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
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 68766 photos of approximately 4423 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.
28/11/2025 – 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.
12/11/2025 – Late identification
Let's report a late identification, new for this site is the class Thecostraca, represented by the subclass Barnacles Cirripedia.