Site Report: Machico, Portugal
Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
Fungus Moth (Opogona sp)
Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Coastal Groundbug (Beosus maritimus)
Leafhopper (Empoascina sp)
Leafhopper (Exitianus capicola)
Leafhopper (Deltocephalinae sp)
Green Lacewing (Atlantochrysa atlantica)
European Pepper Moth (Duponchelia fovealis)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
Pyralid Snout Moth (Macaronesiana loxogramma)
Sugar-cane Moth (Opogona sacchari)
Burrowing Bug (Macroscytus sp)
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Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
Fungus Moth (Opogona sp)
Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)
Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Coastal Groundbug (Beosus maritimus)
Leafhopper (Empoascina sp)
Leafhopper (Exitianus capicola)
Leafhopper (Deltocephalinae sp)
Green Lacewing (Atlantochrysa atlantica)
European Pepper Moth (Duponchelia fovealis)
Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
Pyralid Snout Moth (Macaronesiana loxogramma)
Sugar-cane Moth (Opogona sacchari)
Burrowing Bug (Macroscytus sp)
Beach village
Visits
- 2026-08-18: We arrived late the previous night. Since we were staying 6 nights in Machico, we had an easy laundry day around the apartment.
- 2026-08-22: An attempt to capture some insects near the Machico Creek. Having some difficulty with the equipment, however.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (25 records,
15 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(13 records,
13 images)
Class: Insects
(12 records,
12 images)
- Order: Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Green Lacewings
- Green Lacewing (Atlantochrysa atlantica)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(6 records)
- Family: Blastobasid
- Blastobasid Moth (Blastobasis sp)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- European Pepper Moth (Duponchelia fovealis)
- Family: Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies
- Fungus Moth (Opogona sp)
- Sugar-cane Moth (Opogona sacchari)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Pyralid Snout Moth (Macaronesiana loxogramma)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
- Order: True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Burrowing Bugs
- Burrowing Bug (Macroscytus sp)
- Family: Dirt-colored Seed Bugs
- Coastal Groundbug (Beosus maritimus)
- Family: Typical Leafhoppers
- Leafhopper (Deltocephalinae sp)
- Leafhopper (Empoascina sp)
- Leafhopper (Exitianus capicola)
Class: Millipedes
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Flat-backed Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Paradoxical Keeled Millipedes
- Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)
Phylum: Chordates
(12 records,
2 images)
Class: Birds
(11 records,
1 image)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Plain Swift (Apus unicolor)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Order: Perching Birds
(3 records)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
- Order: Waterfowl
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Madeira Lizard (Teira dugesii)