Nothing spectacular happened to put a nice image on the happy event - just a gradual grinding away at commoner species and a lot of fly genitalia peeping. I should pass some of last year's totals very shortly - flies and spiders in particular. From here on rather than try to make the total as quickly as possible I'll probably chill out a bit and take it easy. I feel like I may have said that before though.
Here's a picture of my best find while out looking for moths the other night. You may be able to spot that it isn't, in fact, a moth but rather a Giant Polypore. Surprising how often fungi stand out in the dark.
Numbers
| 883 | diptera | Leucozona lucorum | A hover fly | |
| 884 | diptera | Eupeodes corollae | A hover fly | |
| 885 | * | diptera | Fannia armata | A lesser house fly |
| 886 | gall mite | Eriophyes laevis | A gall mite on alder | |
| 887 | diptera | Tipula lunata | Tipuloidea | |
| 888 | spider | Pseudeuophrys lanigera | A spider | |
| 889 | diptera | Dasineura ulmaria | A gall midge | |
| 890 | coleoptera | Agriotes obscurus | A click beetle | |
| 891 | coleoptera | Polydrusus formosus | A Broad-nosed Weevil | |
| 892 | diptera | Pollenia amentaria | A cluster fly | |
| 893 | millipede | Tachypodoiulus niger | White-legged Snake Millipede | |
| 894 | fungus | Meripilus giganteus | Giant Polypore | |
| 895 | diptera | Empis tessellata | An empid fly | |
| 896 | diptera | Fannia parva | Fanniidae | |
| 897 | diptera | Fannia lepida | A lesser house fly | |
| 898 | flowering plant | Senecio jacobaea | Common Ragwort | |
| 899 | diptera | Tephritis vespertina | Tephritidae | |
| 900 | coleoptera | Aphidecta obliterata | Larch Ladybird | |
| 901 | lep-moth | Eupithecia intricata | Freyer's Pug |
Bravo that man! Seems incredible (to me) how you've only just recorded Tachy niger whereas I had it on 1st Jan and probably on most days since. Less of this 'slowing down' nonsense, we'll hear no more of it :D
ReplyDeleteWell done Ali and hope the 'slowing down' will just be a passing phase!
ReplyDeleteGood going Ali - and think of all those bugs that are currently in nymph form will be maturing over the next few weeks so hit some trees and grassland with that sweep net over the summer and autumn.
ReplyDeleteIt'll only be a relative slowing down, assuming it even happens. Rather than going hell-for-leather to make 1000 before Skye I'll pootle along at 5 spp/day. There'll be a lot of flies, and before too long a lot of fungi! I'm sure I have actually seen T.niger but not recorded it. Mind you I have a considerable weak spot when it comes to myriapods that I can't explain or get past. I get to the end of the key and I think, "Not sure I believe that"!
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