Sunday, November 24, 2013

SP5595ish - Whetstone Update

Finally made a bit of time to get the list up to date and sort out an updated species breakdown - can't believe I haven't posted one since mid-August! Anyway, it's been slow-going over the last couple of months in particular and I've only added a further 90 species (and only six so far in November). Now up to 1134. Additions since the last update are:

Taxon Vernacular Date Added
1045 Lathronympha strigana (micromoth) 18/08/2013
1046 Scrobipalpa costella (micromoth) 18/08/2013
1047 Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 18/08/2013
1048 Polyommatus icarus Common Blue 19/08/2013
1049 Diarsia rubi Small Square-spot 19/08/2013
1050 Trichiura crataegi Pale Eggar 19/08/2013
1051 Ribautiana tenerrima (leafhopper) 20/08/2013
1052 Phyllonorycter schreberella (micromoth) 20/08/2013
1053 Deraeocoris ruber (bug) 20/08/2013
1054 Pulicaria dysenterica Common Fleabane 20/08/2013
1055 Rhytisma acerinum Sycamore Tar Spot 20/08/2013
1056 Conops quadrifasciatus (fly) 20/08/2013
1057 Dasineura fraxini (gall midge) [larval] 20/08/2013
1058 Xanthia icteritia Sallow 20/08/2013
1059 Taphrina alni Alder Tongue 20/08/2013
1060 Andricus quercuscalicis f. agamic Knopper Gall Wasp [larval] 20/08/2013
1061 Eupontania viminalis Pea Gall Sawfly [larval] 20/08/2013
1062 Platycheirus peltatus (hoverfly) 20/08/2013
1063 Luperina testacea Flounced Rustic 20/08/2013
1064 Plusia festucae Gold Spot 21/08/2013
1065 Batrachedra praeangusta (micromoth) 21/08/2013
1066 Furcula furcula Sallow Kitten 23/08/2013
1067 Atethmia centrago Centre-barred Sallow 23/08/2013
1068 Cameraria ohridella Horse-chestnut Leaf Miner 23/08/2013
1069 Aceria fraxinivorus Cauliflower Gall Mite 24/08/2013
1070 Rhopalus subrufus (bug) 25/08/2013
1071 Eristalis interruptus (hoverfly) 25/08/2013
1072 Pontania proxima Willow Redgall Sawfly [larval] 25/08/2013
1073 Crepis capillaris Smooth Hawk's-beard 25/08/2013
1074 Neuroterus numismalis f. agamic Silk-button Gall Wasp [ovum] 25/08/2013
1075 Dasineura urticae (gall midge) [larval] 25/08/2013
1076 Diplolepis nervosa Sputnik Gall Wasp [larval] 25/08/2013
1077 Diplolepis rosae Bedeguar Gall Wasp [larval] 25/08/2013
1078 Phragmidium mucronatum Rose Rust 25/08/2013
1079 Avena fatua Wild-oat 25/08/2013
1080 Lapsana communis Nipplewort 25/08/2013
1081 Persicaria maculosa Redshank 25/08/2013
1082 Tinea trinotella (micromoth) 25/08/2013
1083 Dichrorampha acuminatana (micromoth) 25/08/2013
1084 Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral 26/08/2013
1085 Aeshna cyanea Southern Hawker 26/08/2013
1086 Cacoecimorpha pronubana Carnation Tortrix 26/08/2013
1087 Stigmella aurella (micromoth) [larval] 26/08/2013
1088 Eupithecia tripunctaria White-spotted Pug 26/08/2013
1089 Ephestia parasitella unicolorella (micromoth) 26/08/2013
1090 Eudonia angustea (micromoth) 29/08/2013
1091 Prays fraxinella Ash Bud Moth 02/09/2013
1092 Epinotia ramella (micromoth) 02/09/2013
1093 Phyllonorycter strigulatella (micromoth) 02/09/2013
1094 Dromius quadrimaculatus (beetle) 04/09/2013
1095 Barynotus obscurus (beetle) 05/09/2013
1096 Dolichovespula sylvestris Tree Wasp 07/09/2013
1097 Omphaloscelis lunosa Lunar Underwing 10/09/2013
1098 Stenodema calcarata (bug) 12/09/2013
1099 Lygus rugulipennis (bug) 12/09/2013
1100 Thera britannica Spruce Carpet 28/09/2013
1101 Lithophane leautieri hesperica Blair's Shoulder-knot 28/09/2013
1102 Agrochola lota Red-line Quaker 28/09/2013
1103 Agrochola lychnidis Beaded Chestnut 28/09/2013
1104 Hydraecia micacea Rosy Rustic 28/09/2013
1105 Chloroclysta siterata Red-green Carpet 28/09/2013
1106 Thera juniperata Juniper Carpet 28/09/2013
1107 Xanthia aurago Barred Sallow 28/09/2013
1108 Aporophyla nigra Black Rustic 29/09/2013
1109 Tipula confusa (fly) 04/10/2013
1110 Nomophila noctuella Rush Veneer 04/10/2013
1111 Acleris sparsana (micromoth) 04/10/2013
1112 Lithophane hepatica Pale Pinion 04/10/2013
1113 Rhodometra sacraria Vestal 04/10/2013
1114 Conistra ligula Dark Chestnut 04/10/2013
1115 Agrochola macilenta Yellow-line Quaker 04/10/2013
1116 Macrolepiota rhacodes Shaggy Parasol 05/10/2013
1117 Acleris rhombana Rhomboid Tortrix 05/10/2013
1118 Colotois pennaria Feathered Thorn 08/10/2013
1119 Agrochola circellaris Brick 08/10/2013
1120 Tipula pagana (fly) 25/10/2013
1121 Ectoedemia occultella (micromoth) [larval] 26/10/2013
1122 Hebeloma sacchariolens Sweet Poisonpie 26/10/2013
1123 Coprinus micaceus Glistening Ink-cap 26/10/2013
1124 Phyllonorycter tristrigella (micromoth) [larval] 26/10/2013
1125 Phyllonorycter froelichiella (micromoth) [larval] 26/10/2013
1126 Bolbitius titubans Yellow Fieldcap 26/10/2013
1127 Psathyrella multipedata Clustered Brittlestem 26/10/2013
1128 Coprinus comatus Shaggy Ink-cap 26/10/2013
1129 Stropharia aeruginosa Verdigris Agaric 03/11/2013
1130 Calocera cornea Small Stagshorn 03/11/2013
1131 Xylaria hypoxylon Candlesnuff 03/11/2013
1132 Rutstroemia firma Brown Cup 03/11/2013
1133 Scutellinia scutellata Common Eyelash 03/11/2013
1134 Poecilocampa populi December Moth 16/11/2013

As you can see, most of the additions are moths, a few galls in August and a few fungi lately.

Bedeguar Gall / Robin's Pincushion caused by Diplolepis rosae - a gall wasp

Knopper Gall caused by Andricus quercuscalicis - a gall wasp

Of course you need to disect the galls to find the life within. Whilst I have a microscope, I can't get photos through it and my macro photography skills are beyond the smallest gall inhabitants. I picked up a cheapo USB microscope from Amazon and whilst the photo resolution is not great you can at least get something of an image. Here's a few examples:

Spangle Gall on oak caused by Neuroterus quercusbaccarum - a gall wasp, agamic form

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum larva

Silk Button Gall on oak caused by Neuroterus numismalis - a gall wasp, agamic form

Neuroterus numismalis ovum!

These galls were massively abundant on my local oaks this year, though I'd already recorded N. quercusbaccarum as the sexual form in June.


Also found a couple more gall sawflies:

Pea Gall Sawfly Eupontania viminalis

Willow Redgall Sawfly Pontania proxima

Here's the breakdown, which continues to show that it's just as well that I wasn't reliant on plants to bump my total up!


Alder Tongue Taphrina alni

 
Tree Wasp

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