Site Report: Ponta Degado, Portugal

Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)

Mediterranean Katydid (Phaneroptera nana)

House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)

Grass Webworm Moth (Herpetogramma licarsisalis)

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)

Christmas Berry Webworm (Cryptoblabes gnidiella)

Azores City

Map of Site Report: Ponta Degado, Portugal

2026-08-23: We arrived in the Azores after a short flight from Madeira. After arrival at the airport, we wandered around the center of Ponta Delgada.

Kingdom: Animals (14 records, 6 images)

Phylum: Arthropods (6 records, 5 images)

Class: Centipedes (1 record, 1 image)

Order: House Centipedes (1 record)
- Family: House Centipedes
- House Centipede (Scutigera coleoptrata)

Class: Insects (4 records, 4 images)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (3 records)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Grass Webworm Moth (Herpetogramma licarsisalis)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Double-striped Pug (Gymnoscelis rufifasciata)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Christmas Berry Webworm (Cryptoblabes gnidiella)

Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets (1 record)
- Family: Katydid
- Mediterranean Katydid (Phaneroptera nana)

Class: Millipedes (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Flat-backed Millipedes (1 record)
- Family: Paradoxical Keeled Millipedes
- Greenhouse Millipede (Oxidus gracilis)

Phylum: Chordates (8 records, 1 image)

Class: Birds (8 records, 1 image)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)

Order: Perching Birds (4 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)