1000 for 1KSQ

Update from TM0025

I’ve just hit the target figure, and what a relief it is. Maybe just a few weeks into the challenge I realised that completing it was probably beyond me (or rather beyond the person with the knowledge that I had at that time). But I have learned so much this year, about forms of life that I barely knew existed, about their relationships, about identifying them (I was reunited with dichotomous keys after a separation of over 30 years!). At the beginning of this year, I was an unhappy lawyer who watched birds; now I am someone very different, someone full of enthusiasm for every aspect of our wildlife, someone who wants to participate in its study, and someone who is trying to find work in conservation. I hope that I will get somewhere with that! The conversion is not so much a damascene conversion as one comparable to when the late John Peel realised the limitations of the Grateful Dead and found instead the diversity and vigour of the likes of The Undertones, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division! I’ve joined the Colchester Natural History Society, The Amateur Entomologists’ Society and the Essex Field Club (not a hunting organisation!). Life is good, isn’t it! (Excuse the play on words!)

For those interested, here is a pie chart showing the relative proportions of the different groups that make up the 1000.

Furthermore, 3.6% were found as occupiers of galls or leaf-mines. They included the larvae of various lepidoptera, diptera, hymenoptera, hemiptera and arachnids, and also a fungal gall (ergot).

Here is the remaining list; note that it begins with a slight adjustment from the previous numbering, because of some duplications and formatting problems in previous lists.

Birds

870. Stock dove, Colomba oenas

Bees, wasps

871. German wasp, Vespula germanica

872. Median wasp. Dolichovespula media

Hoverflies

873. Chrysogaster solstitialis

874. Didea fasciata (identified by yellow club-halteres!)

875. Eristalis tenax

876. Heringia heringi (predatory larvae, found in galls of Pemphigus spyrothecae on poplar leaf stems)

 

877. Mallota cimbiciformis

878. Melanostoma mellinum

Caddisflies

879. Anabolia nervosa

880. Limnephilus affinis

881. Limnephilus marmoratus

Other flies

882. Chlorops pumilionis

883. Greenomyia mongolica (a fungus-gnat)   

884. Hairy poplar sawfly, Trichiocampus viminalis (larvae)

885. Holly-leaf gall-fly, Phytomyza ilicis (occupied leaf-mine in Ilex)

886. Minettia longipennis

887. Pear slug sawfly, Caliroa cerasi (larva on pear tree)     

888. Phylidorea ferruginea

889. Tachina fera

890. Twin-spot centurion, Sargus bipunctatus            

Beetles

891. Arhapolus ferus

892. Dried-bean beetle, Acanthoscelides obtectus

893. Longitarsus dorsalis (a flea-beetle)

894. 22-spot ladybird, Psyllobora 22-punctata

895. Pterostichus nigrita

896. Sitona hispidulus

897. White-marked spider-beetle, Ptinus fur

Bugs

898. Ant damselbug, Himacerus mirmicoides

899. Anthocoris limbatus (a little unexpected in Essex)  

900. Common damselbug, Nabis rugosus

901. Corizus hyoscyami                      

902. Dicyphus errans

903. Dicyphus pallicornis

904. Grey damselbug, Himacerus major

905. Lygus pratensis

906. Neolygus viridis

907. Nysius senecionis

908. Pinalitus cervinus

909. Scolopostethus thomsoni                            

910. Small flower bug, Orius vicinus

Psocids

911. Caecilius flavidus

912. Trichopsocus clarus

913. Valenzuela flavidus

Leafhoppers

914. Agallia venosa

915. Alebra wahlbergi

916. Aphrophora salicina (a froghopper)

917. Arthaldeus pascuellus

918. Balclutha punctata

919. Cicadula quadrinotata

920. Empoasca decipiens

921. Empoasca vitis

922. Eupteryx aurata

923. Eupteryx florida

924. Eupteryx urticae

925. Stenocranus minutus (a planthopper)

926. Zygina flammigera

Lacewings

927. Chrysoperla lucasina

Aphids

928. Large nettle aphid, Microlophium carnosum

Moths

929. Acleris sparsana

930. Apple-leaf miner, Lyonetia clerkella (occupied leaf-mine in Sorbus and Malus)

931. Black rustic, Aporophyla nigra

932. Chrysoesthia drurella (occupied leaf-mine in Atriplex)

933. Dark sword-grass, Agrostis ipsilon

934. Feathered thorn, Colotois pennaria

935. Grey pine carpet, Thera obeliscata

936. Merveille du jour, Dichonia aprilina

937. November moth, Epirrita dilutata

938. Parornix carpinella (occupied leaf mine in Carpinus)

939. Phyllocnistis saligna (occupied leaf-mine in Salix)

940. Phyllonorycter messaniella

941. Phyllonorycter platani (occupied leaf-mine in Platanus)

942. Red-green carpet, Chloroclysta siterata

943. Red-line quaker, Agrochola lota

944. Stigmella assimilella (occupied leaf-mine in Populus)

945. Stigmella aurella (occupied leaf-mine in Rubus and Geranium)

946. Stigmella oxyacanthella (occupied leaf-mine in Crataegus)

947. The Herald, Scoliopteryx libatrix

948. Treble-bar, Aplocera plagiata

Spiders

949. Anelosimus vittatus

950. Clubiona diversa

951. Clubiona terrestris

952. Theridion tinctum

953. Xysticus ulmi

954. Zygiella x-notata

Harvestmen

955. Paroligolophus agrestis

Springtails

956. Dicyrtomina ornata

957. Entomobrya intermedia

Worms

958. Brandling worm, Eisenia fetida

959. Compost worm, Eisenia veneta

960. Lob worm, Lumbricus terrestris

961. Redhead worm, Lumbricus rubellus

Plants

962. Bicoloured bryum, Bryum dichotomum

963. Bird’s-claw beard-moss, Barbula unguiculata

964. Common pincushion (moss), Dicranoweisia cirrata

965. Creeping feather-moss, Amblystegium serpens

966. Dog screw-moss, Tortula canescens

967. Dusky beard-moss, Didymodon luridus

968. False beard-moss, Didymodon fallax

969. Fool’s-parsley, Aethusa cynapium

970. Green yoke-moss, Zygodon viridissimus

971. Lesser bird’s-claw beard-moss, Barbula convoluta

972. Matted feather-moss, Brachythecium populeum

973. Redshank (moss), Ceratodon purpureus

974. Silver-moss, Bryum argenteum

975. Whitish feather-moss, Brachythecium albicans

Algae

976. Coelastrum microporum

977. Gonium pectorale

Lichens

978. Buellia canescens

979. Lecanora dispersa

980. Lecidella elaeochroma          

981. Lepraria incana

982. Ochrolechia parella

983. Xanthoria polycarpa

Fungi

984. Beech tar-crust, Biscogniauxia nummularia

985. Bleeding oak crust, Stereum gausapatum

986. Bleeding broadleaf crust, Stereum rugosum

987. Coral spot, Nectria cinnabarina

988. Ganoderma adspersum (a heart-rot fungus)

989. Honey fungus, Armillaria mellea

990. King Alfred’s cakes, Daldinia concentrica  

991. Lemon disco, Bisporella citrina

992. Nectria peziza

993. Oak mildew, Erysiphe alphitoides

994. Oak pin, Cudoniella acicularis

995. Peeling oysterling, Crepidotus mollis

996. Shaggy parasol, Macrolepiota rhacodes

997. Snapping bonnet, Mycena vitilis

998. Tawny milkcap, Lactarius fulvissimus

999. Trechispora mollusca

1000. Velvet shank, Flammulina velutipes