Cullaloe LNR - thresholds

Pete's comment got me looking again at so many taxonomic groups that stand on the threshold of landmark totals. The dipteran 200 has been passed and the lepidopteran 300, but that still leaves the moth 300, the arachnid 100, the coleoptera ... let's say 150, the bryophyte 100 and the hymenopteran 50. The overall total on the reserve is closing fast on 2000, with over 200 species already added this year. It will shortly overtake the most recorded SWT site (most recorded site?) in the county which is Dumbarnie Links - a long term project of my friend, Gordon. Sometimes it all goes past so quickly that these landmarks are a blur. I was actually intending to go faster but I still have that nagging feeling that going slower will actually be more rewarding.

On a side note I recently found out that in the first 1ksq two years ago I found the first Scottish site for the broad-nosed weevil Pachyrhynus lethierryi - I had no idea! I even found a second site in the cuonty at a bioblitz. Maybe that's why it didn't occur to me it was of special interest.

I'm on 762 currently. Mostly a roundup of the usual suspects but some nice new ones.

Pachyprotasis rapae - a sawfly

Tibellus maritimus

Reserve totals by class	2019	2019-tgt
Algae	1	3
Vertebrate - Birds	141	142
Vertebrate - Other	25	25
Invertebrate - Lepidoptera	304	325
Invertebrate - Diptera	205	250
Invertebrate - Arachnid	93	95
Invertebrate - Coleoptera	137	200
Invertebrate - Hemiptera	61	70
Invertebrate - Other	134	135
Plants - Vascular	313	315
Plants - Bryophytes	99	100
Fungi	293	300
Slime Moulds	5	5
Lichens	56	60
Total	1867	2025