... in which I swept and beat a few things for half an hour at lunchtime and stuck out a moth trap.
Result? 5 lifers, three new for county, and probably my most hemipteran day ever.
Moths did their part with one pristine Angle Shades swept from grass being a surprise but Pine Carpet, Streak and Garden Rose Tortrix all new for the year.
Goes to show - you can just never tell.
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| Swept Angle Shades |
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| Kleidocerys resedae (3rd Scottish NBN) |
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| Parapiesma on Oraches |
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| Neolygus viridis |
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| Pantilius tunicatus |
Numbers:
| 1261 |
|
lep-moth |
Phlogophora meticulosa |
Angle Shades |
| 1262 |
* |
hemiptera |
Neolygus viridis |
A mirid bug (NFC) |
| 1263 |
* |
hemiptera |
Pantilius tunicatus |
A mirid bug (NFC) |
| 1264 |
* |
hemiptera |
Kleidocerys resedae |
Birch Catkin Bug (NFC) |
| 1265 |
|
hemiptera |
Notostira elongata |
A mirid bug |
| 1266 |
|
hemiptera |
Parapiesma quadratum |
Orache lacebug |
| 1267 |
* |
insect-other |
Micromus variegatus |
A brown lacewing |
| 1268 |
|
coleoptera |
Tasgius melanarius |
A rove beetle |
| 1269 |
|
lep-moth |
Pennithera fermata |
Pine Carpet |
| 1270 |
* |
lep-moth |
Acleris variegana |
Garden Rose Tortrix |
| 1271 |
|
lep-moth |
Chesias legatella |
Streak |
Quite remarkable that your Kleidocerys resedae is such a good record (and a lifer!) My old patch in Surrey would see me pushing through birches and coming out the other end with maybe 30 or 50 of the little blighters crawling all over me, often jabbing their proboscis in for a sup of blood. An itchy process! I used to open up catkins looking for galls and find maybe 20 nymphs instead. Per catkin! Can't say I miss them in the slightest, but I'm happy for you anyway! :)
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