300 lepidoptera!

So the 300th species of Lepidoptera was recorded at Cullaloe on the 29th, and it was this beautiful Streamer (1 of 2 so it could have been the other one)

This is the 282nd species of moth as there are 18 butterflies on the list. Hopefully by the end of the year we'll also have the 300th moth!

Cheilosia nebulosa - a rare hover fly new to Fife at Cullaloe

Cullaloe growth in recording

A summary of growth in recorded species over the years. This year's efforts are ahead of schedule in terms of adding new species but to go over 2k still seems a long way off. Mind you, it's only April and the additions needed are less than have already been added this year!

Class	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2019-tgt
Algae	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Vertebrate - Birds	141	141	141	141	141	141	142
Vertebrate - Other	23	23	24	24	25	25	26
Invertebrate - Lepidoptera	169	198	217	243	286	298	325
Invertebrate - Diptera	70	105	143	153	154	190	250
Invertebrate - Arachnid	56	82	86	86	86	93	95
Invertebrate - Coleoptera	64	72	92	95	96	131	200
Invertebrate - Hemiptera	44	46	53	53	52	60	65
Invertebrate - Other	91	91	105	107	106	132	135
Plants - Vascular	273	282	285	285	302	312	315
Plants - Bryophytes	84	94	94	94	94	99	100
Fungi	79	131	241	253	252	292	300
Slime Moulds	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Lichens	5	36	51	51	51	56	60
Totals	1101	1303	1534	1587	1647	1834	2020
Additions		202	231	53	60	187	186

Stenus flavipes new to Cullaloe

Everyday has new species to add now but it's always satisfying when you can identify a 3mm beetle by dissection. I really like the genus Stenus, but I wasn't ever really happy with ID until I learned how to do the fiddly process of extracting the necessary ID features.

Habitus

Two dark terminal antennomeres

Genitalia