First the wasp. Again, from the magical tussocks came this lovely female brachypterous wasp, which was kindly identified on the Icheumonidae facebook page as Aptesis nigrocincta. Very pretty little thing it is, too. It may or may not be new to Scotland. The status of such things is "data deficient". But it's certainly new to me, and to Cullaloe, and almost certainly Fife. It's actually quite big for a wingless wasp. It parasitises a sawfly which hasn't been recorded either, so that's an interesting one to look out for. Neither has Scottish dots on NBN.
The beetle is somewhat more routine, but still new for Cullaloe. Believe it or not, it did NOT come from a tussock, but rather from under a stone in the woodland. One thing Cullaloe lacks, really, is turnable stones, so if I find one I always turn it. When I say "find", it's not as if I don't know where they all are! Most of the time I can name what's going to be underneath them (spoiler - it's one of several Pterostichus). The Leistus is beetle species #184. Pretty pleased with that, since we started the year with only 150.
2021 Beetle #78 - Leistus fulvibarbis
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