The wind yesterday precluded any fly catching so I re-investigated the barely-touched area of willows, and not without success. This is the kind of area that I have in my local nature reserve in abundance so I know what it can be good for. Can't believe I found no Peltigera, but a couple of additional bryophytes were added and a fungus I've wanted to see for ages. I'm not joking, though you may soon think I am!
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Frullania dilitata |
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Frullania |
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Trimmatostroma salicis - yes!! |
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No, really!!! |
The moth trap was out too
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Rhigognostis incarnatella |
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Common Quaker |
Then there was a beetle with backstory. The other day I found a plastic discarded chinese takeaway tub. Since I had a bottle of soapy water in my bag for this sort of thing I re-purposed it as a water trap and it came up with this first-for-county
Vincenzellus ruficollis. I'll be carrying more soapy water from now on.
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Vincenzellus ruficollis |
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NBN map Vincenzellus ruficollis |
Numbers:
518 |
|
liverwort |
Frullania dilitata |
A liverwort |
519 |
|
flowering plant |
Lamium album |
White Dead-nettle |
520 |
|
moss |
Dicranella heteromalla |
A moss |
521 |
|
fungus |
Trimmatostroma salicis |
A fungus |
522 |
|
lep-moth |
Orthosia cerasi |
Common Quaker |
523 |
* |
lep-moth |
Rhigognostis incarnatella |
A micromoth |
524 |
|
diptera |
Pollenia rudis |
A cluster fly |
525 |
* |
coleoptera |
Vincenzellus ruficollis |
A beetle |
a very striking looking beetle, but no records in Somerset, yet!
ReplyDeleteStunning microfungus. Looks like springtail frass... ;)
ReplyDeleteI'd seen Trimmatostroma betulina before, including on Salix, and Trimmatostroma scutellare, but this one had evaded me. Bit of a bogey species.
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