There are Cinnabar caterpillars all over the place - found them in two new squares at my work and at another random spot I went to last night to look for waders (well, another patch - maybe next years?). Everywhere except in my square it would seem.
Here's one, just to pretty up the post a bit.
Major edit:
Since writing the above I noticed that one of the updates is Boxworm which is new to county and possibly new to Scotland. Maybe not the most popular addition but it is noteworthy at least! (and also quite pretty)
Numbers:
| 1080 | flowering plant | Tripolium pannonicum | Sea Aster | |
| 1081 | diptera | Eristalinus aeneus | Syrphidae | |
| 1082 | diptera | Eriothrix rufomaculata | Tachinidae | |
| 1083 | bird | Delichon urbicum | House Martin | |
| 1084 | lep-butterfly | Pieris rapae | Small White | |
| 1085 | flowering plant | Suaeda maritima | Annual Sea-blite | |
| 1086 | * | flowering plant | Honckenya peploides | Sea Sandwort |
| 1087 | bird | Apus apus | Swift | |
| 1088 | flowering plant | Brassica napus ssp. Oleifera | Oil-seed Rape | |
| 1089 | lep-moth | Chloroclystis v-ata | V-Pug | |
| 1090 | * | lep-moth | Cydalima perspectalis | Box-tree Moth |
| 1091 | lep-moth | Xestia baja | Dotted Clay | |
| 1092 | lep-moth | Mesapamea secalis | Common Rustic | |
| 1093 | lep-moth | Pleuroptya ruralis | Mother of Pearl | |
| 1094 | hemiptera | Phytocoris tiliae | A mirid bug | |
| 1095 | lep-moth | Acronicta psi | Grey Dagger | |
| 1096 | coleoptera | Coccinella septempunctata | 7-spot Ladybird | |
| 1097 | diptera | Anomoia purmunda | Tephritidae | |
| 1098 | diptera | Trypeta immaculata | Tephritidae | |
| 1099 | * | diptera | Sphegina clunipes | A hover fly |
| 1100 | flowering plant | Salicornia europaea | Common Glasswort | |
| 1101 | * | flowering plant | Puccinellia maritima | Common Saltmarsh Grass |
| 1102 | mollusc | Arion ater | A slug | |
| 1103 | lep-moth | Autographa jota | Plain Golden Y | |
| 1104 | lep-moth | Mesotype didymata | Twin-spot Carpet |
Massively jealous of your 1087th, think I saw about ten of them in 2016 and none since! Congrats on the Box Moth, it's not its fault it's a menace.
ReplyDeleteI was beginning to wonder if I'd ever see any myself - though there should be plenty about shortly. Have you seen the new all time chart page? Time to get moving on up through the ranks ;)
DeleteGood going on the Box Moth and also that things are still moving forward if slightly slower which is to be expected at this time of year.
ReplyDeleteBox moths are clearly on the move, great record. Saw one a few miles from here last year, but not on the garden list yet. I've got oil-seed rape, wheat and barley in some set-aside from previous year's crops. Can I count them?
ReplyDeleteAnything self-seeding in Stace should be countable? It's part of the flora now! I was being pretty hard on escapes and such but comments about under-recording with respect to the upcoming atlas made me change my mind. No point pretending they aren't there.
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