With a chill in the air and Pinkfeet streaming in en masse there's a definite feel of change about. I've been trying to build up my spider list with some success (leaf litter efforts and pitfalling to commence soon) but a good side outcome has been some movement on my beetle list - square and life. Two "ladybirds" in one sweep and a couple of nice weevils. Also managed to take my harvestman list to 9 for the year, which is nearly double last year's sad total of 5. Two of them were new to me, apparently, though I'm not sure I believe that. More likely I forgot to note them.
The
Anthonomus is a species I aded to the county list at a bioblitz a couple of years back, so this is the second county record. Pretty weevil.
I'm hoping to sneak up on 1300 by month end, but in reality anything above about 1275 would do. The way things went at the tail end of last week, though, I probably should be more optimistic. And I definitely, definitely should do more sweeping and beating.
(edit: I take it back on blackwalli - maybe I should have kept the voucher! NBN distribution)
|
Leiobunum blackwalli |
|
Anthonomus pedicularius |
|
Coccidula rufa and Rhyzobius litura |
Numbers:
1249 |
|
diptera |
Sphaerophoria scripta |
A hover fly |
1250 |
|
fungus |
Postia subcaesia |
A fungus |
1251 |
* |
hemiptera |
Aphrodes bicinctus |
Girdled Leafhopper |
1252 |
|
diptera |
Opomyza germinationis |
Opomyzidae |
1253 |
|
harvestman |
Mitopus morio |
A harvestman |
1254 |
|
coleoptera |
Anthonomus pedicularius |
A weevil |
1255 |
|
lep-moth |
Arctia caja |
Garden Tiger |
1256 |
|
diptera |
Bibio clavipes |
A bibionid fly |
1257 |
* |
harvestman |
Leiobunum blackwalli |
A harvestman |
1258 |
* |
coleoptera |
Coccidula rufa |
A ladybird |
1259 |
* |
coleoptera |
Rhyzobius litura |
A ladybird |
1260 |
|
gall mite |
Phyllocoptes goniothorax |
Hawthorn Leaf Curl |
Looks like blackwalli to me. Ordinarily I'd say ignore NBN and check the SRS page, but they're surprisingly similar in this instance! http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p/Summary/s/Leiobunum+blackwalli
ReplyDeleteI used the dutch key but even on a look it appears to be have some pretty distinctive features. I do use SRS for spiders but for some reason it didn't occur to me for harvestmen
DeleteThe Dutch key? Is that online (and can you lob me a link if so!) or is it a book? And is any of it in English too, lol?
DeleteI'll email you it. Not sure if it's online. It's an English key with no illustrations, though I'm assuming those are available in the actual Dutch book in Dutch, for Dutch speakers. Which isn't me. I don't shpeak freaky-deaky Dutch.
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