Wednesday, April 4, 2018

500 up in Norfolk

A couple of warmer days have produced an increase in insects, sign of things to come I hope. The most impressive beast is one I catch quite a few of in my light trap - Hydrophilus piceus, the Great Silver Water Beetle, one of the biggest beetles in Britain



Just flushed a bonus Woodcock from a local copse, thought I might have missed them this year. The garden list has now hit exactly 1800 species. Here's the species seen since my last post:

479 Nicrophorus humator Coleoptera Black Sexton Beetle 02/04/2018
480 Poecilochirus carabi Arachnids Mites on Nicrophorus beetles 02/04/2018
481 Amara aenea Coleoptera Carabidae 03/04/2018
482 Ranunculus ficaria Vascular Plants Lesser Celandine 03/04/2018
483 Bombus pratorum Hymenoptera Early Bumblebeee 03/04/2018
484 Meliscaeva auricollis Diptera Syrphidae 03/04/2018
485 Ophion scutellaris Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae 03/04/2018
486 Diurnea fagella Lepidoptera:moths March Tubic 03/04/2018
487 Anotylus tetracarinatus Coleoptera Staph. 03/04/2018
488 Lithophane hepatica Lepidoptera:moths Pale Pinion 03/04/2018
489 Hydrophilus piceus Coleoptera Great Silver Water Beetle 03/04/2018
490 Pterostichus madidus Coleoptera Black Clock Beetle 03/04/2018
491 Agonum muelleri Coleoptera Carabidae 03/04/2018
492 Sylvia atricapilla Birds Blackcap 04/04/2018
493 Trifolium repens Vascular Plants White Clover 04/04/2018
494 Vicia sativa Vascular Plants Common Vetch 04/04/2018
495 Scathophaga suilla Diptera Scathophagidae 04/04/2018
496 Hebecnema nigra Diptera Muscidae 04/04/2018
497 Aglais urticae Lepidoptera:butterflies Small Tortoiseshell 04/04/2018
498 Aglaostigma aucupariae Hymenoptera Symphyta 04/04/2018
499 Eudasyphora cyanicolor Diptera Muscidae 04/04/2018
500 Scolopax rusticola Birds Woodcock 04/04/2018
501 Myosotis sylvatica Vascular Plants Wood Forget-me-not 04/04/2018
502 Epilobium parviflorum Vascular Plants Hoary Willowherb 04/04/2018
503 Oxalis articulata Vascular Plants Pink-sorrel 04/04/2018
504 Sonchus oleraceus Vascular Plants Smooth Sow-thistle 04/04/2018

4 comments:

  1. Congrats on the halfway. I've escaped winter for the weekend!

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  2. Yes, Well done Tim on the 500. Things finally starting to accelerate.
    But to get to 5th of April having only seen 4 butterflies (of 3 species) in total is very slow going.

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    1. Butterflies? Yeah, I think I heard of those.

      Great tally, I expect you to accelerate into the distance and show us all how this 1K thing is meant to be done. Best of luck!

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  3. I have yet to see one butterfly! Also though I have heard two Bmobus sp. I haven't had one in front of me yet!

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