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Arthropods, the topic of this website

Arthropods, scientifically known as Arthropoda, include the well-known insects, spiders, millipedes, and crabs. This website is exclusively dedicated to arthropods, of which I present my photographs here. Arthropods are a very broad group, encompassing the vast majority of all species on this planet.

All species of the earth

CrustaceaMyriapodaOther life formsBacteria, Protista, Fungi, Nematoda, …HexapodaInsecta, …ChelicerataArachnida, …
Outlined based on rough and varying estimates of species numbers. Currently, approximately 2.2 million species have been described. Estimates suggest several million undescribed species.

Current status of this website

My website currently displays 69146 photos of approximately 4436 species. These photos were primarily taken in southern Germany, but there are also images from other regions. All recorded species and higher taxa can be looked up in an index. In keeping with the focus of this work, the Red Lists of Germany, Bavaria, and Baden-Württemberg are taken into account. New additions of species and photos to this website can also be viewed.

Latest news

These are the three most recent entries; here is the complete history of news.

– 1st half of 2025 – Finals of Haar

Following species are added:
the leafroller moth Agapeta zoegana, the twirler moth Aproaerema sp., the weevil Neocoenorhinidius pauxillus, the seed weevil Protapion nigritarse, the rove beetle Lesteva longoelytrata, the mining bee Andrena fucata, the ichneumonid wasp Rhyssa amoena as late identification, the soldier flies Beris chalybata and Scarce orange legionnaire Beris clavipes partially as late identifications, the hoverfly Grey-banded grass skimmer Paragus pecchiolii, the flower bug Anthocoris nemoralis and the gerrid bugs Gerris costae, RL 2 and Gerris thoracicus.

– Site relaunch

Hooray!
The long-awaited new website is finally here!
As before, it's divided into a gallery section and a systematic section, and has been adapted to current UI requirements and technical standards.
I welcome any feedback, including bug reports, should anything not be working correctly.
One more thing: since my previous frontend was more or less from 2016 and therefore supported the browser versions common at that time, users with older browser versions may need to update them. For now, the old website also remains accessible via legacy.fkohl.de. Alternatively, in some cases it is possible – albeit with some loss of functionality – to temporarily disable JavaScript in the browser.

– Late identification

Let's report a late identification, new for this site is the class Thecostraca, represented by the subclass Barnacles Cirripedia.