Amazingly I found my 5th new hover fly for the month yesterday - 30th species of May. I can't wait to see what else might show up. There's a preponderance of new things for me associated with wetlands and alders, which reflects where I haven't been (I'm also looking forward to working a conifer area, where I also haven't really been!). Eumerus funeralis is my 88th hover out of a county fauna of 124 (70%) so to add 5 new species in one month is way beyond expectations.
I'm expecting to finish tonigh on circa 875, way ahead of a half-intended 800 after a 200 species leap in May which included 80 additional diptera. You can see from the graphic below where the numbers are coming from - unsurprisingly flying beasties and plants.
So, the question now is ... can I finish before Skye!
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| Eumerus funeralis |
Numbers
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | |
| Plants - Vascular | 65 | 77 | 85 | 114 | 151 |
| Diptera | 15 | 24 | 38 | 61 | 141 |
| Fungi | 60 | 83 | 86 | 92 | 96 |
| Vert - Birds | 54 | 62 | 75 | 82 | 85 |
| Lepidoptera | 4 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 69 |
| Plants - Bryo | 46 | 52 | 55 | 61 | 61 |
| Invert - Other | 22 | 41 | 54 | 57 | 58 |
| Lichens | 27 | 31 | 35 | 38 | 38 |
| Coleoptera | 8 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 32 |
| Arachnida | 7 | 12 | 17 | 20 | 30 |
| Mollusc | 12 | 17 | 27 | 28 | 29 |
| Algae | 6 | 15 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
| Hymenoptera | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Hemiptera | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| Collembola | 5 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Vert - Other | 3 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 341 | 457 | 554 | 676 | 871 | |
| 116 | 97 | 122 | 195 |
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96 fungi - amazing, are these mainly microscopic thingies or huge cep-a-likes?
ReplyDeleteA variety, though lots of microfungi on various substrates - leaf litter, twigs and a few plant pathogens (though with some notable ones not recorded). Not many mushrooms. The fungi class also includes lichens in this case
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