Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Dalgety Bay, Fife - 600 up!

One week ahead of schedule and a cracking species to round out on - my first Stiletto fly and one of only two species recorded in the county, beaten from gorse this morning ...


At first I thought robberfly but going through the back of my mind was Therevidae (too much browsing of the Soldierfly book!). After some research during quiet periods this morning it appears to be Thereva nobilitata - and species number 600!

Numbers:
596 Pegomya solennis A Flower Fly
597 Aphidecta obliterata Larch Ladybird
598 Psilolechia lucida A lichen
599 Palloptera quinquemaculata A Pallopterid fly
600 Thereva nobilitata A Stiletto Fly


Breakdown (3 new additions at lunchtime)


Jan Feb Mar Apr 24-May
Algae 8 13 16 17 17
Lichens 37 41 43 44 45
Fungi 28 31 44 49 52
Vert - Birds 38 50 56 62 64
Vert - Other 2 4 8 9 9
Lepidoptera 1 2 9 14 27
Diptera 4 7 12 41 60
Arachnida 4 13 20 25 31
Coleoptera 6 17 17 21 42
Mollusc 9 24 27 33 33
Collembola 8 10 12 12 12
Invert - Other 22 33 51 62 77
Plants - Vascular 47 63 74 92 104
Plants - Bryo 22 29 30 30 30

236 337 419 511 603

5 comments:

  1. Well done on 600. Lichens as well eh, you have been pulling all the stops out! I crossed 600 today too. Still going through the days catches so will update soon.

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    1. You'd just about hit 400 species this time 3 years ago. Talk about upping the pace!

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    2. Oh yeh, just been back and had a look. Guess a lot must be down to my ever expanding book collection. Only ordered 3 this week, there again it is only Wednesday...

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  2. I expected you would get there before me. Seth too if he isn't still in the depths of despair. I mostly did lichens in Jan/Feb so had to laugh when I looked up to see the Psilolechia on a roof I walk past every day.

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  3. Good hit fellas, both of you! I better make a start on the stuff in the fridge and join the UK600 Club eh? :)

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