Species list for Habitat «Transition from alpine pasture to forest»
Region: Central Swiss Prealps
Height: 1185-1190m ASL
Description: Transition from an extensively used alpine meadow to a mixed forest.
In this habitat, we have so far been able to prove the following creatures and plants, among others:
Fauna
Insects (Insecta)
Ants (Formicidae)
- Formica fusca
- Formica lugubris
Bees (Apoidea)
- Bombus soroeensis
- Chelostoma florisomne
- Bombus sylvestris
- Bombus lucorum
Flies (Brachycera)
- Empis digramma
- Phania funesta
- Eristalis horticola
- Eristalis pertinax
- Chrysotoxum cautum
- Empis tessellata
- Eristalis rupium
- Volucella bombylans var. plumata
- Limnophora triangula
- Siphonella oscinina
- Chrysotoxum festivum
- Sphaerophoria scripta
Grasshoppers (Orthoptera)
- Gryllus campestris
- Tetrix undulata
Beetles (Coleoptera)
- Cicindela sylvicola
- Phyllopertha horticola
- Oedemera femorata
- Mordella brachyura
- Stictoleptura fulva
- Cryptocephalus aureolus
- Alosterna tabacicolor
Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
- Chiasmia clathrata
- Merrifieldia leucodactyla
- Phengaris arion
- Coenonympha pamphilus
Bugs (Heteroptera)
- Plagiognathus chrysanthemi
Wasps (Vespidae)
- Crossocerus leucostoma
Spiders (Araneae)
- Evarcha falcata
- Araniella cucurbitina
- Xerolycosa nemoralis
- Salticus scenicus
Flora
Flowers
- Acinos arvensis
- Eristalis horticola
- Digitalis lutea
- Prunella vulgaris
- Chrysotoxum cautum
- Oedemera femorata
- Silene vulgaris
- Carduus defloratus ssp. defloratus
- Leucanthemum vulgare
- Formica fusca
- Medicago lupulina
- Erinus alpinus
- Hippocrepis comosa
- Phyteuma orbiculare
- Thymus polytrichus
Number of species: 52