2021 invertebrate rampage - week 1

So the week finishes on 73 species. One species more than was my initial target for, um, January. A good week, then. Maybe I can make 100. I would have been surprised by that before I started. Furthermore the temperature hasn't been above about 3 and there's been ice and snow on the ground throughout.

There have been 29 beetles, 12 spiders, 8 flies, 6 bugs and bits and pieces of other things, including one worm (see below). A handful of species remain to be identified.

Many of the species have been pictured already, but here's one that isn't new to the reserve but is new to me - the very nice little bug Balclutha punctata.

New species to the reserve in 2021:

1			R	M	110	mollusc	Cochlicopa cf. lubrica	A snail
2			R	M	170	spider	Agroeca proxima	A spider
3			R		320	hemiptera	Chartoscirta cincta	A shore bug
4			R		320	hemiptera	Dicyphus stachydis	A mirid bug
5			R	M	320	hemiptera	Eupelix cuspidata	A leaf hopper
6			R	M	330	coleoptera	Altica palustris	A ground beetle
7			R		330	coleoptera	Bembidion mannerheimi	A ground beetle
8			R		330	coleoptera	Carabus problematicus	A ground beetle
9			R	M	330	coleoptera	Omalium excavatum	A rove beetle
10			R		330	coleoptera	Phaedon tumidulus	A leaf beetle
11			R		330	coleoptera	Psylliodes napi	A leaf beetle
12			R	M	330	coleoptera	Sciaphilus asperatus	A broad-nosed weevil
13			R		330	coleoptera	Stenus juno	A rove beetle
14			R		340	diptera	Crumomyia roserii	A lesser dung fly
15		C	R	M	340	diptera	Limnellia fallax	A shore fly
16			R	M	340	diptera	Mycetophila fungorum	A fungus gnat
17			R	M	340	diptera	Schwenckfeldina carbonaria	A sciarid fly

New 2021 species since last list:

62					110	mollusc	Vitrina pellucida	Winter semi-slug
63					130	annelid	Satchellius mammalis	An earthworm
64					170	spider	Centromerita bicolor	A money spider
65					170	spider	Gnathonarium dentatum	A money spider
66					200	millipede	Tachypodoiulus niger	White-legged Snake Millipede
67			R	M	330	coleoptera	Altica palustris	A ground beetle
68			R	M	330	coleoptera	Omalium excavatum	A rove beetle
69					330	coleoptera	Sitona lineatus	Pea-leaf Weevil
70			R	M	110	mollusc	Cochlicopa cf. lubrica	A snail
71			R	M	330	coleoptera	Sciaphilus asperatus	A broad-nosed weevil
72					340	diptera	Leptocera fontinalis	A lesser dung fly
73			R	M	340	diptera	Mycetophila fungorum	A fungus gnat