Saturday, January 27, 2018
New spider for the garden
Been poorly for the past 10 days, so not much recording recently. Pleased to get a new money spider for the garden this morning, Diplocephalus cristatus. A small linyphiid, not much hope of identifying it without a microscope. A couple of White-fronted Geese amongst the more regular Pink-footed Geese yesterday. Takes garden list to 1726.
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I think we need more info regards your garden, 1726!!!! That's just amazing. How long have you been PSLing it, how large, habitats, species breakdowns, etc etc???? I know John Langmaid has recorded over 1000 species of moth for his garden, but I don't think he looks at much else though.
ReplyDeleteHi Seth, I moved here from Kent in October 2013, so was too late to take part in the 1000 for 1 k square that year. I did take part in 2014 and recorded 1251 species in the 1 km square. However as previously mentioned most of the square is out-of-bounds, so I began to concentrate more on my garden list, the best year so far was 1158 species in 2016. The garden is quite small, with nothing special in the way of habitat, but does overlook or is close to good coastal dunes and good fenland habitat. I do run light traps, which attracts bugs, beetles and flies as well as moths. A breakdown of the species since Oct 2013 is as follows:
DeleteFungi/Lichens 16
Bryophytes 6
Vascular Plants 94
Molluscs 12
Annelid Worms 2
Arachnids 62
Myriapods 4
Crustaceans 5
Springtails 10
Odonata 13
Orthopteroids 6
Hemipteroids 93
Hymenoptera 90
Coleoptera 249
Diptera 269
Butterflies 19
Moths 608
Insects: RSO 31
Reptiles 1
Amphibia 2
Birds 119
Mammals 15
Grand Total 1726
13 odonata seems almost mythical to my mind nowadays. I've recorded one species (Common Hawker) in my square, so far. One! Impressive number of hymenoptera too, that's more than I've identified ever.
ReplyDeleteDo get Norfolk Hawker, Willow Emerald, Swallowtail and Dark Green Fritillary in the garden occasionally. One mega-rare moth you'll like is Ancylolomia tentaculella
Deletehttps://www.norfolkmoths.co.uk/micros.php?bf=13270
only the fifth British record. Plus Amara majuscula, a beetle new to Britain.
Jennifer Owen's 'Wildlife of a Garden' is an amazing read - c.2700 spp. from her garden in Leicester
ReplyDeleteYes, I've heard about that Ali, but not read it myself. I believe it was over a 30 year period, so a few years available to catch up!
ReplyDeleteQuite! I'm sure many of those species were encountered once in 30 years, too, including species new to Britain and new to science.
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