Species Explorer

Sclerurus guatemalensis

Larus fuscus

Neoitamus cothurnatus

The Scarce Awl Robberfly faces primary threats from habitat loss and degradation, particularly the destruction of woodland edge environments through agricultural intensification and urban development. Climate change may further impact the species by altering habitat conditions and affecting prey availability.

Lygephila craccae

The Scarce Blackneck faces severe population declines due to widespread habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urbanization across its range. Climate change is altering the distribution and phenology of its host plants, disrupting critical breeding cycles. The species' specialized ecological requirements and fragmented populations make it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions.

Ischnura pumilio

Aplota palpella

Libellula fulva

The Scarce Chaser faces severe threats from habitat loss and degradation of its specialized wetland environments, particularly through drainage of shallow lakes, ponds, and slow-flowing rivers for agriculture and development. Water pollution from agricultural runoff and urban development further compromises the quality of remaining aquatic habitats essential for larval development.

Clostera anachoreta

Lycaena virgaureae

The Scarce Copper faces severe population declines across its range due to habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized moorland and heathland environments. Climate change and intensive land management practices have further reduced the availability of suitable breeding sites and host plants, pushing remaining populations toward critical thresholds.

Pyrausta sanguinalis

Elachista trapeziella

Euphydryas maturna

The Scarce Fritillary faces severe population declines across its European range due to widespread habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized woodland environments. Traditional forest management practices that maintained the open woodland structure this species requires have largely disappeared, while climate change is pushing suitable habitat northward and to higher elevations.

Phtheochroa schreibersiana

Lestes dryas

Coenonympha hero

Phengaris teleius

The Scarce Large Blue faces severe population declines across its range due to habitat destruction and the loss of its highly specialized ecological requirements. This butterfly depends on specific host plants and ant species for its complex lifecycle, making it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and fragmentation of grassland habitats.

Iphiclides podalirius

Russula pseudointegra

Phlebia coccineofulva

Hygrocybe coccinea

The Scarlet Waxy Cap faces severe population declines due to widespread habitat destruction and degradation of its specialized grassland ecosystems. Agricultural intensification, nitrogen pollution, and the loss of traditional low-intensity farming practices have dramatically reduced suitable habitat across its range, making this distinctive red fungus increasingly rare.

Veniliornis callonotus

Dacnis berlepschi

Pipreola frontalis

Dicaeum retrocinctum

Amblyramphus holosericeus

Touit huetii

Gymnocarpium robertianum

Scented Oakfern faces severe threats from habitat destruction and fragmentation of its specialized limestone environments. Climate change poses additional risks by altering the cool, moist microclimate conditions this species requires, while human disturbance from quarrying and recreational activities further degrades its already limited suitable habitat.

Anthemis arvensis

Fellhanera subtilis

Cortinarius fuscoperonatus

Rubus sciocharis

Buellia schaereri

Entoloma mougeotii

Zygina angusta

Gymnocrex rosenbergii

Lepiota cortinarius

Alburnoides bipunctatus

Schneider (Alburnoides bipunctatus) faces severe threats from habitat degradation and water pollution across its freshwater range. Dam construction, river channelization, and agricultural runoff have significantly impacted water quality and flow regimes in the streams and rivers this species depends on for survival and reproduction.

Sigara selecta

Sigara selecta faces severe threats from habitat degradation and loss of suitable aquatic environments. Water pollution, agricultural runoff, and urban development have significantly reduced the quality and availability of the clean freshwater habitats this species requires for survival and reproduction.

Enoplognatha mordax

Pardosa purbeckensis

Pardosa purbeckensis faces severe threats from coastal habitat loss and degradation due to sea level rise, coastal development, and changes in saltmarsh management practices. The species' extremely restricted range on the Dorset coast makes it particularly vulnerable to local extinctions from habitat modification and climate change impacts on its specialized saltmarsh environment.

Tachyta nana

Haplodrassus cognatus

The schorsmuisspin faces severe threats from habitat loss due to coastal development and recreational activities in its specialized dune ecosystem. Natural vegetation succession that increases plant density also reduces suitable open sandy habitat. Climate change may further impact the species through altered environmental conditions in coastal areas.

Inocybe margaritispora

Entoloma pseudoturci

Lepiota tomentella

Cortinarius rubricosus

Cerophytum elateroides

Inocybe tenebrosa

Geastrum melanocephalum

Cystolepiota icterina