Some more squares, some more species. Best of the new ones so far Lesser Swine-cress, the fruit a bit squashed here from having been stored in my mobile phone case! Stinky old thing.
Monday, November 30, 2020
Anacharis sp. from Dalgety Bay - a cynipid wasp in the Figitidae
Maybe an obscure start to the hymenoptera postings, but part of preparation for a more concerted effort on hymenoptera in 2021. This one was swept from low vegetation in woodland in November.
This is a very small wasp, but by wasp standards not a very, very small wasp!
Very helpful Lucid key to subfamilies of Figitidae:
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Urban Flora Project
Days are getting shorter and colder but a few outings working on the Botanical Society Urban Flora project has turned up almost 180 species of vascular plant (250spp overall including a few bryophytes, lichens and fungi). I've spent about an hour in each 1k square - lunchtimes, which is usually enough to record between 50 and 70 species. It's amazing how many of them are in flower in late November. With a few visits about 300 records seems to be enough to log 100 vascular plants for a town. Haven't even started on Dunfermline yet, though.
Also they seem to include parks and woodlands, which means my Dalgety Bay records will run to about 800 species already if I can figure out how to import them
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