Thursday, May 31, 2018

Dalgety Bay - end of May - 872

I'll probably add one or two tonight but what the heck - I like these end of period summaries

Amazingly I found my 5th new hover fly for the month yesterday - 30th species of May. I can't wait to see what else might show up. There's a preponderance of new things for me associated with wetlands and alders, which reflects where I haven't been (I'm also looking forward to working a conifer area, where I also haven't really been!). Eumerus funeralis is my 88th hover out of a county fauna of 124 (70%)  so to add 5 new species in one month is way beyond expectations.

I'm expecting to finish tonigh on circa 875, way ahead of  a half-intended 800 after a 200 species leap in May which included 80 additional diptera. You can see from the graphic below where the numbers are coming from - unsurprisingly flying beasties and plants.

So, the question now is ... can I finish before Skye!

Eumerus funeralis

Numbers
Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Plants - Vascular 65 77 85 114 151
Diptera 15 24 38 61 141
Fungi 60 83 86 92 96
Vert - Birds 54 62 75 82 85
Lepidoptera 4 8 14 32 69
Plants - Bryo 46 52 55 61 61
Invert - Other 22 41 54 57 58
Lichens 27 31 35 38 38
Coleoptera 8 13 16 23 32
Arachnida 7 12 17 20 30
Mollusc 12 17 27 28 29
Algae 6 15 26 28 28
Hymenoptera 3 4 4 14 18
Hemiptera 4 5 7 9 17
Collembola 5 8 10 10 10
Vert - Other 3 5 5 7 8
341 457 554 676 871
116 97 122 195

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2 comments:

  1. 96 fungi - amazing, are these mainly microscopic thingies or huge cep-a-likes?

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    1. A variety, though lots of microfungi on various substrates - leaf litter, twigs and a few plant pathogens (though with some notable ones not recorded). Not many mushrooms. The fungi class also includes lichens in this case

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