Wednesday, April 24, 2013

200 at last - Slow Progress (Lincolnshire)


Finally reached 200 species from my square in Lincolnshire, however it is tough going here with most of the square being arable farmland . The neighbours think I am going mad with me searching for new species under every log, stone and paving slab I come across. Yesterday I potted up a Ground beetle and after close scrutiny I am pretty sure it is Asaphidion flavipes not a common beetle. Also photographed a Devil,s Coach-horse beetle a mighty beast that can give a nasty bite I believe.

Finally mothing has starting adding new species with Pale Pinion being the highlight although it is my 33rd record for the garden. Trapped Brindled Beauty last night but after tonight the nights are again going to be somewhat colder. Total species list now 202.
Below is a spider that was numerous whilst sweeping sedges,any clues?




COMMON SNIPE 9/4/13
LINNET 9/4/13
HEBREW CHARACTER 9/4/13
COMMON QUAKER 9/4/13
LORD AND LADIES 9/4/13
RED CHESTNUT 12/4/13
EARLY GREY 12/4/13
OAK BEAUTY 12/4/13
TWIN-SPOTTED QUAKER 12/4/13
NICROPHORUS HUMATOR 13/4/13
LORICERA PILICORNIS 14/4/13
HARPALUS RUBRIPES 14/4/13
SWALLOW 15/4/13
WILLOW WARBLER 15/4/13
MOLE 15/4/13
HARE 15/4/13
SMALL TORTOISESHELL 15/4/13
COW PARSLEY 15/4/13
GLOMERIS MARGINATA - PILL MILLIPEDE 15/4/13
STENODEMA LAEVIGATA (PLANT BUG) 15/4/13
OXYPSELAPHUS OBSCURUS 15/4/13
SATELLITE 15/4/13
BROWN-LIPPED BANDED SNAIL 15/4/13
OULEMA MELANOPUS/RUFOCYANEA 15/4/13
EUTROMBIDIUM ROSTRATUS (RED VELVET MITE) 16/4/13
DEPRESSANIA HERACIEI (PARSNIP MOTH)
AGONOPTERIX ALSTOMERIANA 16/4/13
GARDEN SNAIL 16/4/13
CHESTNUT 
EARLY THORN 16/4/13
WOOD FOR-GET-ME KNOT 17/4/13
WAVY BITTER-CRESS 17/4/13
PTEROSTICHUS MADIDUS 18/4/13
                                     OCYPUS OLENS (DEVIL,S COACH-HORSE BEETLE) 19/4/13

                                                   BEMBIDON TETRACOLUM (BEETLE) 19/4/13

                                                               22-SPOT LADYBIRD

CUCKOO 20/4/13
ANDREA FULVA (TAWNY MINING BEE) 20/4/13
BRIMSTONE 20/4/13
LITTLE GREBE 20/4/13
COMMA 20/4/13
BOMBYLINUS MAJOR (BEE FLY) 20/4/12
BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS (RED-TAILED BUMBLEBEE) 20/4/13
AGONUM THOREYI 20/4/13
STREAMER 20/4/13
2-SPOT LADYBIRD 21/4/13
POWDERED QUAKER 20/4/13
DEMETRIAS ATRICAPILLUS 21/4/13
TACHYPODOIULUS NIGER (WHITE-LEGGED SNAKE MILLIPEDE) 21/4/13
TWENTY-PLUME MOTH 21/4/13
                                                              PALE PINION 21/4/13

WHITE DEAD-NETTLE 22/4/13
IVY 22/4/13
EMMELINA MONODACTYLA 22/4/13
BRINDLED PUG 22/4/13
ERISTIS TENAX (DRONE FLY) 23/4/13
EARLY BUMBLEBEE 23/4/13
COMMON CARDER BUMBLEBEE 23/4/13
ENOPLOGNATHA OVATA (SPIDER) 23/4/13
                                                      ASAPHIDION FLAVIPES  23/4/13


202 - BRINDLED BEAUTY 23/4/13

4 comments:

  1. Your spider is larinioides cornutus, the furrow orb-weaver. Common close to water in grasses, reeds etc. There are two look-alikes, l.sclopetarius the bridge spider (normally on man made structures) and l.patagiatus (uncommon in bushes/trees not always near water).

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  3. Thanks Matt, the spider was swept next to a pond.

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  4. Hi Martin,
    Your "Ocypus olens" looks like one of the other species in what used to be genus Staphylinus but I'm afraid I can't be more helpful, other than to say it ain't olens, which is distinctively big, broad and black.
    Asaphidion flavipes was split into 3 some years ago and I think yours is the commonest of the trio: A. curtum, which has pale antennae and (just visible in your photo) pale subterminal segment to the maxillary palps. You can download an ID guide from here:
    http://markgtelfer.co.uk/beetles/carabidae-ground-beetles/
    Cheers,
    Mark

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