tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4989812727145921852024-03-14T09:47:26.688+00:00Cataloguing Cullaloe<br><br><b>An exercise in Biophilia</b>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.comBlogger806125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-72873785427412935962021-03-26T16:42:00.001+00:002021-03-26T16:42:04.652+00:00Fontinalis pyratica, Greater Water Moss<p>Hard to imagine how I (and an entire BBS outing!) managed to overlook the abundant aquatic moss on the burn. But they did and I did for many years. Now it's on the list though - at bryophyte species #100. Hoorah!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NYydh3PcGcLByUK9gLFu8uL00V_Ptcv5sZCXrYrlghSn7XUUBMAkV6NVv4jwGASqTvAYkR-LBdFgrmQKNMwTkCiiXB-GwzeRXbCEnQdCGbaIiqKguGJDwJFtEm4d4LecMXqtXlwPdPc/s2048/20210326_135329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NYydh3PcGcLByUK9gLFu8uL00V_Ptcv5sZCXrYrlghSn7XUUBMAkV6NVv4jwGASqTvAYkR-LBdFgrmQKNMwTkCiiXB-GwzeRXbCEnQdCGbaIiqKguGJDwJFtEm4d4LecMXqtXlwPdPc/s320/20210326_135329.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-48626214427838271262021-03-26T09:40:00.002+00:002021-03-26T09:41:03.048+00:00New Fife Shore Fly<p> A shore fly swept this week turned out to be <i>Parydra aquila</i>, apparently new to Fife</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2KhqH2u4XMWGmfGJQddrF0CfYJvOoAQ96mbz5YT7eLVhFe14ewf81_Sxaze686Ho65uf1DeVO8d25hFZl4iJ27Bzh1IDYxH9TYxq8RS4Go_a_rsnkQDOwghk4R2Tc-7807Rq5pKz3Wk/s2048/Parydra-aquila-CUL-20210324_143711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1364" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2KhqH2u4XMWGmfGJQddrF0CfYJvOoAQ96mbz5YT7eLVhFe14ewf81_Sxaze686Ho65uf1DeVO8d25hFZl4iJ27Bzh1IDYxH9TYxq8RS4Go_a_rsnkQDOwghk4R2Tc-7807Rq5pKz3Wk/s320/Parydra-aquila-CUL-20210324_143711.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>As we approach the end of March the invertebrate 1k challenge has thus far produced 77 species new for the reserve, 46 species new to me and 12 species new to the county, which isn't bad at all. It certainly makes the case for it being a worthwhile project.</p><p>Away from inverts there are still things other than inverts which are going to pop up. In this case, a sheep poo based trap for dung beetles sprouted fungi this week - the Cowpat Gem, <i>Cheilymenia granulata</i>. A watching eye will be kept on the bait as well as the trap in this case as there aren't many dung based fungi records for the reserve. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoKqMeiukQVIoBXJCJ1gJ4-NeaoTtnPMQpaRbp63zwDh1CgJLcRDcSCxMZKIKgybKigQ-fN8w1Ww_Ezk8UhV_fldNBWJiDG64KPdemRlMsNytR6NhyphenhyphenQbvqC47eMVRA04n0Q-MTO7vzTg/s2048/20210324_133034.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1679" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoKqMeiukQVIoBXJCJ1gJ4-NeaoTtnPMQpaRbp63zwDh1CgJLcRDcSCxMZKIKgybKigQ-fN8w1Ww_Ezk8UhV_fldNBWJiDG64KPdemRlMsNytR6NhyphenhyphenQbvqC47eMVRA04n0Q-MTO7vzTg/s320/20210324_133034.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cowpat Gem</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-14851675223509957792021-03-23T19:46:00.002+00:002021-03-23T19:47:12.208+00:00Cassida flaveola, Pale Tortoise Beetle, new to Fife from Cullaloe<p> With the weather cool and threatening rain (and windy...) I went to Cullaloe anyway and decided to sieve <i>even more </i>of the grass pile of wonder. Most of what fell into the tray was of the ho-hum, would-have-been-pleased-to-see-you-in-January variety but one little translucent disc caught my eye, thankfully.</p><p>I have recorded the larger, greener <i>Cassida rubiginosa </i>on the reserve, and this is quite noticeably a different thing. It likes Caryophlyll ... Carophylea ... probably Red Campion.</p><p>2021 Beetle #87</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IHxV-YCS4pAR1de6FmvSktlOcBFy36WnAfAK1tGVl96WvIpPNwBDOI-J15n_3_Z550xfUfA-GX-buurSd2331QPLEndNW9r3nzdxXRLRO5Fb_NS_HeT9Txi2gASL4-YCVHvSPcBPklA/s2048/Cassida-flaveola-CUL-20210323_140502.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IHxV-YCS4pAR1de6FmvSktlOcBFy36WnAfAK1tGVl96WvIpPNwBDOI-J15n_3_Z550xfUfA-GX-buurSd2331QPLEndNW9r3nzdxXRLRO5Fb_NS_HeT9Txi2gASL4-YCVHvSPcBPklA/s320/Cassida-flaveola-CUL-20210323_140502.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-35296567211497036332021-03-18T20:10:00.005+00:002021-03-18T20:25:12.288+00:00Bee aggressive, bee bee aggressive<p>Another good lunch break at Cullaloe took me over the 250 with some nice big bees and a new/not-new fly. Fly first, since I need to explain. Hydromya dorsalis was in the list of diptera for the reserve but somehow never made it to the total list, so it was recorded, but not counted. Anyway, now it's both and I get to count it as an addition. This was swept on damp pathside, so not a Willow hit.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lgh8siKnXhEBbe0iVVbp8IqDaswyc9S6X_epigC96cK-OT4w0asK5pDIZaUAhtl2yoO2aC4wK77WqDKsIvaeJrjik1tNj3iGs3dxfKg0G1TMAeovrE-XSUqPiU3QThX_QOTnkmi2690/s2048/20210318_151528.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1629" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1lgh8siKnXhEBbe0iVVbp8IqDaswyc9S6X_epigC96cK-OT4w0asK5pDIZaUAhtl2yoO2aC4wK77WqDKsIvaeJrjik1tNj3iGs3dxfKg0G1TMAeovrE-XSUqPiU3QThX_QOTnkmi2690/s320/20210318_151528.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>An actual addition was <i>Andrena clarkella</i>, a female of which evaded me several times the other day, but which I was able to nail down today. Shocking pictures, sadly. However some other new additions today of nice, easy-to-identify with live pictures.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIHUL5dJrXRhP4E6yPLvQwHRlPN1r3ZoM7GrZ5daMjIqFfxL2-kZLtFpIbwvX2KqxBDLGAxDtubWB_h9WNJJHvusA63QJXefOVSRViFtpXo43AXsRidU9tktZZCmXtBC0UWrS1FD77SU/s1811/20210318_130753.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1391" data-original-width="1811" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIHUL5dJrXRhP4E6yPLvQwHRlPN1r3ZoM7GrZ5daMjIqFfxL2-kZLtFpIbwvX2KqxBDLGAxDtubWB_h9WNJJHvusA63QJXefOVSRViFtpXo43AXsRidU9tktZZCmXtBC0UWrS1FD77SU/s320/20210318_130753.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bombus hypnorum</i>, Tree Bumblebee</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBohe2h4TT-2N0YQ_Xa5FpwUEYoysMu3XBT2D5oq-AkmJWRTnHVd4byAXC6tQVVFUp_of8NhoQfJNVGakUAs-UmC1j2ynGxTwBVIUEL9Y_7D_5c6-wjrE0HN635RttACRm58CofHLXeNQ/s1515/20210318_130046.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="1458" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBohe2h4TT-2N0YQ_Xa5FpwUEYoysMu3XBT2D5oq-AkmJWRTnHVd4byAXC6tQVVFUp_of8NhoQfJNVGakUAs-UmC1j2ynGxTwBVIUEL9Y_7D_5c6-wjrE0HN635RttACRm58CofHLXeNQ/s320/20210318_130046.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Bombus lapidarius</i>, Red-tailed</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe504037hfjjZ2mx4INhPHSypb-IvyDliucIJBtku50bSKN_n75yv5sLJ8Wjydv5P4mTg-4gJFJZc3h8EpqI8yAdMxBUec0QM4ZIHfXojzqa7e9vwof7EZWsQrbMkdpg5kbpaMb91S7AU/s2048/20210318_115704.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe504037hfjjZ2mx4INhPHSypb-IvyDliucIJBtku50bSKN_n75yv5sLJ8Wjydv5P4mTg-4gJFJZc3h8EpqI8yAdMxBUec0QM4ZIHfXojzqa7e9vwof7EZWsQrbMkdpg5kbpaMb91S7AU/s320/20210318_115704.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Saltus scenicus</i>, where it always in when it's sunny</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jqVtMTNEmlxYTLLldbKSNA9WmKeMmTIWPUAlH3kICHRD_z34Nw-tb8vr75a5HjoI9Vsq0-heiAT_CzJ77Z-AaVEaYcYREEYG1EGAms9oclRknDalRrYrsk83fgvyC3LG720O9-VQx3g/s2048/20210318_120117.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1967" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5jqVtMTNEmlxYTLLldbKSNA9WmKeMmTIWPUAlH3kICHRD_z34Nw-tb8vr75a5HjoI9Vsq0-heiAT_CzJ77Z-AaVEaYcYREEYG1EGAms9oclRknDalRrYrsk83fgvyC3LG720O9-VQx3g/s320/20210318_120117.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kidney-spot Ladybird. Not new, but numerous</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kyuzlhriWJM3pCZgdbhbVfJ7F8VgY9AA0KDUW73OMgHnAqf4XPou6BBlo5JZ6SAMAOqqXn3FT0z1kmQ-hN4z3yW7qU_s02Y0WrcXKE7ARSDNXF8LGUs14MyL-Zg7qrA63U-jhHuxbzY/s1337/20210318_125427.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6kyuzlhriWJM3pCZgdbhbVfJ7F8VgY9AA0KDUW73OMgHnAqf4XPou6BBlo5JZ6SAMAOqqXn3FT0z1kmQ-hN4z3yW7qU_s02Y0WrcXKE7ARSDNXF8LGUs14MyL-Zg7qrA63U-jhHuxbzY/s320/20210318_125427.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tachina ursina</i>. One of my favourites</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>So here are today's additions, taking us over the quarter way mark to 1k.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>249<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>380<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>hymen<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Bombus pascuorum<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Common Carder Bee</div><div>250<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>380<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>hymen<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Bombus lapidarius <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Red-tailed Bumblebee</div><div>251<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>170<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>spider<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Saltus scenicus <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Zebra spider</div><div>252<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>340<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>diptera<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Cheilosia grossa <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>A hover fly</div><div>253<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>340<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>diptera<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Meliscaeva auricollis<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>A hoverfly</div><div>254<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>R<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>340<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>diptera<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Hydromya dorsalis <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>A Snail-killing Fly</div><div>255<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>R<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>380<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>hymen<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Andrena clarkella <span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></i>Clarke's Mining Bee</div><div>256<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>340<span style="white-space: pre;"> diptera</span><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Anatopynia plumipes </i><span style="white-space: pre;"><i> </i>A non-biting midge</span></div><div><div>257<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><span style="white-space: pre;"> 370</span><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>butterfly<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span><i>Aglais urticae<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span> </i><i style="white-space: pre;"> </i>Small Tortoiseshell</div></div><div><br /></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-88860533765263441912021-03-18T09:05:00.002+00:002021-03-18T10:55:14.838+00:00Salix in Wonderland<p>I spent a happy lunchtime getting a crick in my neck to look at Salix catkins yesterday, mostly trying to avoid the 100s of honey bees that I think have something to do with the reserve's neighbour.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt1M7BaMYcR_StaXIy3U0_Gx9pvxRdaR7SQ6NYbmSYFuktvT98tQRLlNS2WidDH2Wsn5dlcSA95id_515PAAuNp1hexSWdAoNEF-K3yhitqvZK-7Ez0ylvyb24uJElJ5utuMjjc3xG8w/s2048/20210314_104606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt1M7BaMYcR_StaXIy3U0_Gx9pvxRdaR7SQ6NYbmSYFuktvT98tQRLlNS2WidDH2Wsn5dlcSA95id_515PAAuNp1hexSWdAoNEF-K3yhitqvZK-7Ez0ylvyb24uJElJ5utuMjjc3xG8w/s320/20210314_104606.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>It seemed to take forever this year to have any open catkins but finally "project tussock" has been overtaken by "project catkin". Yesterday a reasonable collection of flies was made, with many more duplicates not taken or released after ID. Papilio binoculars help no end in identifying target beasts and body-swerving the others.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZX6c49ecQNiuhYjwCpVLInMp_MMqfAY6pcHocmjqPGMAWARp2RXTNeZePvOAVXq8Ta3mFCn5M4g-JGDBcHUrwjTxzPArqthELL_oDHTPTzl6nwcCvtAjoT-GOHLGEC_n_X1eVy59FVY/s2048/20210317_143929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1884" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZX6c49ecQNiuhYjwCpVLInMp_MMqfAY6pcHocmjqPGMAWARp2RXTNeZePvOAVXq8Ta3mFCn5M4g-JGDBcHUrwjTxzPArqthELL_oDHTPTzl6nwcCvtAjoT-GOHLGEC_n_X1eVy59FVY/s320/20210317_143929.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>All from Salix so far have been:</div><div>Scathophagidae: Scathophaga stercoraria</div><div>Calliphoridae: Calliphora vicina </div><div>Polleniidae: Pellenia rudis</div><div>Syrphidae: Melangyna lasiophthalma, Melangyna quadromaculata, Eristalis pertinax</div><div>Muscidae: Eudasyphora cyanella, Muscina levida, Phaonia tuguriorum</div><div>Anthomyiidae: Egle ciliata.</div><div>Tahcinidae: Tachina ursina</div><div><br /></div><div>I've probably forgotten some (and no mention of bees, beetles, moths). Anyway, also first butterflies were two hyperactive Peacocks, one of which took a shine to the kite net while I was checking a specimen</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDIIvh4koddda61yKTmit5mK09YOREg11rWW0L1KTLj5PwForjeYV6J9XOmOfm6DSuiKck5Hk-uOAWSivCQYC0lBZ5uq4SNgTQppJa9AESUipVUtiLxAaUAiWyoUlhn_Liixq8HsZCns/s2048/20210317_132437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDIIvh4koddda61yKTmit5mK09YOREg11rWW0L1KTLj5PwForjeYV6J9XOmOfm6DSuiKck5Hk-uOAWSivCQYC0lBZ5uq4SNgTQppJa9AESUipVUtiLxAaUAiWyoUlhn_Liixq8HsZCns/s320/20210317_132437.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>And swept from grass was one of my faves - <i>Stenocranus minutus</i></div><div><i><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnYy0eDu6gj3E0DKJg5_oExccyfghUtefq_L_Khn96nbf0DljG9LDt823bnBx9qjvHdkTlaEu-5K_mRkNH6aFkMIoPdLg5fPwP9tXTrqf4ROIw0vOf0SPO-DiIketHrYEmThe8WKWE04/s2647/20210317_144359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="2647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWnYy0eDu6gj3E0DKJg5_oExccyfghUtefq_L_Khn96nbf0DljG9LDt823bnBx9qjvHdkTlaEu-5K_mRkNH6aFkMIoPdLg5fPwP9tXTrqf4ROIw0vOf0SPO-DiIketHrYEmThe8WKWE04/s320/20210317_144359.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczHUVy74D54cYi_h3koVLU6_83sS6vmPRR4KIHVCrFt8kpf_i1lS2q3u1Pv4Zk9x7M2bcSAb3yCxkm0bJGS10-NEDMmMmGU0Fwc7yUI_oudqBKWAVIwBhxzbGHI4vtyu5UT6G5t9UZCc/s2048/20210317_143752.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczHUVy74D54cYi_h3koVLU6_83sS6vmPRR4KIHVCrFt8kpf_i1lS2q3u1Pv4Zk9x7M2bcSAb3yCxkm0bJGS10-NEDMmMmGU0Fwc7yUI_oudqBKWAVIwBhxzbGHI4vtyu5UT6G5t9UZCc/s320/20210317_143752.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I thought I might reach the 250 mark last night, but it wasn't to be. With only two species required it will almost certainly be today.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BYNWo93fPG8" width="320" youtube-src-id="BYNWo93fPG8"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-89320291589546539802021-03-17T08:45:00.005+00:002021-03-17T08:45:49.007+00:00Moffs plus<p> Finally the moth challenge got some air under its wings and rose off the ground. I set the actinic heath trap up last night and then had a look at the salix catkins, which were happily being feasted on by a usual early spring collection of Common Quaker, Hebrew Character and Satellite moths, An Agonopterix heracliana was netted on the way along the path. This morning the trap held three of my target species - Yellow Horned. The moth total is now up to a monster 8 species. That's nearly double figures!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQxKFIH8nUJSl2rukAy7J-HnyBgaM2-7_hu4Q6tVYpBmAUAUsEhylrcuXxoWnREWjU6hQ43R4dTHmKv-Jpee4x0sOYAEhWuKPftOsWMEwlh0xuzzyGVr4OmBw9hp6exeOCDpKiFaBWmI/s2048/20210316_203535.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQxKFIH8nUJSl2rukAy7J-HnyBgaM2-7_hu4Q6tVYpBmAUAUsEhylrcuXxoWnREWjU6hQ43R4dTHmKv-Jpee4x0sOYAEhWuKPftOsWMEwlh0xuzzyGVr4OmBw9hp6exeOCDpKiFaBWmI/s320/20210316_203535.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoSC9Po09DWfZzSTRXF5wO1VuHV11i-vWzjDtHFgC3MhQjv4B24ipjeGrgqeksdeF3Ce2I0ahJ8QO8hLvZzTvPuBMKhpN7r_EqzDhjbnReDA4lINduZ7yEjFtxPQw0uP2POHjdnAUDb0/s2048/20210316_203604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoSC9Po09DWfZzSTRXF5wO1VuHV11i-vWzjDtHFgC3MhQjv4B24ipjeGrgqeksdeF3Ce2I0ahJ8QO8hLvZzTvPuBMKhpN7r_EqzDhjbnReDA4lINduZ7yEjFtxPQw0uP2POHjdnAUDb0/s320/20210316_203604.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEY1CVGNKQRbbClLR3CbPjWpUuGGCtETpCLPewagGH7fXimQ2sIxath738XD_oMDmUtN5jtQbG3qJR5jEKTwZm-z_CiT8TQtNcIlWYQBJqPJuy1bmlai-IlILOEk8I3G259g8rRTbg9TU/s2048/20210317_072419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1924" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEY1CVGNKQRbbClLR3CbPjWpUuGGCtETpCLPewagGH7fXimQ2sIxath738XD_oMDmUtN5jtQbG3qJR5jEKTwZm-z_CiT8TQtNcIlWYQBJqPJuy1bmlai-IlILOEk8I3G259g8rRTbg9TU/s320/20210317_072419.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Yesterday was good during the day, too, with sunny tree trunks hosting Kidney-spot Ladybird and the same Salix (only one's really in flower, accessibly anyway) hosted <i>Melangyna quadrimaculata</i>.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHql7qlU9kboG3SuyZEHNIifOX-9FSgdBZts6ZtXPri7_X1O62DlrwIfuGm44PXOq4AwwO3IBpJ1sXmfqvpgry8HNvVCY4qGxk5WeWyFAVtzPxIA_r7uAnBSU1M5JSrVCNhY-xP6yskco/s1443/20210316_135805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1443" data-original-width="1396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHql7qlU9kboG3SuyZEHNIifOX-9FSgdBZts6ZtXPri7_X1O62DlrwIfuGm44PXOq4AwwO3IBpJ1sXmfqvpgry8HNvVCY4qGxk5WeWyFAVtzPxIA_r7uAnBSU1M5JSrVCNhY-xP6yskco/s320/20210316_135805.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kidney-spot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6SY3LCGSMz2Mkzqcbo8r_xMnNs4xZiQYDyDx6RxzdaUOf6l951h5NBcSBFR113RnYk2887_oLlglCS1Clrkd-1djbMlHujaQNGaVfBfTwP12ovPmc9okBs_oPqwfrvtYPacSW9W7TlM/s2048/20210316_145738.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6SY3LCGSMz2Mkzqcbo8r_xMnNs4xZiQYDyDx6RxzdaUOf6l951h5NBcSBFR113RnYk2887_oLlglCS1Clrkd-1djbMlHujaQNGaVfBfTwP12ovPmc9okBs_oPqwfrvtYPacSW9W7TlM/s320/20210316_145738.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>M.quadrimaculata</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div>Yearlist stands at 240 species of inverts now. The full list is on the yearlist tab - <a href="http://cataloguingcullaloe.blogspot.com/p/new-in-2019.html">here</a></div><div><br /><p><br /></p></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-14776741671821360812021-03-11T10:53:00.004+00:002021-03-11T14:33:05.062+00:00Latest category counts<p>On the realisation of 300 dipteran species, it's a good time to post the latest breakdown by category. In addition to a 300 landmark for flies this record also makes the number of additions this year (77) equal to the whole of that for 2020.</p>
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<tr><td>alga</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Protist other</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>slime mould</td><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><td>lichen</td><td>64</td></tr>
<tr><td>fungus</td><td>313</td></tr>
<tr><td>liverwort</td><td>16</td></tr>
<tr><td>moss</td><td>83</td></tr>
<tr><td>flowering plant</td><td>307</td></tr>
<tr><td>conifer</td><td>2</td></tr>
<tr><td>fern</td><td>11</td></tr>
<tr><td>cnidarian</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>mollusc</td><td>31</td></tr>
<tr><td>bryozoan</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>annelid</td><td>7</td></tr>
<tr><td>flatworm</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>harvestman</td><td>11</td></tr>
<tr><td>pseudoscorpion</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>spider</td><td>86</td></tr>
<tr><td>gall mite</td><td>7</td></tr>
<tr><td>tick</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>millipede</td><td>13</td></tr>
<tr><td>centipede</td><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><td>crustacean</td><td>7</td></tr>
<tr><td>collembola</td><td>13</td></tr>
<tr><td>bristletail</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>odonata</td><td>7</td></tr>
<tr><td>dermaptera</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>orthoptera</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>hemiptera</td><td>81</td></tr>
<tr><td>coleoptera</td><td>185</td></tr>
<tr><td>diptera</td><td>300</td></tr>
<tr><td>lep-moth</td><td>384</td></tr>
<tr><td>lep-butterfly</td><td>18</td></tr>
<tr><td>hymenoptera</td><td>61</td></tr>
<tr><td>insect-other</td><td>36</td></tr>
<tr><td>tunicate</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>echinoderm</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>invert-other</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>fish</td><td>5</td></tr>
<tr><td>reptile</td><td>1</td></tr>
<tr><td>amphibian</td><td>3</td></tr>
<tr><td>bird</td><td>141</td></tr>
<tr><td>mammal</td><td>16</td></tr>
<tr><td> </td><td>2225</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-71175225902278653412021-03-11T09:08:00.002+00:002021-03-11T09:25:37.934+00:00Retro fly addition makes 300<p>While searching for something completely unrelated I found a reference to two recordings of Campichoeta obscuripennis in the 2018 Dipterists Digest. I was sure I had recorded it, too, but it wasn't on my reserve species list. So it was recorded in 2017, 2018 and 2020. When I say "recorded", I see no actual record in the public sphere of the first two. Such is the battle of fly recording.</p><p>Here's a pic of the one I had in 2020</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZF3Lbt1QfKfdWr0sNAMCff74tIsLozrOPr3Zb1S8eKGbSnq34GFF5tKcVWOoW33A4C1oEdEMEUX5gPdWLtRz1ntktAe21oO_gqQoT9xylYLE48-r8ZZTmGrxE2_CgtNhEla5h1MW1GcA/s1024/Campichoeta-obscuripennis+-CUL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZF3Lbt1QfKfdWr0sNAMCff74tIsLozrOPr3Zb1S8eKGbSnq34GFF5tKcVWOoW33A4C1oEdEMEUX5gPdWLtRz1ntktAe21oO_gqQoT9xylYLE48-r8ZZTmGrxE2_CgtNhEla5h1MW1GcA/s320/Campichoeta-obscuripennis+-CUL.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That brings the Cullaloe total for Diptera to a semi-respectable 300 species. Since this is already old and overlooked, the recent anthomyiid <i>Lasiomma seminitidum </i>would have been species 300.<div><p>Dipterists Digest link:</p><p><a href="https://www.dipterists.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/Dipterists%20Digest%202018%20volume%2025%20part%202.pdf">https://www.dipterists.org.uk/sites/default/files/pdf/Dipterists%20Digest%202018%20volume%2025%20part%202.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-69551835431197746292021-03-10T09:46:00.004+00:002021-03-10T15:48:10.662+00:00What stinks and sounds like a bell?<p>Dung!</p><p>An attempt to prod around some sheep poo yesterday turned up numbers of <i>Aphodius sphacelatus</i>, one of which was retrieved from a bucket of water before the rest emerged from gathered poo. Only other thing I had was a small staph, as yet undetermined. And this <i>Tachyporus</i>, which I shamefully forgot because I potted it in the field.</p><p>2021 Beetle #82 - <i>Aphodius sphacelatus</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBV0m-IfTvVlp6BU-dhcnKsD5YNzorfr_lnqT88tH-cUhUMbra4Uj_FAZJdQtMueCHIm_zKsJodlI4AEJFkRCIdKw7ScfdSaJKH-Shdejc_VLl_p_BBZh7TyEnoK4OU7sDGswBcNCUZc/s2048/20210309_201709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1742" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqBV0m-IfTvVlp6BU-dhcnKsD5YNzorfr_lnqT88tH-cUhUMbra4Uj_FAZJdQtMueCHIm_zKsJodlI4AEJFkRCIdKw7ScfdSaJKH-Shdejc_VLl_p_BBZh7TyEnoK4OU7sDGswBcNCUZc/s320/20210309_201709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>2021 Beetle #83 - <i>Tachyporus nitidulus</i></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfjIk-o5cg6fmaoZ00-IbeIV9FfmOGVRbc22Azj6bDMtENGiOAUtiapkjFcP8gn89i_RJuLiEork-kiXMA-S4KB7ZRy6fTsdTZvHBSjt4mBl376kV7E6CTyrP_EQHSYcPcLpAiZnI2Xs/s2048/20210309_201303.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2019" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUfjIk-o5cg6fmaoZ00-IbeIV9FfmOGVRbc22Azj6bDMtENGiOAUtiapkjFcP8gn89i_RJuLiEork-kiXMA-S4KB7ZRy6fTsdTZvHBSjt4mBl376kV7E6CTyrP_EQHSYcPcLpAiZnI2Xs/s320/20210309_201303.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">male, gendetted</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-20126936608871250952021-03-09T09:44:00.000+00:002021-03-09T09:44:57.522+00:00Unexpected new mollusc - Cornu aspersum<p>This morning, while on a brief trip to pick up something that was left for me, I turned a rock and photographed the routine <i>Cornu aspersum</i>, that I expected to find along the walls of the reserve.</p><p>The surprise element of this is that when I came to copy the species line from the "complete list" tab of my spreadsheet to the "2021 list" tab it turned out it didn't exist! So <i>Cornu aspersum </i>is a new mollusc, the second new snail of the year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWTg1DYdqkiVZDAL3tkh848GFNsXU6dDp_AjKZ2YHduowJ1ObYC0qYxyGUv6Q9SH6hV0WPPxrj1hlVNyB3aBlYq0jZYxDugJN9Yl3cpSGVl7R8nihIuJv_x-6WknJgtqwKPz-k1nyeEM/s2048/20210309_090148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2028" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWTg1DYdqkiVZDAL3tkh848GFNsXU6dDp_AjKZ2YHduowJ1ObYC0qYxyGUv6Q9SH6hV0WPPxrj1hlVNyB3aBlYq0jZYxDugJN9Yl3cpSGVl7R8nihIuJv_x-6WknJgtqwKPz-k1nyeEM/s320/20210309_090148.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Since I'm in mollusc world, here's another recent 2021 addition, and one of my favourite land molluscs - Hedgehog Slug.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdGgah9Guxs5UwqO0WwHPhbBgnHhmifTTrqLBl47rcEao-o8bfWLneOzd7hyphenhyphenG12I9T_k7E4FHDfQAUhR9asE1TEXtpoNhdlLdq8nDVn2BiPvFQkPzer1bgfcrpTeeCzfM0bzdkL1SRTE/s1728/20210305_150255.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1528" data-original-width="1728" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtdGgah9Guxs5UwqO0WwHPhbBgnHhmifTTrqLBl47rcEao-o8bfWLneOzd7hyphenhyphenG12I9T_k7E4FHDfQAUhR9asE1TEXtpoNhdlLdq8nDVn2BiPvFQkPzer1bgfcrpTeeCzfM0bzdkL1SRTE/s320/20210305_150255.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-20205559470169526992021-03-08T17:56:00.002+00:002021-03-08T17:56:30.177+00:00Beetle #81<p>Another win for the grass pile. New to me and the reserve. With the reserve total on 185 we're slowly creeping towards a not-horrible 200. The aim, though is to be about 100 north of that by end of play. 48 of the existing tally is already <i>Staphylinidae</i>.</p><p>2021 Beetle #81 - <i>Hygrohypnus angustatus</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LYzkfDdN8V7wa3-s06x-GYrhrbPf_M93qp86SqQMbipWKHhHqVlbSOnoPA-YvqpHF7QrALXMB-jDZ4-p8JFrMkksj83TbM8FECHpGHNcSZ4gYnXNYpq_lD6eHYNL34EnYD5JRzmjZ7E/s2656/20210307_091152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1184" data-original-width="2656" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LYzkfDdN8V7wa3-s06x-GYrhrbPf_M93qp86SqQMbipWKHhHqVlbSOnoPA-YvqpHF7QrALXMB-jDZ4-p8JFrMkksj83TbM8FECHpGHNcSZ4gYnXNYpq_lD6eHYNL34EnYD5JRzmjZ7E/s320/20210307_091152.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-43580084372099227912021-03-06T20:52:00.006+00:002021-03-06T20:52:54.322+00:0080 beetles and Lithocharis nigriceps new to me/reserve/county<p>2021 Beetle #79 - <i>Pterostichus madidus</i></p><p>not photographed because I thought I surely must have already recorded it!</p><p>2021 Beetle #80 - <i>Lithocharis nigriceps</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSe5olQwE9-Fo3G4VtUOMiyzRCYUboYUqvYzyflI2b3iPSA7wpgRNiOzFX4EBZq11Y4LlxZNYBzps7cOKVfD0o8mZz6AvFdXX201GnZkKwFDiWk4cJxVi4u8JuK551CI-lbr9PZqu2rkg/s2048/Lithocharis-nigriceps-CUL-20210306_184513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1508" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSe5olQwE9-Fo3G4VtUOMiyzRCYUboYUqvYzyflI2b3iPSA7wpgRNiOzFX4EBZq11Y4LlxZNYBzps7cOKVfD0o8mZz6AvFdXX201GnZkKwFDiWk4cJxVi4u8JuK551CI-lbr9PZqu2rkg/s320/Lithocharis-nigriceps-CUL-20210306_184513.jpg" /></a></div><br />As per the species account in the book - - in a (<i>the</i>) pile of grass cuttings<p></p><p><i><br /></i></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-34709615247496034472021-03-04T16:28:00.004+00:002021-03-04T16:28:51.757+00:00Another day, another beetle (oh, and a wasp)<p>First the wasp. Again, from the magical tussocks came this lovely female brachypterous wasp, which was kindly identified on the Icheumonidae facebook page as <i>Aptesis nigrocincta</i>. 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.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4LcNC0xCqk_f1vp1w5QwNnnWT7jPKVUh0cDcItEWwdrSvLLX2Oj9sCbuMXtkSb664joVkSWqzbPkfGfSgnIPdc0_0qhr2Eu5LcuARcP6dbJT_fd7zviYeiqK1eftH7C4-O5bN_YOmYQ/s2048/20210303_231858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1637" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4LcNC0xCqk_f1vp1w5QwNnnWT7jPKVUh0cDcItEWwdrSvLLX2Oj9sCbuMXtkSb664joVkSWqzbPkfGfSgnIPdc0_0qhr2Eu5LcuARcP6dbJT_fd7zviYeiqK1eftH7C4-O5bN_YOmYQ/s320/20210303_231858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>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 <i>Pterostichus</i>). The <i>Leistus </i>is beetle species #184. Pretty pleased with that, since we started the year with only 150.</p><p>2021 Beetle #78 - <i>Leistus fulvibarbis</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKZnLVi4jJvegBtddI7qA6eMEvjeBzFy6o1ZM1-7c5j_RY4U1wYRIUHW9uEb4XufgVAtQd6gC70XkjRHyCpXOs118kt3W7iaYwORGtRRjMNK8nFh-KNOcY4wjObqExpGbh0sAbNcK-AQ/s2048/20210304_160631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1408" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmKZnLVi4jJvegBtddI7qA6eMEvjeBzFy6o1ZM1-7c5j_RY4U1wYRIUHW9uEb4XufgVAtQd6gC70XkjRHyCpXOs118kt3W7iaYwORGtRRjMNK8nFh-KNOcY4wjObqExpGbh0sAbNcK-AQ/s320/20210304_160631.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><div><br /></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-36257927035040971322021-03-04T09:17:00.001+00:002021-03-04T09:40:35.849+00:00Beetle additions - 76 & 77<p>Still from the 2nd, a <i>Catops </i>from fish-baited pitfall trap and another staph from the Land O' Tussocks. The <i>Philonthus </i>is known from here according to my field guide marginal notes, but wasn't actually on the list. There were no <i>Catops </i>on the list, despite discovering a new species of fungus for Scotland on an unidentified one a couple of years back!</p><p>2021 Beetle #76 - <i>Catops tristis </i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9Kxqa9d5bxauyAvhAC8EipXy5zgWfm8V2jBRhkywCUHE6dEbXbxn1DhMVr6JqVZi_a-dUmzLoU29ol1Wd0Hy6IANQj4sdAwK48Es2LbUmA9-GFbpHzkPYRNn0ROrh3hyphenhyphenzn8QwcVVbvE/s1961/20210302_215103.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1961" data-original-width="1942" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9Kxqa9d5bxauyAvhAC8EipXy5zgWfm8V2jBRhkywCUHE6dEbXbxn1DhMVr6JqVZi_a-dUmzLoU29ol1Wd0Hy6IANQj4sdAwK48Es2LbUmA9-GFbpHzkPYRNn0ROrh3hyphenhyphenzn8QwcVVbvE/s320/20210302_215103.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>2021 Beetle #77 - <i>Philonthus laminatus</i></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5f4YTkJ0zajOJRgLxqbgDFGvLeUgvZlDHaNjnNK4dRrA_IGYGYAAMaq_fT164H7R_jvgtXJDSOlSUTe91cNN6tX2UxZTpVPwB35BspY39pKWVuK-VQgYCcvQGV93cIRVSpRwNwMMQhgk/s2048/20210303_211654.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1169" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5f4YTkJ0zajOJRgLxqbgDFGvLeUgvZlDHaNjnNK4dRrA_IGYGYAAMaq_fT164H7R_jvgtXJDSOlSUTe91cNN6tX2UxZTpVPwB35BspY39pKWVuK-VQgYCcvQGV93cIRVSpRwNwMMQhgk/s320/20210303_211654.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big and shiny</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i><p></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-48752276446464857812021-03-02T20:38:00.007+00:002021-03-02T20:41:40.892+00:00The Overwhelming<p>As spring has sprung the Time of Overwhelming draws ever nearer, and there's no doubt I'm flirting dangerously with it. This morning I spent a happy lunchbreak at Land O' Tussocks, which was once known as "The Orchid Meadow" and is now a sea of <i>Deschampsia </i>and <i>Juncus </i>tussocks, intermittently mown by the occasional presence of a couple of sheep. It has a cracking damp/wet spot in the middle which is bordered by Water Avens and it holds Marsh Thistle, Marsh Willowherb, Big Yellow Trefoil (yeah, I'm <i>sure </i>that's what it's called...) and other such wet-bit plants. Also, in its season, shedloads of Tormentil and nice late season Scabious - if the sheep haven't eaten it. For a very fairly tedious-looking rectangle of grassland there's a lot going on.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzjdBsuXBnbGGRMC_n5SkbrP2dDKAXKtkHF5FRoKEXwfdaiVcyyLk58C6aFw-wrUNVjhMMGo1DVd8qV9LYeOPAw602uaBgedpf0Cdm6VNnHJPM7xc7sCK4g9uo77R2kRFYIlZUvQg_V4/s2048/20210302_134427.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjzjdBsuXBnbGGRMC_n5SkbrP2dDKAXKtkHF5FRoKEXwfdaiVcyyLk58C6aFw-wrUNVjhMMGo1DVd8qV9LYeOPAw602uaBgedpf0Cdm6VNnHJPM7xc7sCK4g9uo77R2kRFYIlZUvQg_V4/s320/20210302_134427.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Anyway, I digress. I carved up three of the 1000 tussocks today and had three new-for-year and new-for-reserve species, two of which were new-for-me. Huzzah! And I've only started on the minor collection I made. To be fair, I <i>obviously </i>started on what looked the most easy/juicy. The rest will probably add zilch.<div><br /></div><div>One of the nice things which I think I've only seen tussocking, or maybe I also swept it before, is the little red ladybird .</div><div><br /></div><div>2021 Beetle #73 - <i>Coccidula rufa</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnnPBAWVdq1GPDJeg_p8SIzLZ3BtIGLBQfsO30jD8HRImrkHtztg_JV1_0VzQpoyBL_asc67Xn-yL24x55C5-4Kj-hfkipddX1B00oOz9DPshIP1qA2pIi-dfwJiIo5XcYcmeqRpf0ro/s1725/20210302_144435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1725" data-original-width="1423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZnnPBAWVdq1GPDJeg_p8SIzLZ3BtIGLBQfsO30jD8HRImrkHtztg_JV1_0VzQpoyBL_asc67Xn-yL24x55C5-4Kj-hfkipddX1B00oOz9DPshIP1qA2pIi-dfwJiIo5XcYcmeqRpf0ro/s320/20210302_144435.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>More exciting, and at first I lost my bearings on this, was this little, diggy (under)ground beetle. I regret this pic doesn't show its fossorial forelegs. I had been looking forward to seeing <i>Clivina fossor</i>, and even though I clocked its obvious redness in the field (not as apparent here) I only latterly realised that meant it wasn't <i>C.fossor </i>at all, but in fact, <i>C.collaris</i>.<div><br /></div><div>2021 Beetle #74 - <i>Clivina collaris</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcLpzaDJmTTW4POy2zoaVAHYbcx6li5GATjj6ljqtXOPLGbWO-Q0mUqH3BzBtTzfhbswTTAbDFpw_zltlH_itln6M0LkvqgT-312KZE0OlVW3KfJk2qW58lsPkfmCL8hdNIyCfJDC-V8/s2048/20210302_175957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRcLpzaDJmTTW4POy2zoaVAHYbcx6li5GATjj6ljqtXOPLGbWO-Q0mUqH3BzBtTzfhbswTTAbDFpw_zltlH_itln6M0LkvqgT-312KZE0OlVW3KfJk2qW58lsPkfmCL8hdNIyCfJDC-V8/s320/20210302_175957.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Third new beetle for the day, and 2nd new beetle for me, was an unexpected click beetle - </div><div><br /></div><div>2021 Beetle #75 - <i>Hypnoidus riparius</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuv-VCLwc6tTWRF-LwUGxs9KJLrUDhLdCTTsAIkzB7DVcezyqtoUr_zU5QzOVjj3___XPxV-RW_iWR8evamDS7H7kFJd86EWxzkXRZ9FtUJveDoYrue5973M-_h22_sPfxFRehfcntCg/s2048/20210302_184014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1358" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVuv-VCLwc6tTWRF-LwUGxs9KJLrUDhLdCTTsAIkzB7DVcezyqtoUr_zU5QzOVjj3___XPxV-RW_iWR8evamDS7H7kFJd86EWxzkXRZ9FtUJveDoYrue5973M-_h22_sPfxFRehfcntCg/s320/20210302_184014.jpg" /></a></div><br />The latter was species #201 for the year, with species #200 taken by a long-awaited addition - the 35th fly - <i>Pteremis fenestralis.</i> I think I had this before but I never actually caught one so I never added it to the list.</div><div> </div><div>2021 Fly #35 - Pteremis fenestralis</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf15LO_DEBljczXGzsO73UEY4v_bOuSdMUG9YDyk4KilFFpFHyyXsDoSdS6_Ai-ZcShJVR8qA8AfqsqhYNUtLBfIlqIIUoyBdjx_60Ua0_uMqmvGO1df9_J1zNkoPAUYhzYWPbebIL8w/s2048/20210302_180213.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTf15LO_DEBljczXGzsO73UEY4v_bOuSdMUG9YDyk4KilFFpFHyyXsDoSdS6_Ai-ZcShJVR8qA8AfqsqhYNUtLBfIlqIIUoyBdjx_60Ua0_uMqmvGO1df9_J1zNkoPAUYhzYWPbebIL8w/s320/20210302_180213.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mooned by a lesser dung fly</td></tr></tbody></table><br />I will not, unless I'm prevented from getting to the reserve tomorrow, get through the remaining species before I collect even more. Which means tomorrow I will start the day with material in hand. AND I saw the first peeping flowers of Willow breaking out today. I have one baited bottle trap and two baited pitfalls. <div><br /></div><div>It's about to get real.</div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-47414543491538585492021-03-01T12:08:00.005+00:002021-03-01T12:20:28.060+00:00Spring<p> Made the best use of an appointment at the recycle centre to make a small detour to Cullaloe. A good sunny morning is a fine time to observe flies on all the south-facing wood the entrance has to offer.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh54XzhtiuTLObNorG3dvBDOUhBTIjslgRsz5D-dfI5oY6lbyfF4yfVyPtudpFr38LVIpBFyaTqm-KzaoIQd738ZDG3Mv19M0_jTqKJhayME029VHZmxc34P3nlGDR1rkcRRXoaAh6rUg/s2048/20210301_113029.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh54XzhtiuTLObNorG3dvBDOUhBTIjslgRsz5D-dfI5oY6lbyfF4yfVyPtudpFr38LVIpBFyaTqm-KzaoIQd738ZDG3Mv19M0_jTqKJhayME029VHZmxc34P3nlGDR1rkcRRXoaAh6rUg/s320/20210301_113029.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Long wooden fence - a big draw when in full sun</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcv4R3YYFcb51A9RdXyKjzNPZWcUyBDc6gRq4eQ8QApwEh22Q-hyTb4pjy_vnTha6x36IqT3Vjryn7HiDzruLFSFnDR_eiO_rh7k996ZccexFFdSJ9QEJEOFaEfXwIhO6wsUWDK8ui6vA/s2048/20210301_113543.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcv4R3YYFcb51A9RdXyKjzNPZWcUyBDc6gRq4eQ8QApwEh22Q-hyTb4pjy_vnTha6x36IqT3Vjryn7HiDzruLFSFnDR_eiO_rh7k996ZccexFFdSJ9QEJEOFaEfXwIhO6wsUWDK8ui6vA/s320/20210301_113543.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sinkhole protector (?). Also good</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwNQOPhz_s__DmAMINN0zXZGlCIM54TowlSNFMF85LscZLBw6kIFLgn9jcFHMnEVHG3PJA0coTFyPsj1Dd6oOZlOxm5nJ3wiifhgrE-7Nrdpx75NH8AMoqA7SLpprhvBhCd9yAD196mY/s2048/20210301_113711.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwNQOPhz_s__DmAMINN0zXZGlCIM54TowlSNFMF85LscZLBw6kIFLgn9jcFHMnEVHG3PJA0coTFyPsj1Dd6oOZlOxm5nJ3wiifhgrE-7Nrdpx75NH8AMoqA7SLpprhvBhCd9yAD196mY/s320/20210301_113711.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even a small signboard.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Wood warms up nicely and makes a fine place for basking in sunshine. Soon these surfaces will be covered with Salix-loving anthomyiids, but for the time being it looks like it's all <i>Muscidae </i>and <i>Calliphoridae</i>. <i>Pollenia</i>s were out in force and at least one <i>Lucilia</i>. There may or may not be an anthomyiid. I'll have to wait and see what else there is. It took me ten minutes to make a small collection but there is new stuff there no doubt, and all brachyceran. (<i>Brachycera</i> is the Latin for "proper fly").<div><br /></div><div>I also re-jigged a baited pitfall trap, moving the bait to above the trap wrapped in an old sock. This has shown promise for allowing smell out while stopping insects getting gunky. Luckily, for some reason (!), I happen to have a large box of PPE gloves. Hopefully some chancer mammal won't pinch the bait, as happened in another trap (rotting fish for mammal poo - is that a fair swap? at least I didn't kill the mammal)</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdfoW3ctobwpxk202W2YW7poIZPqGBz1qYh0ihETTlMy9qz3jGJ8JrEl0JVpDxxFfeUPS85tmHFjhyEwu0-zz6UXf4gV24inZB39sBWp6OKc9i8ODijx9KTChMGBqIg9CiBZCn03T0Pg/s2048/20210301_114305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghdfoW3ctobwpxk202W2YW7poIZPqGBz1qYh0ihETTlMy9qz3jGJ8JrEl0JVpDxxFfeUPS85tmHFjhyEwu0-zz6UXf4gV24inZB39sBWp6OKc9i8ODijx9KTChMGBqIg9CiBZCn03T0Pg/s320/20210301_114305.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQw5TQcyx5Xzw2OVZglfKp-QKeRheUhPjY9rgqzUD6BXRRTE9HlFt_h7PgWSN78layxzHUIAKBpGRpWnurOy6ZlfvzNDIZM0nUXtW-l7mQslSckxMZKh8vzt9VXKPmE3O_4emGebFmQU/s2048/20210301_114333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqQw5TQcyx5Xzw2OVZglfKp-QKeRheUhPjY9rgqzUD6BXRRTE9HlFt_h7PgWSN78layxzHUIAKBpGRpWnurOy6ZlfvzNDIZM0nUXtW-l7mQslSckxMZKh8vzt9VXKPmE3O_4emGebFmQU/s320/20210301_114333.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><p><br /></p></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-57153075720527520752021-03-01T10:56:00.002+00:002021-03-01T11:03:28.550+00:00Bottle trapping<p>So the first bottle trap experiment failed due to hard weather, but finally last week I was able to get a robust trap with fish bait going. Last night I emptied said trap and it had a predictable set of inmates. I should have a photo of the trap but when I set it I'd forgotten my phone/camera. Doh! I swapped out the "capture chamber" so I can photo it again anyway.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7DUrAnBvb1GhmhyW6NZRM7ekrMhlbp2fQNNN94wTL2ZTlGLm2L8aLZPnVEHANTsaStZhm19A_ab5M5FX1PV8mJuEQsuPDQN6z60_U8Ow3A5KmBeJhkhooVIMLXmAWaK8YxtvVme4sfw/s2048/20210228_193349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7DUrAnBvb1GhmhyW6NZRM7ekrMhlbp2fQNNN94wTL2ZTlGLm2L8aLZPnVEHANTsaStZhm19A_ab5M5FX1PV8mJuEQsuPDQN6z60_U8Ow3A5KmBeJhkhooVIMLXmAWaK8YxtvVme4sfw/s320/20210228_193349.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Most obvious in the trap was <i>Calliphora vicina</i>, finally. This may have appeared earlier had I set the trap nearer to the cottages end of the reserve, but it's an inevitable species both in bait traps and on sunny surfaces. Then there was one (only one?!) <i>Dryomyza</i>. Usualy they show up early in numbers, but the trap wasn't out that long and not in its usual place. A couple of <i>Heleomyzidae </i>were <i>Tephrochlaena oraria </i>and <i>Heteromyza commixta</i>. The rest of group was made up of a small collection of <i>Drosophila subobscura</i>. All common species on the reserve, but nice to get the dipteran ball rolling a bit. Surprisingly absent was <i>Sylvicola cintus</i>, which I had in 10s if not 100s last year, but maybe that's specific to location. The trap was previously over a wet seepage in a different part of the reserve. Maybe a second trap's required.</p><p>This week will hopefully see me swishing a kite net at Willows and the game will be seriously on. As usual, I expect my capabilities will be over-run over the space of about 48 hours. Current dipteran tally - 32 species.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyIOrqojhez4cwflUZlFgA7p4YI6l0a_MrdEXqDWVUfTsvY4v4u1K6vstZ1F_dhO07_LRYkID8RGD78C4Aloqn8wRWWG5JW7wHWa2Rtp06-jnRujKL1WLKbS4z5_j-FRur2wCdwWcNq8/s2048/20210228_193032.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1425" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyIOrqojhez4cwflUZlFgA7p4YI6l0a_MrdEXqDWVUfTsvY4v4u1K6vstZ1F_dhO07_LRYkID8RGD78C4Aloqn8wRWWG5JW7wHWa2Rtp06-jnRujKL1WLKbS4z5_j-FRur2wCdwWcNq8/s320/20210228_193032.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Calliphora vicina</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TanVqB3szc5-A1-JL9P06b5V1sWf3JBmTI6TIRnVhwW5nF7sKCoK-n_8aCE_kAJjdoWrEnQFMvGvsGw9xoZfJQ_V2peMmsw5JTeufk846h41szjI0G_L5qQAhK-UBnrKV9duYknadbs/s2048/Heteromyza-commixta-CUL-20210228_200159.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0TanVqB3szc5-A1-JL9P06b5V1sWf3JBmTI6TIRnVhwW5nF7sKCoK-n_8aCE_kAJjdoWrEnQFMvGvsGw9xoZfJQ_V2peMmsw5JTeufk846h41szjI0G_L5qQAhK-UBnrKV9duYknadbs/s320/Heteromyza-commixta-CUL-20210228_200159.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Heteromyza commixta</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFtFbRg24feuGIV8lu0UVm8xmRyb-GzCzKBWWKYwwXOcdAXQcf8dDszhoWd4iXRTCmLDoiAffYCDWyEioflvkx8UZUdllzCsAuULeJdP9izqU2tElpr3aItvaFWUrmB73WsvUSK8LKbg/s2048/20210228_195846.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1947" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvFtFbRg24feuGIV8lu0UVm8xmRyb-GzCzKBWWKYwwXOcdAXQcf8dDszhoWd4iXRTCmLDoiAffYCDWyEioflvkx8UZUdllzCsAuULeJdP9izqU2tElpr3aItvaFWUrmB73WsvUSK8LKbg/s320/20210228_195846.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dryomyza flaveola</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNyg-LmV9BUQYEL0lwPNVGg8dBWXJocHkG3YmpXym21lOK9pnPgn_ATwDRUo42GRNRX9HOKakj1ts7zRcF-Xf9uFd4hea6BuS0WcpxmFz7LiX0E6mijre3-6Vg5UGEDWuVtfjwlwRBxA/s2048/20210228_221904.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1681" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNyg-LmV9BUQYEL0lwPNVGg8dBWXJocHkG3YmpXym21lOK9pnPgn_ATwDRUo42GRNRX9HOKakj1ts7zRcF-Xf9uFd4hea6BuS0WcpxmFz7LiX0E6mijre3-6Vg5UGEDWuVtfjwlwRBxA/s320/20210228_221904.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Drosophila subobscura</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-19875981073017870652021-02-28T17:31:00.006+00:002021-02-28T22:23:16.463+00:00End of February - 194 invertebrates (195, but really, that's it... honest)<p> Amazingly, there are more beetles every day it seems. </p><p>2021 beetle #69 - <i>Helophorus aequalis</i>, pond-dipped filter beds</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Krj6uWXFpLMN4E6VHtURv2XtOAFS6V4IiFmVzpNfH5osVnHIw72oZZKbaMRHR3LvVOAKKjr2VTYWqMQiS3Pu0gJrkd7fSDTR4KqMDi3he5jhsWh32IrLSpFGdDQMd53-SM8TTZZgrUs/s2048/20210226_194751.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Krj6uWXFpLMN4E6VHtURv2XtOAFS6V4IiFmVzpNfH5osVnHIw72oZZKbaMRHR3LvVOAKKjr2VTYWqMQiS3Pu0gJrkd7fSDTR4KqMDi3he5jhsWh32IrLSpFGdDQMd53-SM8TTZZgrUs/s320/20210226_194751.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>2021 Beetle #70 - <i>Bolitobius castaneus</i>, <i>Deschampsia </i>tussock in orchid meadow/sheep enclosure/<i>Deschampsia</i> jungle.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplOYu0tQfquIXO0_CAT6WE2k6i3tJi6XT66IAr1HBucE1bRULRUAwwqwuEv6xfdv36vym09CYVkTNR9dZiCG6bEAmigQRL6eaA81aaMosiLvlREUEnc4hLjZC5OUENKl3I4nxhR2EOv0/s2048/20210227_130353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplOYu0tQfquIXO0_CAT6WE2k6i3tJi6XT66IAr1HBucE1bRULRUAwwqwuEv6xfdv36vym09CYVkTNR9dZiCG6bEAmigQRL6eaA81aaMosiLvlREUEnc4hLjZC5OUENKl3I4nxhR2EOv0/s320/20210227_130353.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>2021 Beetle, #71. Orange Ladybird. <i>Deschampsia </i>tussock, no pic</p><p>In 2019, when I tried to record over 1k species on the reserve (final total, October, 1146), I recorded 606 species of invertebrates. End of Feb in 2019 I had 174 invert spp., which wasn't bad at all. This year, end 28th February, I've recorded 194. Somehow I managed to only record 99 species of beetle in the whole of 2019. I suspect the total will be higher this year.</p><p>It must have been a warmer start to the year as I had 13 moth species rather than my current 2 and some were on open Willow catkins. There aren't any open Willow catkins right now (I think). I was running the moth trap very regularly though, leaving it in situ and only re-charging the battery. I also had way more molluscs (20, versus 7) by end of Feb 2019. That's an area that needs addressing, for sure.</p><p>Moth #2 (!) - Dotted Border</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOBwxgRn9PNqcVTMSdPjMtXsyY_n-xhWKeI2Ul0-COhPIfJ4CB1hgX0RNYV4SuoyLjgCG6jb7l9QZBq6HgShvKVti7OIChLqy0EM0Jq5CH0J-grFvpSsjZyPxVOcvV5YbugZfv2hwpnQ/s2048/20210228_075323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOBwxgRn9PNqcVTMSdPjMtXsyY_n-xhWKeI2Ul0-COhPIfJ4CB1hgX0RNYV4SuoyLjgCG6jb7l9QZBq6HgShvKVti7OIChLqy0EM0Jq5CH0J-grFvpSsjZyPxVOcvV5YbugZfv2hwpnQ/s320/20210228_075323.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A late run to pick up a carrion-baited bottle trap picked up another 4 species (5, if you count one that's not identified yet - which turned out to be <i>Drosophila subobscura</i> in a shock return to the study).<div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKhSM9XmluecLcvBxVyGaFtVtKm8lJ3gHRq8_gKMgF3KNI0mVm5WCvF_hVuMjK1rZ6Iq9Fl_3VQfroTp2VDr_ftWpLn1dKnKwkKdMeZvlVPVB_b71B9Fj-LEJ0NMTC3vjpkI_0Delwoo/s2048/Heteromyza-commixta-CUL-20210228_200159.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKhSM9XmluecLcvBxVyGaFtVtKm8lJ3gHRq8_gKMgF3KNI0mVm5WCvF_hVuMjK1rZ6Iq9Fl_3VQfroTp2VDr_ftWpLn1dKnKwkKdMeZvlVPVB_b71B9Fj-LEJ0NMTC3vjpkI_0Delwoo/s320/Heteromyza-commixta-CUL-20210228_200159.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Tephrochlaena oraria</i>, a heleomyzid</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-78649871526295867482021-02-26T09:11:00.003+00:002021-02-26T10:18:52.740+00:00Gnashers<p>Managed two visits yesterday - a "routine" visit during the day and an evening session to put out the moth trap (to no avail, it turned out).</p><p>The evening first - an interesting one, despite the dropping temperature, and there was plenty to see on tree trunks. Tree slugs, earwigs and woodlice were more evident, allowing me to round out my standard woodlouse list with <i>Oniscus asellus</i>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEOCeC7E9flTlZMWzlriJ7zJSGhNFAOpL4RdFRTfBCkcgitGANSPO6OJ8Vmtlv03-XGH3Wk3LTRSJqM8rBmMjZDtVFjBWtw5Ndjf-rCKfloryq-2qZGUv_nXktyRsaaf6u9LaQ8xsgsE/s2526/20210225_194354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghEOCeC7E9flTlZMWzlriJ7zJSGhNFAOpL4RdFRTfBCkcgitGANSPO6OJ8Vmtlv03-XGH3Wk3LTRSJqM8rBmMjZDtVFjBWtw5Ndjf-rCKfloryq-2qZGUv_nXktyRsaaf6u9LaQ8xsgsE/s320/20210225_194354.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Also another <i>Dromius quadrimaculatus</i>, the arboreal and nocturnal ground beetle which I always expect to see on a tree trunk somewhere.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4RKpmA_GifT23v_mSUyhWeKalKHT-u2rD5bb2D6a9hzIupVTuCyyGDlrKNyU3UCKbFyVegro2QjeEqGaaNfMm-U0bWNFIIqtm6AuXyIye4crFRa0KpDAb7VbMPKdVLvaWmuPQ3NPjVQ/s1571/20210225_185926.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1571" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga4RKpmA_GifT23v_mSUyhWeKalKHT-u2rD5bb2D6a9hzIupVTuCyyGDlrKNyU3UCKbFyVegro2QjeEqGaaNfMm-U0bWNFIIqtm6AuXyIye4crFRa0KpDAb7VbMPKdVLvaWmuPQ3NPjVQ/s320/20210225_185926.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>The first moth of the year, at last, was this Chestnut low down on a tree trunk</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNilnUTCGnmFDy_R4om0XQjIG0EOVIZEketGoBu3bfhKDyfYBcxrgz7LzhNf3tHN3XlXBSk5S-veMubO-oHB70MsPstGQxs_uIUcv__iZnE6Fgh39IClhtAJ3sGWCdeBphdTePV42-2E/s1906/20210225_190128.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1906" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmNilnUTCGnmFDy_R4om0XQjIG0EOVIZEketGoBu3bfhKDyfYBcxrgz7LzhNf3tHN3XlXBSk5S-veMubO-oHB70MsPstGQxs_uIUcv__iZnE6Fgh39IClhtAJ3sGWCdeBphdTePV42-2E/s320/20210225_190128.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>A routine find on vertical surfaces, especially trees, is the harvestman <i>Oligolophus hanseni</i>. This is a fairly recent addition but I've found it during the early months in various places now.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTCmkeCIqv95Tjk6LGncKcygFdA0tOz0-AEbXhSKtqMmaLgmBeOYC5PghjVfmAfc8iq5b0ij7MXDUMD87Crv3P2ozlYNO_8J5DcSAaL1Rkl0lInlDcb7JQi5sZPesg6RSWQrjFlB8kvA/s2048/20210225_195345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfTCmkeCIqv95Tjk6LGncKcygFdA0tOz0-AEbXhSKtqMmaLgmBeOYC5PghjVfmAfc8iq5b0ij7MXDUMD87Crv3P2ozlYNO_8J5DcSAaL1Rkl0lInlDcb7JQi5sZPesg6RSWQrjFlB8kvA/s320/20210225_195345.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>More of a surprise was this Hawthorn Shieldbug</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjad-IHEtgTLwpQTpcb4VGIcayJLVeertBZmyrjYYst007HSw4_YC15enLV6oza7cqNKF0OTjWuKrOzEKjCGsR49FX_QQTPa8hBcjLt1kdZiaM9d_7hS88Shc8kMfeARjuq6Q-EsRhWyU4/s2048/20210225_194626.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjad-IHEtgTLwpQTpcb4VGIcayJLVeertBZmyrjYYst007HSw4_YC15enLV6oza7cqNKF0OTjWuKrOzEKjCGsR49FX_QQTPa8hBcjLt1kdZiaM9d_7hS88Shc8kMfeARjuq6Q-EsRhWyU4/s320/20210225_194626.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The best for me of yesterday was during the day, though, with this <i>Pachygnathus clercki</i>. This isn't new to the reserve, but it was new for me. Cracking set of gnashers<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYTeR_iYE64NFmatZBuKnpGmJ6IaCrW4hZDZOs9tH_vINbH8OOGATZR0eQg8KWwANb4N6wd7ts39a86oPVXFS9k9ar937NDZeqiQ3bUUMLYIJ4dxWuwJh5MxfYSCWpGLIbBTRHKUAzJg/s2048/Pach-clercki-CUL-20210225_194026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1829" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYTeR_iYE64NFmatZBuKnpGmJ6IaCrW4hZDZOs9tH_vINbH8OOGATZR0eQg8KWwANb4N6wd7ts39a86oPVXFS9k9ar937NDZeqiQ3bUUMLYIJ4dxWuwJh5MxfYSCWpGLIbBTRHKUAzJg/s320/Pach-clercki-CUL-20210225_194026.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa1ZyD7MdRc-TtqvX2_FRoA1ypOmE-w3u21lOgff2XyBmmyDckuOSH0IRepJR6u8Ks_Cz768oh0jrkw42ljdAkq74RZ0oks3OsCqWXCDaGp8iST346ZDs3F64llarRC5hbLKVKNzTfGI/s2048/Pach-clercki-CUL-20210225_200657.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1555" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa1ZyD7MdRc-TtqvX2_FRoA1ypOmE-w3u21lOgff2XyBmmyDckuOSH0IRepJR6u8Ks_Cz768oh0jrkw42ljdAkq74RZ0oks3OsCqWXCDaGp8iST346ZDs3F64llarRC5hbLKVKNzTfGI/s320/Pach-clercki-CUL-20210225_200657.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div>With February coming to a close the invert list is now at 181, with some material still to examine. The spider list now looks like this:<div><br /></div>
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<tr><td>1</td><td>spider</td><td>Agroeca proxima</td><td>A Spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>2</td><td>spider</td><td>Amaurobius fenestralis</td><td>Lace-webbed Spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>3</td><td>spider</td><td>Amaurobius similis</td><td>A laceweb spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>4</td><td>spider</td><td>Bathyphantes approximatus</td><td>A Linyphid spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>5</td><td>spider</td><td>Bathyphantes nigrinus</td><td>A Linyphiid spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>6</td><td>spider</td><td>Centromerita bicolor</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>7</td><td>spider</td><td>Clubiona comta</td><td>A Clubionid spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>8</td><td>spider</td><td>Drapetisca socialis</td><td>A Linyphiid spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>9</td><td>spider</td><td>Drassodes cupreus</td><td>A ground spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>10</td><td>spider</td><td>Gnathonarium dentatum</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>11</td><td>spider</td><td>Helophora insignis</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>12</td><td>spider</td><td>Larinioides cornutus</td><td>An orb weaver</td></tr>
<tr><td>13</td><td>spider</td><td>Macrargus rufus</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>14</td><td>spider</td><td>Metellina mengei</td><td>An Orb Weavng Spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>15</td><td>spider</td><td>Monocephalus fuscipes</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>16</td><td>spider</td><td>Neriene clathrata</td><td>Herb Hammock Spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>17</td><td>spider</td><td>Neriene montana</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>18</td><td>spider</td><td>Neriene peltata</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>19</td><td>spider</td><td>Nuctenea umbratica</td><td>An orb weaver</td></tr>
<tr><td>20</td><td>spider</td><td>Ozyptilus trux</td><td>Crab Spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>21</td><td>spider</td><td>Pachygnatha clercki</td><td>A spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>22</td><td>spider</td><td>Pachygnatha degeeri</td><td>A Long-jawed Orb Weaver</td></tr>
<tr><td>23</td><td>spider</td><td>Tenuiphantes cristatus</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>24</td><td>spider</td><td>Tenuiphantes mengei</td><td>A money spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>25</td><td>spider</td><td>Tibellus maritimus</td><td>A spider</td></tr>
<tr><td>26</td><td>spider</td><td>Xysticus cristatus</td><td>Crab Spider</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-70827972469888379432021-02-23T20:03:00.008+00:002021-02-23T20:32:20.479+00:00Giving me the ich - Scambus elegans<p>On a nocturnal visit to Cullaloe this week I spotted what I thought was a spider dangling from a Willow branch. Slipping the rim of the net under it I scooped it - only to find a female ichneumonid wasp in the net. No spider, though there could have been one which has been saved from a sticky end.</p><p>Early investigations made me head for Pimplinae and - yippee! - I have a key. It has literally taken me all day on and off to unpack the vagaries of wasp key glossary madness (errr, I mean I was working from home). I ended up at <i>Scambus elegans</i>, and, unbelievably, this seems to be correct. There are 4 records on NBN. If it's univoltine and mature in February that's no wonder, though. What kind of idiot's looking for Ichneumons in February?</p><p>This happy idiot :)</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9emL1BH_6h7qGuYfvtzCE8T5X2fKXiObc_fnPbWliQV8LdtCtZBrhfz8ZgSvNZ-W0imHDJgp_HC4NQdpF8zR7vVNGtwCNzzE-hnG5wdXTQjw3EYYLNx62DfRDddi5pEKd-lFLZYpEcU/s2048/Scambus-elegans-CUL-20210222_153050.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9emL1BH_6h7qGuYfvtzCE8T5X2fKXiObc_fnPbWliQV8LdtCtZBrhfz8ZgSvNZ-W0imHDJgp_HC4NQdpF8zR7vVNGtwCNzzE-hnG5wdXTQjw3EYYLNx62DfRDddi5pEKd-lFLZYpEcU/s320/Scambus-elegans-CUL-20210222_153050.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spot the yellow stigmata</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdhfW_QEPfAVfDqphf4No-zEBupoJ8isAnNHSnxOPgJSX9GxeGYbD_28hI2-OZxtVb-iA85C1rkbFPS4HVOtB3UWOaHNN09SOkKTCnQcf47zdQuLq6CJOsKp9tu7tsgf58Aw48QixM_A/s2510/Scambus-elegans-CUL-20210222_190626.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1253" data-original-width="2510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsdhfW_QEPfAVfDqphf4No-zEBupoJ8isAnNHSnxOPgJSX9GxeGYbD_28hI2-OZxtVb-iA85C1rkbFPS4HVOtB3UWOaHNN09SOkKTCnQcf47zdQuLq6CJOsKp9tu7tsgf58Aw48QixM_A/s320/Scambus-elegans-CUL-20210222_190626.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shiny posterior to tergites are typically pimpline</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxZYOLmAq7fTYamv1njvEPQkxtd5Vp0KysmTLp1wxPjwiduM0nYaVogVcwqL18qJcN7qw2SI88aTRdNTrAvl5ZOX0zGSQEF6QdM31itFHnHVWtjWavnD8MYBA9CYtH7McaHMjkhxSnW4/s2048/Scambus-elegans-CUL-20210222_152750.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxZYOLmAq7fTYamv1njvEPQkxtd5Vp0KysmTLp1wxPjwiduM0nYaVogVcwqL18qJcN7qw2SI88aTRdNTrAvl5ZOX0zGSQEF6QdM31itFHnHVWtjWavnD8MYBA9CYtH7McaHMjkhxSnW4/s320/Scambus-elegans-CUL-20210222_152750.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subtle <i>elegans</i>-ness</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Short numbers note: despite spending years looking at Cullaloe and a whole year hammering it for a 1K challenge only two years ago I've seen in the first 7 weeks of 2021: 14 new diptera, 4 new spiders, 23 new beetles, 8 new bugs and a new wasp. This has to be, in part, from ignoring everything that isn't an invertebrate. There must be some sort of lesson there.</p><p>Here's some old wasp</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KgjMzYP20Qg" width="320" youtube-src-id="KgjMzYP20Qg"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-30211903522756889512021-02-22T14:53:00.001+00:002021-02-22T14:53:02.707+00:00Buggin<p>A nocturnal visit (well, 7pm anyway) added a few species to the year list, but also this <i>Nabis ferus </i>to the reserve list as bug #80. Interestingly this is the 2nd species I've added this year which I found in the Cullaloe Hills in February of last year. I can't explain why in all the sweeping of the same area during spring-autumn I've never knowingly seen this one before. However, this is the first year the "flower meadow" hasn't been mown. not sure that will be good for the botanical site monitoring later. Be interesting to see how the area responds to not being mown.</p><p>2021 bug #13, 2021 new bug #8 (!)</p><p>Reserve bug #80</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLLsvUItolXh9nM0PDwBjoacHvDZ6IooXfohEsfB6W42pngKi-haPpHorGpy7McgiH-c-S8BcyY3NnsssYXNQo2jtfCy_T9TD2ZOKHJBoRltG6xzf982PXq4ZscaF1JS6f4h0Yf27cVM/s2048/20210222_121113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1188" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDLLsvUItolXh9nM0PDwBjoacHvDZ6IooXfohEsfB6W42pngKi-haPpHorGpy7McgiH-c-S8BcyY3NnsssYXNQo2jtfCy_T9TD2ZOKHJBoRltG6xzf982PXq4ZscaF1JS6f4h0Yf27cVM/s320/20210222_121113.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-15128478198991987002021-02-22T11:21:00.002+00:002021-02-22T11:21:33.900+00:00More spots<p>A species I always go looking for when the nights get milder. Can almost always find one after head-torching a few tree trunks</p><p>2021 beetle #66, <i>Dromius quadrimaculatus</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6HF5RQO639fNhd8kHSXestMLTTR7DM0yt-Vqiy-Rx6avgML4CBYFWk-CRtDMw6Dwt4v3YpXEgtlrZ6h0HGA4Atd5TRGAglIc7mHnxPRgjlzAXw09Z0V4r-YLQLs9o9EQVC5YzOfJFvI/s2048/20210222_110011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1985" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK6HF5RQO639fNhd8kHSXestMLTTR7DM0yt-Vqiy-Rx6avgML4CBYFWk-CRtDMw6Dwt4v3YpXEgtlrZ6h0HGA4Atd5TRGAglIc7mHnxPRgjlzAXw09Z0V4r-YLQLs9o9EQVC5YzOfJFvI/s320/20210222_110011.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>Already listed, but amazing to see the <i>Triplex aenea </i>out to play on the dead Horse Chestnut and associated fungi</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfZ0KHKGzQYpxVNDwND58yAp3h2ZkTRHTgtFvqI6yBU3D_j0sp1htd5EBj0tegTirV_aSWKgrFnue7jUxxNQkPBIeolDZwXSS_Z5H5TzIhdtu6M2TUyoh9Wylun21FuVK-bHOjfv7oNU/s2048/20210221_193744.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1723" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHfZ0KHKGzQYpxVNDwND58yAp3h2ZkTRHTgtFvqI6yBU3D_j0sp1htd5EBj0tegTirV_aSWKgrFnue7jUxxNQkPBIeolDZwXSS_Z5H5TzIhdtu6M2TUyoh9Wylun21FuVK-bHOjfv7oNU/s320/20210221_193744.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No apparent damage - spore feeders?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnqCVK94KdXgsGy-LLABDnLKwm989_b42e67nL2lGqXy9ii7AJ-IMqlfjWhzy_RxQLIvpzD12ocqXbfQZYy5ZHR0h2HxqhAUu9n_g-5SzlNF6oLkm2N4S5bafsHz8XeHrhB5TWcrqZUU/s2048/20210221_193906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBnqCVK94KdXgsGy-LLABDnLKwm989_b42e67nL2lGqXy9ii7AJ-IMqlfjWhzy_RxQLIvpzD12ocqXbfQZYy5ZHR0h2HxqhAUu9n_g-5SzlNF6oLkm2N4S5bafsHz8XeHrhB5TWcrqZUU/s320/20210221_193906.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick tap over the sweep net</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-31224830980000665642021-02-20T14:49:00.007+00:002021-02-20T14:51:50.463+00:00Spotty Stenus<p><i>Stenus bimaculatus</i> is a beetle I found in the Cullaloe Hills last February, but it was nice to see it show up on the reserve as the 65th beetle species of the year. It's the 11th species of <i>Stenus </i>for the reserve and the 6th this year. I knew it was going to be new because none of the other 10 species are spotty.</p><p>It was in the eternally-giving grass pile near the car park. If I had only skimmed the top layer of that pile today, now that it's warmed up. I could probably have half the species re-recorded! It was tempting to take a video of how much movement there was in the tray.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4wAIJS5i7JdxtGunWbm4gf3lZJy4yc-Y2_PGwn2gsfzGLaCI15nA4Yu7L4DCNd-cLjAiOmErnE1l38N0prpL15H0nbbxPcWtmeQgqwq0hfQWaMZEcMpDAAX2kebI8FHeRWYknuKs7iE/s2048/20210220_111752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL4wAIJS5i7JdxtGunWbm4gf3lZJy4yc-Y2_PGwn2gsfzGLaCI15nA4Yu7L4DCNd-cLjAiOmErnE1l38N0prpL15H0nbbxPcWtmeQgqwq0hfQWaMZEcMpDAAX2kebI8FHeRWYknuKs7iE/s320/20210220_111752.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mega grass pile in all its glory</td></tr></tbody></table><p>2021 beetlle #65 - <i>Stenus bimaculatus</i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TbCAZyPjcM8ezzvXz8JjMjcmMPPZcizKd9RTwnZxSx08gfFU8Z5956Bxz9hNGHrF8iNEglNLythJAd1aL4f287BD4eKpSPFssUd-Wde0uiHQDJBPjonpAje3nIdc8N8MShG_R_X-ecI/s2048/20210220_144309.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3TbCAZyPjcM8ezzvXz8JjMjcmMPPZcizKd9RTwnZxSx08gfFU8Z5956Bxz9hNGHrF8iNEglNLythJAd1aL4f287BD4eKpSPFssUd-Wde0uiHQDJBPjonpAje3nIdc8N8MShG_R_X-ecI/s320/20210220_144309.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-8239275311817369332021-02-19T20:56:00.003+00:002021-02-19T21:03:57.729+00:00Nymph-tastic<p>Easy, tiger. Went pond dipping with the boy at lunchtime and we didn't fare very well in diversity. However, spying a couple of nymphs with three tails had me reaching for a pot, and excitedly hauling the brand new "Pictorial Guide to British Ephemeroptera" from the shelves. I had only just noticed that nymphs were keyed too, so I was hopeful this might just work.</p><p>Unlike many other things that I thought were difficult (and they were) this turned out to be easier than expected. Beginner's luck, no doubt. Gills at the side of the body, streamlined body, antennae relatively long -> <i>Baetidae</i>. Lovely. "Tails" unbanded, centre one shorter -> 5 spp. of <i>Baetis</i>. O.K....</p><p>Couple of species out of range; check the others. <i>Baetis rhodani</i> ... gill 1 and 7 same size - yup, gill edge with spines as well as hairs - yup. Spines separate <i>B.rhodani </i>from all other <i>Baetis</i>. Awesome! And habitat is spot on in stony-bottomed fast moving stream. My first ever mayfly keying, and it's only February. Happy days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sbP_kpb3MijZ09hwA_RQ4BCkbNYfXzFGc8ulBzXZ12tvv_cOYiFofXKMas3TqMzMv1qh1thurpydngV1_YMp1qyz4_n1iEzjAGhyphenhyphenaG5I06v5UJVn27mmzB0HAOmLJ7r4-qbqYpksAAQ/s2048/20210219_202825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-sbP_kpb3MijZ09hwA_RQ4BCkbNYfXzFGc8ulBzXZ12tvv_cOYiFofXKMas3TqMzMv1qh1thurpydngV1_YMp1qyz4_n1iEzjAGhyphenhyphenaG5I06v5UJVn27mmzB0HAOmLJ7r4-qbqYpksAAQ/s320/20210219_202825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjs_be4wa2q55OJAbyLf4P8SnpWTGFJ_B0cNOuD5-Yro0eRbxeQCho9GG-eMmhjAYpE1KdLaxKwGSGePrFRdMyShuyPYAPI1eZ2TmOVmwAVpF8b5uyalu_pNla-hI3Oqt_4UZHcaxPI0/s2048/20210219_203917.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjs_be4wa2q55OJAbyLf4P8SnpWTGFJ_B0cNOuD5-Yro0eRbxeQCho9GG-eMmhjAYpE1KdLaxKwGSGePrFRdMyShuyPYAPI1eZ2TmOVmwAVpF8b5uyalu_pNla-hI3Oqt_4UZHcaxPI0/s320/20210219_203917.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i>Baetis rhodani</i> is the 48th new species for the reserve this year and the 32nd new species for me (from here)<br /><p><br /></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-498981272714592185.post-7250938112303632112021-02-18T20:58:00.005+00:002021-02-18T21:00:31.411+00:00New Fife beetle<p>On a random whim today I headed for leaf litter sieving in the woods. The ground's been a bit warmer and, honestly, I was hoping to pick up a spider or two. Of course when you start throwing leaf litter around anything's possible.</p><p>What I didn't expect, I think reasonably, was a big shiny dollop of histerid beetle to gleam from the gathering humus layer in my tray. I love these things, but I've only ever seen one species. In two places. I've been dreaming and scheming of baited pitfall traps and bottle traps, of sieving poo etc., in the hopes of seeing maybe one or two. I still am, but nt sure what may be around here. There's certainly no shortage of poo and I'm happy to provide carrion. I guess they are so shiny because they want all that, erm, stuff, to slide off them like a shiny wotsit, as the proverb says.</p><p>Anyway, that was a long way for a short cut. This is <i>Margarinotus neglectus</i>, The Lonely Clown (<i>awww</i>). There are no dots in the new <i>Histeridae </i>bookie, so I'm claiming it as new to county. </p><p>2021 beetle #63, <i>Margarinotus neglectus</i>, new to me, new to Cullaloe, new to Fife.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjojqxcHpi_m3yqgVnKF0Ezq3tLBnGLa3ODO9i6-TIxctVJf6_T2UyrVkQwRKvIgMp2rW4rjPhbdD91ZKyCcp2_1BW7-ZlK8eB4UqMdk2vwRMTY6lDF9CGvLl9FYH_kIdJXoLLs4Tub0/s2048/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_151001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1669" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjojqxcHpi_m3yqgVnKF0Ezq3tLBnGLa3ODO9i6-TIxctVJf6_T2UyrVkQwRKvIgMp2rW4rjPhbdD91ZKyCcp2_1BW7-ZlK8eB4UqMdk2vwRMTY6lDF9CGvLl9FYH_kIdJXoLLs4Tub0/s320/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_151001.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gleaming underside. Fabulous.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnfQ-MqOJzRtPdxitgWI0iLWkkPmPHKU1dZoJW8sTloNqg8JmEGg41Zw0klJEkskpPq7QcggmqzcmfUsjqCK6xyfZewVXpu_sGBzgXX9VNNEac5bg3NtKVFPocWDJctDOny-RYJey8WE/s2048/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_151048.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnfQ-MqOJzRtPdxitgWI0iLWkkPmPHKU1dZoJW8sTloNqg8JmEGg41Zw0klJEkskpPq7QcggmqzcmfUsjqCK6xyfZewVXpu_sGBzgXX9VNNEac5bg3NtKVFPocWDJctDOny-RYJey8WE/s320/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_151048.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gleaming upperside, with handy etching</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz2kSP5TNChFs3DlOnDA7AcUKYGzFWxktgp5EwobytllnTRdzClX8pwv5HMP0h0Y0AZDGUGWCutd5fJUejIEcW5vRgCtywqPJ4t7rmE7VUdr9h7de61S2C0ctB9T8jnb04g4_vhwDz-0/s2048/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_152507.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiz2kSP5TNChFs3DlOnDA7AcUKYGzFWxktgp5EwobytllnTRdzClX8pwv5HMP0h0Y0AZDGUGWCutd5fJUejIEcW5vRgCtywqPJ4t7rmE7VUdr9h7de61S2C0ctB9T8jnb04g4_vhwDz-0/s320/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_152507.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Digging and dipteran larvae munching tools</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFqR41x4r9RVmhZzXDk1MERicx2M2Oxa3hY3L0BKncLfDJ9hR-uO14Ji5WY2V3FbQf63D73TuzIoh67pxklIDPadbzW_1zuhxdj-r2PcVpOW6CQcKB-rLK9akWMwnSJvXDmN1BfH5V04/s2048/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_152625.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1838" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFqR41x4r9RVmhZzXDk1MERicx2M2Oxa3hY3L0BKncLfDJ9hR-uO14Ji5WY2V3FbQf63D73TuzIoh67pxklIDPadbzW_1zuhxdj-r2PcVpOW6CQcKB-rLK9akWMwnSJvXDmN1BfH5V04/s320/Margarinotus-neglectus-CUL-20210218_152625.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pygidium-sh bits (the back end)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Another beetle I grabbed from the filter beds the other day, with a minor sense horror, turned out to be <i>Helophorus obscurus</i>, which I actually thought it might be. However, it had the good graces to be male and to allow me to extract the necessary bits to secure the ID.</p><p>2021 beetle #64, <i>Helophorus obscurus</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaY6Py-NJuEXeGmQP9w-2b_XcGdhrPOG2h2JaOjOkSqKSH_nOzESivtu-1tek3P0ab5aau-URhB9UAuWcBTpJrqIbXERfqluwXEPkDc46e4AllK1RoSYoQp3YB_D1YIDaBbwucB74kcw/s2048/20210217_162445.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1925" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtaY6Py-NJuEXeGmQP9w-2b_XcGdhrPOG2h2JaOjOkSqKSH_nOzESivtu-1tek3P0ab5aau-URhB9UAuWcBTpJrqIbXERfqluwXEPkDc46e4AllK1RoSYoQp3YB_D1YIDaBbwucB74kcw/s320/20210217_162445.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p>Alihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12543586983692447920noreply@blogger.com5