Muellerella hospitans faces severe population declines due to habitat destruction from deforestation and agricultural expansion across its limited range. The species' specialized ecological requirements and small population size make it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbance.

Enchylium limosum

Enchylium limosum faces severe threats from habitat degradation due to pollution, eutrophication, and climate change affecting its specialized wetland environments. The species' restricted distribution and specific ecological requirements make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbances in freshwater and semi-aquatic ecosystems.

Arctosa lutetiana

Conopias cinchoneti

Collybia tuberosa

Pristimantis leoni

Leon's Robber Frog faces severe population declines primarily due to habitat destruction from agricultural expansion and urban development in its limited montane range. The species' restricted distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized threats, while climate change poses additional risks to its specialized high-elevation habitat requirements.

Lepiota ignivolvata

Lepiota forquignonii

Lepiota fuscovinacea