Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Campsicnemus curvipes (Dolichopodidae)
Swept at both Dalgety Bay, Mossmorran and Cullaloe in recent weeks
Monday, March 16, 2020
Diastata nebulosa from Dalgety Bay
A lovely little fly swept from wet woodland in Ross Plantation, and a new family for me - Diastatidae. New to the county too.
Diastata nebulosa (Fallen)
Diastata nebulosa (Fallen)
Monday, March 9, 2020
Cullaloe LNR weekend flies
Some nice flies at the weekend, even in a small sample
Palloptera scutellata (Rush Flutter Fly) was beaten out of spruce on Saturday - new to me and to the reserve.
On Sunday the chironomid Anatopynia plumipes (Fries) was swept over the spillway.
Also new to the reserve were the muscid Coenosia lacteipennis and the fruit fly Drosophila subobscura
Palloptera scutellata (Rush Flutter Fly) was beaten out of spruce on Saturday - new to me and to the reserve.
On Sunday the chironomid Anatopynia plumipes (Fries) was swept over the spillway.
Also new to the reserve were the muscid Coenosia lacteipennis and the fruit fly Drosophila subobscura
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Cullaloe Hills Rush Disco (Lachnum apalum)
On the base of Juncus effusus, a very common discomycete
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Monday, March 2, 2020
Cullaloe Hills tub trap update
3rd Mar update -
Spelobia clunipes - fish-baited trap (02.iii)
The tub, which has been in place for just over a month, has added one more heleomyzid. The bottle trap, where the bait has dried a bit, has produced nothing more, but the weather has been abysmal - either very cold or very windy with rain & snow.
Shortly I'll reset this with fresh bait, though with new things coming in maybe that's a mistake. I'd like to make some modifications though, with a wire mesh to prevent fouling of specimens (and egg laying).
DIPTERA
Sphaeroceridae
Copromyza nigrina - fish-baited trap
Crumomyia fimetaria - leaf litter and trap
Crumomyia nitida - fish-baited trap
Crumomyia roserii - fish-baited trap
Lotophila atra - leaf litter
Leptocera fontinalis - fish-baited trap (25.ii)
Spelobia clunipes (2.iii)
Heleomyzidae
Neoleria propinqua
Scoliocentra villosa
Suillia variegata (in leaf litter, not in trap)
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Heleomyza captiosa
Calliphoridae
Calliphora vicina
COLEOPTERA
Leiodidae
Catops tristis
Catops grandicollis (17.ii.20)
(n.b. other small Staphs have been encountered occasionally, but beyond my abilities)
Spelobia clunipes - fish-baited trap (02.iii)
The tub, which has been in place for just over a month, has added one more heleomyzid. The bottle trap, where the bait has dried a bit, has produced nothing more, but the weather has been abysmal - either very cold or very windy with rain & snow.
Shortly I'll reset this with fresh bait, though with new things coming in maybe that's a mistake. I'd like to make some modifications though, with a wire mesh to prevent fouling of specimens (and egg laying).
DIPTERA
Sphaeroceridae
Copromyza nigrina - fish-baited trap
Crumomyia fimetaria - leaf litter and trap
Crumomyia nitida - fish-baited trap
Crumomyia roserii - fish-baited trap
Lotophila atra - leaf litter
Leptocera fontinalis - fish-baited trap (25.ii)
Spelobia clunipes (2.iii)
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| C.roserii - yellow tarsi |
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| C.fimetaria |
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| The very spikey Leptocera fontinalis |
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| Spelobia clunpes |
Heleomyzidae
Neoleria propinqua
Scoliocentra villosa
Suillia variegata (in leaf litter, not in trap)
Tephrochlamys rufiventris
Heleomyza captiosa
Calliphoridae
Calliphora vicina
COLEOPTERA
Leiodidae
Catops tristis
Catops grandicollis (17.ii.20)
(n.b. other small Staphs have been encountered occasionally, but beyond my abilities)
Calder Wood, Mid Calder
*Warning* !Not Fife! *Warning*
FGSES outing Sunday March 1st
Diatrype stigma on Crataegus
Diatrypella favacea on Betula
Trametes hirsuta (the grey one)
Rhopographus filicinus (Bracken map)
Mycena tenerrima (Frosted Bonnet), on mossy bark
Bulbillomyces farinosus (Couscous Crust)
Dromius quadrimaculatus (Carabidae)
A tree-living ground beetle that hunts on the trunk at night
Triplax aenea
Euophyryum confine
FGSES outing Sunday March 1st
Diatrype stigma on Crataegus
Diatrypella favacea on Betula
Trametes hirsuta (the grey one)
Rhopographus filicinus (Bracken map)
Mycena tenerrima (Frosted Bonnet), on mossy bark
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| "frosted" |
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| Caulicystidia (stipe) |
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| Cheilocystidia (gill edge) |
Bulbillomyces farinosus (Couscous Crust)
Dromius quadrimaculatus (Carabidae)
A tree-living ground beetle that hunts on the trunk at night
Triplax aenea
Euophyryum confine
Friday, February 28, 2020
Patch Comparison - Cullaloe LNR versus Dalgety Bay
Cullaloe LNR is a nature reserve that has had years of effort and includes records from more recorders, while Dalgety Bay has two years of 1K efforts to boost it. Many species seen in Dalgety Bay won't have been included here. Dalgety Bay also has the advantage of marine species (see molluscs, algae and annelids), while Cullaloe LNR has more open fresh water. Broadly speaking the numbers are similar. Looking forward to nudging Dalgety Bay over the 2k mark in future.
| Category | CUL | DBY |
| alga | 1 | 30 |
| Protist other | 0 | 0 |
| slime mould | 5 | 5 |
| lichen | 64 | 64 |
| fungus | 310 | 250 |
| liverwort | 16 | 14 |
| moss | 83 | 53 |
| flowering plant | 308 | 251 |
| conifer | 2 | 3 |
| fern | 12 | 7 |
| cnidarian | 0 | 8 |
| mollusc | 30 | 41 |
| bryozoan | 0 | 2 |
| annelid | 6 | 14 |
| flatworm | 1 | 1 |
| harvestman | 11 | 12 |
| pseudoscorpion | 1 | 2 |
| spider | 82 | 53 |
| gall mite | 7 | 4 |
| tick | 1 | 1 |
| millipede | 13 | 10 |
| centipede | 5 | 5 |
| crustacean | 5 | 17 |
| collembola | 11 | 18 |
| bristletail | 0 | 1 |
| odonata | 7 | 1 |
| dermaptera | 1 | 1 |
| orthoptera | 1 | 0 |
| hemiptera | 68 | 64 |
| coleoptera | 149 | 109 |
| diptera | 251 | 296 |
| lep-moth | 364 | 222 |
| lep-butterfly | 18 | 13 |
| hymenoptera | 47 | 44 |
| insect-other | 29 | 13 |
| tunicate | 0 | 1 |
| echinoderm | 0 | 3 |
| invert-other | 0 | 4 |
| fish | 6 | 5 |
| reptile | 1 | 0 |
| amphibian | 3 | 2 |
| bird | 141 | 132 |
| mammal | 15 | 6 |
| 2075 | 1782 |
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