Dalgety Bay - beating around the bush

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