Another sunny weekend of barbecue and beer didn't get in the way of some very productive solo walks and so 10 days early here we are over the 800 line. If it goes like this the end of May could see 850 which would be a "beyond wildest dreams" scenario. This small area is just uber-productive and the moth trap has finally managed to score up some notches of its own.
Best of the weekend isn't featured here, but is the county first and county third (NBN, usual caveats apply)
Limnophora olympiae, which I'll post a link to here when it's up on my fly blog
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Tipula oleracea emerged in abundance |
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Trichosirocalus troglodytes on Ribwort Plantain |
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Ubiquitous in England and Wales they say |
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Garden first Pebble Prominent |
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Adela reamurella, apparently new to me, which is a surprise |
Numbers:
771 |
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diptera |
Phaonia populi |
A muscid fly |
772 |
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diptera |
Tephritis hyoscyami |
Tephritidae |
773 |
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fungus |
Calocybe gambosa |
St.George's Mushroom |
774 |
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spider |
Tetrix denticulata |
A spider |
775 |
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coleoptera |
Trichosirocalus troglodytes |
A weevil |
776 |
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diptera |
Cynomya mortuorum |
A blow fly |
777 |
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diptera |
Tipula oleracea |
Tipuloidea |
778 |
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diptera |
Xylota segnis |
Syrphidae |
779 |
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flowering plant |
Festuca ovina |
Sheep's Fescue |
780 |
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flowering plant |
Lotus corniculatus |
Common Bird's-foot-trefoil |
781 |
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flowering plant |
Ornithogalum angustifolium |
Star-of-Bethlehem |
782 |
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flowering plant |
Rosa rugosa |
Japanese Rose |
783 |
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flowering plant |
Salix caprea |
Goat Willow |
784 |
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flowering plant |
Atriplex prostrata |
Spear-leaved Orache |
785 |
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lep-moth |
Aphomia sociella |
Bee Moth |
786 |
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lep-moth |
Epermenia chaerophyllella |
A micro moth |
787 |
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lep-moth |
Epiphyas postvittana |
Light Brown Apple Moth |
788 |
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lep-moth |
Hadena bicruris |
Lychnis |
789 |
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lep-moth |
Lomographa temerata |
Clouded Silver |
790 |
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lep-moth |
Notodonta ziczac |
Pebble Prominent |
791 |
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lep-moth |
Perizoma affinitata |
Rivulet |
792 |
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diptera |
Limnophila olympiae |
A muscid fly |
793 |
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diptera |
Phaonia palpata |
A muscid fly |
794 |
* |
flowering plant |
Alopecurus pratensis |
Meadow Foxtail |
795 |
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flowering plant |
Arrhenatherum elatius |
False Oat-grass |
796 |
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flowering plant |
Lathyrus pratensis |
Meadow Vetchling |
797 |
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flowering plant |
Luzula major |
Great Wood-rush |
798 |
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flowering plant |
Meconopsis cambrica |
Welsh Poppy |
799 |
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lep-moth |
Adela reamurella |
A micro moth |
800 |
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flowering plant |
Epilobium hirsutum |
Great Willowherb |
801 |
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flowering plant |
Tanacetum vulgare |
Tansy |
Excellent stuff, Ali, you're certainly keeping the pace up. I see you've also just recorded Cynomya mortuorum, one of my favorite flies.
ReplyDeleteMine too - it was off a dead Guillemot from the Beast! Also one of two species that I've recurated at NMS, so I've handled specimens from some of the big names - Percy Grimshaw, Eagle Clark, Pelham Clinton, Malloch. Cracking fly in its own right too. Not as pretty as the Euleia heracleii I just found at lunchtime mind you!
DeleteWell done on the 800 and it looks like I will have to examine Ribwort Plantain in more detail to see T. troglodytes as an easy (?!) addition to my meagre Coleoptera list.
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