Invertebrate diary
30/03/2015
Nothing in traps except springtails and a couple of Tachypodoiulus niger
29/03/2015
Grass cuttings -
1 Ero sp., imm f. (first of genus on reserve)
1 Clubiona sp. imm. m. (C.reclusa only recorded species on reserve)
1 Pardosa sp. imm. f.
1 Microneta viaria, f. (previously recorded)
1 Tenuiphantes cristatus, m. (new to reserve)
1 Linyphid sp., imm. m.
also: Anthobium unicolor, Tachypodoiulus niger, Nebria brevicollis
Pitfall under 2nd log in woodland re-sited due to seeing no activity
25/03/2015
Filter Beds pitfall -
1 Phorid
Orchid meadow pitfall
1 harvestman
2 spiders
1 beetle larva
Woods pitfall - unchecked
1 large, hairy fly taken from path, assumed hover, but not
24/03/2015 - frosty
Filter Beds pitfall (a.m.) -
2 x Nanogona polydesmoides,
springtails,
4 x spider sp.(1 lyniphid m, 1 f),
1 small hymenopterid
Orchid meadow pitfall (a.m.) - not checked
Woods pitfall (a.m.) - empty
Willow catkins unproductive, some smaller flies basking on south facing trunks
23/03/2015
Filter Beds pitfall (a.m.) - empty
Orchid meadow pitfall (a.m.) - empty
Woods small pitfall (a.m.) - Anthobium unicolor, 1 small rove beetle, 1 globular springtail - damaged
Willow catkins car park (a.m.) - small fly netted
Willow catkins car park (lunch) - Melangyna lasiophthalma. male
(Woods small pitfall decommissioned, larger pot placed under another log)
21/03/2015
Orchid meadow, sweep netting p.m. - Two sheep ticks
Embankment sweep netting p.m. - Plant hopper Stenocranus minutus (2nd for Scotland)
20/03/2015
Released:
Spider Tetragnatha extensa (probably)
Common Flowerbug (Anthocoris nemorum)
Ground beetle Nebria brevicollis (probably)
Large broad-nosed 'weevil:': 5
Small brown beetle: 10 (Micrambe ulicis)
Retained
Large broad-nosed 'weevil:' 3 - same species
Small weevil: 1 - putative Exapion ulicis
Small beetle: 1 - ID abandoned
Small brown beetle: 2 Micrambe ulicis
Spider Metellina mengei adult female from grass cuttings beside the road
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