550 up with one new fungus last night. Spent a bit of time identifying another fungus only to notice this morning that I recorded it in March!
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| Sphaeropsis sapinea on Scots pine cone |
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| immature spores growing |
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| mature spores |
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| Microsphaeria viburni |
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| Microsphaeria viburni |
Yesterday lunchtime I found a dead mouse on the patch but only attended by
Calliphoras vicina and
vomitoria at that time. I'll revisit it today and see if it's (a) still there and (b) attended by anything more interesting (i.e.
Silphidae). Have to improve my measly record of one!
Numbers bit:
| 542 |
Bibio marci |
St Marks Fly |
| 543 |
Beris chalybata |
Murky-legged Black Legionnaire |
| 544 |
Acyrthosiphon pisum |
Pea aphid |
| 545 |
Cantharis decipiens |
A soldier beetle |
| 546 |
Liocoris tripustulatus |
A mirid bug |
| 547 |
Heliophanus cupreus |
A jumping spider |
| 548 |
Gastrophysa polygoni |
A leaf beetle |
| 549 |
Catops nigricans |
A beetle |
| 550 |
Microsphaeria viburni |
A powdery mildew |
These dead creatures seem quite productive. Think I may have to go out with a shovel and look for some road kill. Several people have had Oiceoptoma thoracicum lately on carcasses.
ReplyDeleteI want to use a lot of techniques during this challenge so I'm aiming for some meat baited traps. Quite fancy a rotten fish baited one. I have to solve the problem of the bait not being "stolen" but someone must have solved this before
DeleteBucket, wire mesh, cable ties. Sorted!
DeleteI feel like wire mesh should involved. Presumably I can buy a square metre from b&q or wherever. I have heard of upturned supermarket basket being used, but I don't have any of those!
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