Still plugging away at the square but feels like cycling uphill. I know because this morning I cycled uphill. You feel like you're getting there but not quickly! About 3 a day currently, which is more or less enough to get to 1200 by month end in as unspectacular a way imaginable.
I have managed two new for county species though, so quality over quantity perhaps - Viburnum Beetle,
Pyrrhalta viburni, and
Mydaea nebulosa are both unrecorded from VC85. The beetle is about the north of its range, though that seems to be moving. The fly seems very scattered in distribution and I couldn't discern anything about its preferences from the books.
The moth trap has had decent numbers of moths on warmer nights but mostly nothing new, and last night there were more flies than moths - single digits of both. Temperature must have dropped off a bit. Again nothing new although I did put something in a pot in a bleary-eyed just-woke-up sort of way and it may turn out to be an addition.
|
Canadian Goldenrod |
|
Viburnum Beetle |
Numbers:
1172 |
|
fungus |
Pluteus cervinus |
Deer Shield |
1173 |
|
diptera |
Eristalis horticola |
A hover fly |
1174 |
|
diptera |
Cheilosia bergenstammi |
Syrphidae |
1175 |
|
lep-moth |
Apamea lithoxylaea |
Light Arches |
1176 |
|
coleoptera |
Pyrrhalta viburni |
Viburnum Beetle |
1177 |
|
flowering plant |
Solidago canadensis |
Canadian Goldenrod |
1178 |
|
lep-moth |
Pandemis heparana |
Dark Fruit-tree Tortrix |
1179 |
|
diptera |
Mydaea nebulosa |
A muscid fly |
1180 |
|
fungus |
Inocybe geophylla |
A fibrecap mushroom |
Agree that its all a bit slow going at the moment. But the main fungi season should start soon.
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