So after a week in warmer climes it's back to autumn leaves and chilly air. I spent a lot of time reading the Coleopterists Handbook while I was away so that definitely coloured my activities when I got back!
The main recent batch of records came from a sycamore that keeled over during a storm earlier this year It has so far produced
Rhizohagus dispar (first county record since 1853),
Agathidium nigripenne (first county record),
Acidota crenata and some springtails, and I still have other specimens in the bullpen.
After finding galls on beech I decided to check a nearby oak ... wait, that's a pretty pointy oak! Nuff said.
The sieve's been getting some action too. Mostly leaf litter and a bit of soil/sand, but there's a pile of woodchip I have my eye on.
(just saw Seth's updates on PSL website. No wonder he's not adding much to his Skye list! Looks like good times)
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Fallen sycamore |
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Rhizophagus |
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Agathidium nigripenne |
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Hartigiola on beech leaves |
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Turkey Oak |
Numbers:
1331 |
|
bird |
Falco peregrinus |
Peregrine Falcon |
1332 |
|
coleoptera |
Paradromius linearis |
A ground beetle |
1333 |
* |
insect-other |
Limnephilus auriculus |
A Caddisfly |
1334 |
|
lep-moth |
Epiritta christyi |
Pale November Moth |
1335 |
|
diptera |
Schoenomyza litorella |
Muscidae |
1336 |
* |
diptera |
Caliopum aeneum |
Lauxanidae |
1337 |
|
lep-moth |
Agrochola lota |
Red-line Quaker |
1338 |
|
hemiptera |
Anthocoris nemorum |
A mirid bug |
1339 |
|
bird |
Acanthis cabaret |
Lesser Redpoll |
1340 |
* |
diptera |
Phytomyza spinaciae |
Agromyzidae |
1341 |
* |
diptera |
Peplomya litura |
Lauxaniidae |
1342 |
* |
flowering plant |
Quercus cerris |
Turkey Oak |
1343 |
|
lep-moth |
Agrochola macilenta |
Yellow-line Quaker |
1344 |
* |
coleoptera |
Xantholoma linearis |
A rove beetle |
1345 |
* |
coleoptera |
Rhizophagus dispar |
A rhizophagid beetle |
1346 |
* |
coleoptera |
Agathidium nigripenne |
A round fungus beetle |
1347 |
* |
diptera |
Hartigiola annulipes |
A gall midge |
1348 |
* |
coleoptera |
Acidota crenata |
A rove beetle |
1349 |
|
collembola |
Neanura muscorum |
A springtail |
1350 |
* |
coleoptera |
Anthobium atrocephalum |
A rove beetle |
Looks like some good lifers there - plus Turkey Oak!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a good break and yes it looks like Seth is taking an extended break.
Back now! Back with a bang, in fact :)
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