A nice weekend to start March, and new species for the reserve is now 121. Most has been sort of routine, though the fantastic Worm Slug was a nice new addition to both me and the reserve.
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| One of my "most wanted", believe it or not - Worm Slug |
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| Octolasion lacteum, 4th earthworm |
| Category |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
| alga |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| Protist other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| slime mould |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| lichen |
33 |
37 |
38 |
| fungus |
67 |
93 |
96 |
| liverwort |
9 |
9 |
9 |
| moss |
44 |
45 |
46 |
| flowering plant |
93 |
95 |
95 |
| conifer |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| fern |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| cnidarian |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| mollusc |
11 |
20 |
21 |
| bryozoan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| annelid |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| flatworm |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| harvestman |
3 |
5 |
5 |
| pseudoscorpion |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| spider |
19 |
24 |
24 |
| gall mite |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| tick |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| millipede |
2 |
5 |
5 |
| centipede |
2 |
2 |
2 |
| crustacean |
4 |
5 |
5 |
| collembola |
6 |
7 |
7 |
| bristletail |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| odonata |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| dermaptera |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| orthoptera |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| hemiptera |
5 |
9 |
9 |
| coleoptera |
30 |
47 |
50 |
| diptera |
4 |
19 |
23 |
| lep-moth |
4 |
13 |
13 |
| lep-butterfly |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| hymenoptera |
4 |
8 |
8 |
| insect-other |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| tunicate |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| echinoderm |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| invert-other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| fish |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| reptile |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| amphibian |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| bird |
48 |
56 |
58 |
| mammal |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| Total: |
402 |
521 |
539 |
Worm Slug, very good - I had not even heard of it, but will certainly be looking out for them now.
ReplyDeleteI was very excited to see them as they're burrowers, but apparently they're common enough! I wanted to see them for a long time
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