Reached 10 Staphylinidae on Saturday as I creep towards the one third mark. Throwing leaf litter into a white tray has been a lot of fun and makes me think I want a bigger and more robust white tray. When I ordered it a couple of weeks back I though it was a bit indulgent to pay for a tray but now I'm thinking of buying an upgrade!
Another thing maybe worth mentioning was that i found another two spiny snails - one under a rock in a different place and one from shaking leaf litter in another place again. There must be a decent population here.
Anyway, quickie update just to keep the numbers updated on the board
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| Sepedophilus nigripennis |
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| Othius punctulatus |
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| Stenus impressus |
The numbers bit:
| 326 |
Neobisium carcinoides |
Common Neobisid |
| 327 |
Vitrina pellucida |
Pellucid Glass Snail |
| 328 |
Stenus impressus |
A rove beetle |
| 329 |
Sepedophilus nigripennis |
A rove beetle |
| 330 |
Derocerus reticulatum |
Netted Field Slug |
| 331 |
Lepthyphantes zimmermanni |
A Linyphiid spider |
| 332 |
Othius punctulatus |
A rove beetle |
Pop down Petsmart or similar and grab yourself a cat litter tray, it's what all the discerning entomologists use for soil/wood/manure/moss/leaf-sifting :)
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