Juniper Shieldbug

Formerly a rare shieldbug on Juniper in southern counties, these are now widespread in Norfolk, having undergone a big range expansion in the past few years, although this one was the first I've seen in the square.

And a few more:

2044	Cheilosia proxima	Diptera	Syrphidae
2045	Liopterus haemorrhoidalis	Coleoptera	Dytiscinae
2046	Bembidion fumigatum	Coleoptera	Carabidae
2047	Psectra diptera	RSO	Brown Lacewing
2048	Macrolophus rubi	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
2049	Sigara dorsalis	Hemipteroids	Lesser Water Boatman sp.
2050	Chrysoperla lucasina	RSO	Lacewing
2051	Eupteryx decemnotata	Hemipteroids	Cicadellidae
2052	Exorista rustica	Diptera	Tachinidae
2053	Tipula scripta	Diptera	Tipulidae
2054	Dicranomyia modesta	Diptera	Cranefly
2055	Hylemya vagans	Diptera	Anthomyiidae
2056	Notiphila cinerea	Diptera	Ephydridae
2057	Mesopsocus immunis	Hemipteroids	Barkfly
2058	Parasteatoda lunata	Arachnids	Theridiidae (Achaearanea lunata)
2059	Theridion varians	Arachnids	Theridiidae
2060	Peripsocus phaeopterus	Hemipteroids	Barkfly
2061	Sciapus platypterus	Diptera	Dolichopodidae
2062	Enoplognatha ovata	Arachnids	Theridiidae
2063	Cyphostethus tristriatus	Hemipteroids	Juniper Shieldbug

Dalgety Bay - turning over an old leaf

A moderately productive period given the time of year and amount of effort being put in. Tidying up my study has turned up my 11th tachinid of the year in Voria ruralis - equal to last year's tally. It's been recorded in the county but not by me so another one on the list with a tick beside it. This poor specimen has been languishing on a pin since September! (this isn't as long as the pipunculid I have waiting for me, which against all the odds still has its head)

It was nice also to find a mature male Polydesmus angustus millipede in some leaf litter bothering. It's noted as widespread and common in the county but I haven't knowingly seen it before. Luckily I was able to overcome my aversion to millipedes enough to pot a couple. Not that I'm afraid of millipedes. I just feel like I have a low success rate with IDs and I find them mysteriously frustrating.

I had put my moth gear in the loft because of a planned garage conversion but since it's now not happening until January I might have to retrieve it to have a go at picking up some of the few commonish winter moths

(On reviewing and combining species lists from Dalgety Bay and adding some historic ones I discovered that I had recorded Chestnut moth THREE times this year. I know it's not exactly memorable, but still. Also a double count of Swallow-tailed Moth leaves me actually at 1389)

Polydesmus angustus

Voria ruralis

Numbers:

1383	*	fungus	Uncinula bicornis	A mildew
1384		fungus	Melanotus horizontalis	A fungus
1385		diptera	Phytomyza chaerophylli	An agromyzid fly
1386		slime mould	Physarum globuliferum	A slime mould
1387	*	millipede	Polydesmus angustus	A flat-backed millipede
1388		fungus	Panaeolus fimicola	A mushroom
1389		fungus	Phoma samararum	A fungus
1390		coleoptera	Quedius fumatus	A rove beetle
1391	*	diptera	Chromatomyia lonicerae	An agromyzid fly
1392	*	diptera	Voria ruralis	A tachinid fly

Over the line

Its taken a couple of weeks to get the last few but now on 1002.
The totals by groups were as follows; Mammals 12, Birds 65, Amphibians 3, Fish 1, Odonata 13, Orthoptera 7, Hemiptera 34, Butterflies 22, Moths 218, Coleoptera 33, Hymenoptera 47, Diptera 54, Insects RSO 4, Molluscs 19, Spiders 19, Crustacea 6, Annelids 5, Plants 303, Bryophytes 24, Fungi 81, Slime moulds 1, and Lichen 31.

Very pleased to have finally got there and will keep adding a few until the end of the year. But mostly now planning to smash this total next year!

Grassland fungi still way down on last year - due to the drought? - so could still add a few there. And this weeks photo is of another sort of fungus.

                                                  Conifer Conecap

Dalgety Bay - forays in the fifth kingdom

A little bit of this and that to add to the tally. Thinking I really should make the effort to get to 1400. It's easy to see where additions are coming from but it might help to find a nice mature collection of grass cuttings somewhere in the square.

Steccherinum ochraceum

Numbers:

1373		fungus	Vuilleminia comedens	A corticioid fungus
1374		fungus	Merismodes anomala	A fungus
1375	*	fungus	Steccherinum ochraceum	Ochre Spreading Tooth
1376		fungus	Gloeothele lactescens	A corticioid fungus
1377		coleoptera	Cychrus caraboides	A ground beetle
1378	*	fungus	Mycena tenerrima	A mushroom
1379		flowering plant	Euphorbia helioscopia	Sun spurge
1380	*	fungus	Erysiphe ranunculi	A mildew
1381	*	fungus	Puccinia deschampsiae	A rust fungus
1382	*	fungus	Erysiphe biocellata	A mildew

The garden of earthly delights

Still adding new species pretty regularly, a combination of new species (mainly from the garden) and stuff from the freezer. My garden list for the year has now reached 1606, not bad for an area that is 0.02% of the 1 km square. The best sighting away from the garden has been a couple of Tundra Bean Geese, although I've been slightly disappointed not to get Rough-legged Buzzard in the square so far as there has been up to four in adjacent parts of the Horsey area.

Anyway, here's a list of the new ones:

2002	Limnephilus affinis	Caddis	Caddis Fly
2003	Cercyon quisquilius	Coleoptera	Water scavenger beetle
2004	Helina abdominalis	Diptera	Muscidae
2005	Enochrus bicolor	Coleoptera	Hydrophilidae
2006	Lygus maritimus	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
2007	Cercyon marinus	Coleoptera	Water scavenger beetle
2008	Oedothorax apicatus	Arachnids	Linyphiidae
2009	Xylaria hypoxylon	Fungi	Candle Snuff Fungus
2010	Stereum hirsutum	Fungi	Hairy Curtain Crust
2011	Chondrostereum purpureum	Fungi	Silverleaf Fungus
2012	Athalia lugens	Hymenoptera	Symphyta
2013	Scathophaga inquinata	Diptera	Scathophagidae
2014	Peripsocus subfasciatus	Hemipteroids	Barkfly
2015	Stenopsocus immaculatus	Hemipteroids	Barkfly
2016	Phytocoris tiliae	Hemipteroids	Miridae
2017	Deraeocoris lutescens	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
2018	Valenzuela flavidus	Hemipteroids	Barkfly
2019	Anthomyza collini	Diptera	Anthomyzidae
2020	Chlorops pumilionis	Diptera	Chloropidae
2021	Phaonia incana	Diptera	Muscidae
2022	Poecilocampa populi	Lepidoptera:moths	December Moth
2023	Ichneumon suspiciosus	Hymenoptera	Ichneumonidae
2024	Megophthalmus scabripennis	Hemipteroids	Cicadellidae
2025	Sarcophaga aratrix	Diptera	Sarcophagidae
2026	Pegomya vanduzeei	Diptera	Anthomyiidae
2027	Hemerobius lutescens	Lacewing	Brown Lacewing
2028	Nephrotoma cornicina	Diptera	Cranefly
2029	Dichochrysa flavifrons	Lacewing	Lacewing
2030	Mordellistena humeralis	Coleoptera	Mordellidae
2031	Lygocoris pabulinus	Hemipteroids	Common Green Capsid
2032	Plagiognathus chrysanthemi	Hemipteroids	Mirid Bug
2033	Phaonia trimaculata	Diptera	Muscidae
2034	Buathra laborator/tarsoleuca	Hymenoptera	Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae
2035	Phaonia valida	Diptera	Muscidae
2036	Setacera aurata/trina	Diptera	Ephydridae
2037	Lamproscatella sibilans	Diptera	Ephydridae
2038	Myospila meditabunda	Diptera	Muscidae
2039	Anser fabalis	Birds	Tundra Bean Goose
2040	Tromatobia lineatoria	Hymenoptera	Ichneumonidae
2041	Erannis defoliaria	Lepidoptera:moths	Mottled Umber
2042	Udea ferrugalis	Lepidoptera:moths	Rusty-dot Pearl
2043	Ophion obscuratus	Hymenoptera	Ichneumonidae

Skye - 1200 and all out

Managed to do the unthinkable last week and broke my laptop, so here I am with a brand new hard-drive and no copy of the spreadsheet I was using to keep tabs of my 1KSQ yearlist. Arse.

Anyway, I was on 1196 species before the crash. Stuff I know I haven't seen thus far in 2018 are

1197 - Clavariadelphus fistulosa - a fungus on Alder branches

1198 - Stigmella microtheriella - larva found within mine on Hazel leaf

1199 - Woodruff - small patch found in wet ravine area, first in the tetrad for 28yrs apparently

1200 - Waxwing - 1 noisily trilling as it flew over the hotel. 

So that's me hanging up my 1KSQ boots for the rest of the season. I don't think I'll try again next year, though that may change once The Listing Fever kicks in again on 1st Jan! 

It's been a blast, folks. Thank you all for the myriad hints and tips and random stuff that you've shared this past year, I've learned absolutely masses. And if anybody wants to come over to NG3963 and show me Hazel Gloves that'd be 'marvellous' coz I sure as hell can't find it, though the habbo is ideal in places.

Tim - 2K, what can I say - you're astonishing!

Ali - gonna be a hard push to hit 1500, reckon you'll make it?

Pete - welcome to the 1K Club buddy! OK, so you have 6 more to get, but you'll do that no worries!

In other news

Although most eyes of been fixed - and quite rightly so - on Hal and his amazing exploits in Norfolk progress has also been made at Thorne. 10 species added to the list this week (although in fact 6 of them were from correctly updating the sub-totals in to the main total which I had somehow overlooked)
So now on 994 for the year.
And a couple of photos

                                            Oak Bracket

                                            Mottle Umber