Dalgety Bay - Am I weevil (reprise)

Been an interesting few days at the tail end of summer (head end of autumn?) as I picked up the sweep net and went off in search of spiders. I had intended to add five more spiders to the list - job done. I'll now try to add another five because it turned out to be too straightforward. While I was at it though I have netted a fair few beetles including Curculio betulae, which has been sufficient to animate the BBC today (link). Some are still in pots and haven't been listed yet. Devil's Coach Horse was the beetle that finally equalled last year's tally. I'm looking like I will break the big six-oh. Impressive stuff, dontcha think? Or about one day in Tim's garden in January. But I'll take it.

Oh! Oh!! And a dragonfly! What was that about, eh? I'm still recovering from that.

Curculio betulae - one of the year's highlights

Erigones dentipalips and arctica showsng size difference

Erigone arctica palp

Lyonetia clerkella

Lyonetia clerkella

Numbers:

1235		coleoptera	Ocypus olens	Devil's Coach-horse
1236		hymenoptera	Andricus quercuscalicis	Knopper Gall causer
1237		diptera	Phaonia pallida	Muscidae
1238		slime mould	Ceratiomyxa fruticosa	A slime mould
1239		spider	Araneus quadratus	A spider
1240	*	spider	Gnathonarium dentatum	A Linyphiid spider
1241		fungus	Exidiopsis effusa	A corticioid fungus
1242	*	harvestman	Oligolophus tridens	A harvestman
1243	*	lep-moth	Rhizedra lutosa	Large Wainscot
1244	*	coleoptera	Tachyporus obtusus	A rove beetle
1245		odonata	Sympetrum striolatum	Common Darter
1246	*	spider	Erigone arctica	A Linyphiid spider
1247	*	coleoptera	Curculio betulae	A weevil
1248	*	lep-moth	Lyonetia clerkella	A micro moth