Wednesday, January 23, 2013

TQ1960 Frozen Hornet and some fungi

Managed a couple of hours wandering the square in yet more snow. Lots of nice jelly fungi on the trees and a queen Hornet was found hibernating beneath one log I spun over! Added a handful of newbies with a potted beetle and a couple of mosses to ID later tonight. Almost at 200...

198 - Shepherd's Purse - urban streets
197 - Knotgrass - urban streets
196 - Pied Wagtail - near Wells Store
195 - Orange Ladybird - hibernating in dead oak leaf, Epsom Common
194 - EXIDIA RECISA - quite common on branches, Epsom Common (LIFER)
193 - Troilus luridus Bronze Shieldbug - hibernating in oak leaf, Epsom Common
192 - NECTRIA PEZIZA - underside of a rotting log, Epsom Common (LIFER)
191 - Common Pygmy Woodlouse - under a log, Epsom Common
190 - Hornet - 1 hibernating queen under a log, Epsom Common
189 - Trochila craterium - on dead Ivy leaves, Epsom Common
188 - Hornbeam - near Wells Road, Epsom Common
187 - Cow Parsley - near Wells Road, Epsom Common
186 - Brachythecium rutabulum - a common moss, Epsom Common
185 - Xanthoriicola physciae - parasitising Xanthoria parietina on twigs, Epsom Common
184 - Psilolechia lucida - yellow lichen on north-facing side of railway bridge



2 comments:

  1. 199 - Kindbergia praelonga - Epsom Common toady
    200 - ZYGODON VIRIDISSIMUS - Epsom Common today (LIFER)

    So that's the first 200 done! :D

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  2. Seth - you da man! Although I've got a good 'un....

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