The merry, merry month of May...

Well, birds weren't very good, moths weren't very good, insects generally a bit down. But something must have been good as I added 425 species during the month and broke the 1100 species mark!

Some nice things recently included a couple of scarce weevils, a scarce Lasioglossum, a few pretty moths, a couple of new empids and a mole wandering around the garden. Doubt if the pace will be maintained in June as there are trips to the West Country and Scotland that will take up a couple of weeks. See you at Eype next Saturday, Pete (my birthday, I'll be 63, getting creakier by the week).

Mole in garden - didn't investigate for mole flea

Empis aemula ♂ - lifer

Empis caudatula ♀ - lifer

Water Ernine and White Ermine

Gold Spot

Here's a breakdown of the last 3 months:-

	TG4523 Mar 2018	TG4523 Apr 2018	TG4523 May 2018
Algae	0	0	0
Fungi/Lichens	19	22	22
Bryophytes	4	4	4
Vascular Plants	102	120	160
Cnidarians	0	0	0
Molluscs	7	8	9
Annelid Worms	0	0	0
Arachnids	38	50	62
Myriapods	6	6	6
Crustaceans	3	3	3
Springtails	6	6	6
Insects: Odonata	0	0	6
Insects: Orthopteroids	0	1	4
Insects: Hemipteroids	21	38	59
Insects: Hymenoptera	9	31	56
Insects: Coleoptera	87	119	203
Insects: Diptera	60	111	203
Insects: Butterflies	0	6	12
Insects: Moths	24	43	153
Insects: RSO	3	4	13
Fish	0	0	1
Reptiles	0	0	1
Amphibia	0	0	0
Birds	74	92	104
Mammals	10	12	14
Other Animals	0	0	0
Echinoderms	0	0	0
	473	676	1101

Surprised to see that coleoptera are keeping up with diptera, with 203 species each. Here's the species list for those that like them:

1042	Arge cyanocrocea	Hymenoptera	Symphyta: Bramble Sawfly	29/05/2018
1043	Agrostis capillaris	Vascular Plants	Common Bent	29/05/2018
1044	Geranium versicolor	Vascular Plants	Pencilled Crane's-bill	29/05/2018
1045	Papaver rhoeas	Vascular Plants	Common Poppy	29/05/2018
1046	Pilosella aurantiaca	Vascular Plants	Fox-and-cubs	29/05/2018
1047	Poa trivialis	Vascular Plants	Rough Meadow-grass	29/05/2018
1048	Pulicaria dysenterica	Vascular Plants	Common Fleabane	29/05/2018
1049	Rumex conglomeratus	Vascular Plants	Clustered Dock	29/05/2018
1050	Sonchus arvensis	Vascular Plants	Perennial Sow-thistle	29/05/2018
1051	Tanacetum vulgare	Vascular Plants	Tansy	29/05/2018
1052	Rumex acetosa	Vascular Plants	Common Sorrel	29/05/2018
1053	Isochnus sequensi	Coleoptera	Curculionidae	29/05/2018
1054	Euophryum confine	Coleoptera	Curculionidae	29/05/2018
1055	Crepidodera aurata	Coleoptera	Chrysomelidae	29/05/2018
1056	Pterostichus diligens	Coleoptera	Carabidae	29/05/2018
1057	Notiophilus biguttatus	Coleoptera	Carabidae	29/05/2018
1058	Matricaria discoidea	Vascular Plants	Pineappleweed	29/05/2018
1059	Plantago coronopus	Vascular Plants	Buck's-horn Plantain	29/05/2018
1060	Ranunculus bulbosus	Vascular Plants	Bulbous Buttercup	29/05/2018
1061	Amara familiaris	Coleoptera	Carabidae	29/05/2018
1062	Eutomostethus ephippium	Hymenoptera	Symphyta:Tenthredinidae	30/05/2018
1063	Tipula fascipennis	Diptera	Tipulidae - Craneflies	30/05/2018
1064	Miris striatus	Hemipteroids	Fine Streaked Bugkin	30/05/2018
1065	Eristalis intricarius	Diptera	Syrphidae	30/05/2018
1066	Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus	Hemipteroids	Miridae	30/05/2018
1067	Troilus luridus	Hemipteroids	Bronze Shieldbug	30/05/2018
1068	Eysarcoris venustissimus	Hemipteroids	Woundwort Shieldbug	30/05/2018
1069	Cephus spinipes	Hymenoptera	Symphyta	30/05/2018
1070	Lonicera periclymenum	Vascular Plants	Honeysuckle	30/05/2018
1071	Seioptera vibrans	Diptera	Ulidiidae	30/05/2018
1072 *	Epiblema cirsiana	Lepidoptera:moths	Knapweed Bell	30/05/2018
1073	Trixagus dermestoides	Coleoptera	Throscidae	30/05/2018
1074	Hedya pruniana	Lepidoptera:moths	Plum Tortrix	30/05/2018
1075	Eudonia angustea	Lepidoptera:moths	Narrw-winged Grey	30/05/2018
1076	Tyria jacobaeae	Lepidoptera:moths	The Cinnabar	30/05/2018
1077	Dypterygia scabriuscula	Lepidoptera:moths	Bird's Wing	30/05/2018
1078	Oligia strigilis	Lepidoptera:moths	Marbled Minor	30/05/2018
1079	Eilema sororcula	Lepidoptera:moths	Orange Footman	30/05/2018
1080	Hercostomus assimilis	Diptera	Dolichopodidae	30/05/2018
1081	Lepidium draba	Vascular Plants	Hoary Cress	31/05/2018
1082	Cerapheles terminatus	Coleoptera	Malachiidae	31/05/2018
1083	Campaea margaritata	Lepidoptera:moths	Light Emerald	30/05/2018
1084	Acronicta megacephala	Lepidoptera:moths	Poplar Grey	30/05/2018
1085	Cassida vibex	Coleoptera	Tortoise beetle sp.	31/05/2018
1086	Matricaria recutita	Vascular Plants	Scented Mayweed	31/05/2018
1087	Tenthredo notha	Hymenoptera	Symphyta	31/05/2018
1088 *	Argyra argyria	Diptera	Dolichopodidae	31/05/2018
1089	Euproctis similis	Lepidoptera:moths	Yellow-tail	30/05/2018
1090	Pseudomalus auratus	Hymenoptera	Chrysidae	30/05/2018
1091 *	Empis caudatula	Diptera	Empididae	31/05/2018
1092	Pinalitus cervinus	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug	31/05/2018
1093	Earias clorana	Lepidoptera:moths	Cream-bordered Green Pea	31/05/2018
1094	Cloeon dipterum	RSO	Ephemeoptera (Mayflies)	31/05/2018
1095	Spilosoma urticae	Lepidoptera:moths	Water Ermine	31/05/2018
1096	Noctua pronuba	Lepidoptera:moths	Large Yellow Underwing	31/05/2018
1097	Plusia festucae	Lepidoptera:moths	Gold Spot	31/05/2018
1098	Rusina ferruginea	Lepidoptera:moths	Brown Rustic	31/05/2018
1099 *	Empis aemula	Diptera	Empididae	30/05/2018
1100 *	Lasioglossum nitidiusculum	Hymenoptera	Lasioglossum - Tufted Furrow Bee	30/05/2018
1101	Eriocampa ovata	Hymenoptera	Symphyta: Alder Sawfly	31/05/2018