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Clophill Lakes NR, Mon 3rd October, 10am.
We have good weather and a good turnout (with one or two Covid caveats) for tomorrow. Possible attendees are...
Andrew Green
Peter Topley
Alan and Pattie
Sheila Brooke
Betty Cooke
Sue Raven
John Pitts
Stephen Plummer
Nick Millar
Colin Le Boutillier
Mike Roberts
Alan tells me this is the latest we have ever held a BIG event so here's hoping for some exciting finds!
You have all been to the site before but if you need any directions let me know. Otherwise see you in the morning. Weatherproof gear, snacks, drinks, etc. as required.
Report on the visit to Clophill Lakes NR.
On Monday, 12 of our group joined Sue Raven for a late season survey of the site. We covered a much greater area than on previous visits with most of our number venturing out to Cainhoe Castle mound. The weather was calm and pleasantly warm enticing numerous invertebrates out and about. Peter reported 14 mollusc species but was surprised not to find a single slug. Ladybirds, of assorted numbers of spots, were evident as were good numbers of sheildbugs. Colin Le Boutillier found the picture-winged fly, Tephritis divisa, which arrived in the UK around 2004 and is still relatively uncommon. Stephen Plummer found two new county records with the Sallow feeding leafhopper Linnavioriana sexmaculata and the Brown Sedge caddisfly Anabolia nervosa. I was pleased to find a number of sawfly larvae aided and abetted by recruited "symphytarists". The Alder feeding species, Nematus alniastri, was a new larva for me and one that is seldom found in the county. Leaf-miners were thin on the ground, but I did find a single birch sapling with pretty much every leaf occupied by at least one active Scolioneura betuleti sawfly larva. John Pitts found me an Euura bergmanni early instar larva and Sheila Brooke swept a Tenthredopsis species larva from grass. As always, I shall attempt to rear the larvae.
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Clophill Lakes NR, Mon 3rd October, 10am.
We have good weather and a good turnout (with one or two Covid caveats) for tomorrow. Possible attendees are...
Andrew Green
Peter Topley
Alan and Pattie
Sheila Brooke
Betty Cooke
Sue Raven
John Pitts
Stephen Plummer
Nick Millar
Colin Le Boutillier
Mike Roberts
Alan tells me this is the latest we have ever held a BIG event so here's hoping for some exciting finds!
You have all been to the site before but if you need any directions let me know. Otherwise see you in the morning. Weatherproof gear, snacks, drinks, etc. as required.
Report on the visit to Clophill Lakes NR.
On Monday, 12 of our group joined Sue Raven for a late season survey of the site. We covered a much greater area than on previous visits with most of our number venturing out to Cainhoe Castle mound. The weather was calm and pleasantly warm enticing numerous invertebrates out and about. Peter reported 14 mollusc species but was surprised not to find a single slug. Ladybirds, of assorted numbers of spots, were evident as were good numbers of sheildbugs. Colin Le Boutillier found the picture-winged fly, Tephritis divisa, which arrived in the UK around 2004 and is still relatively uncommon. Stephen Plummer found two new county records with the Sallow feeding leafhopper Linnavioriana sexmaculata and the Brown Sedge caddisfly Anabolia nervosa. I was pleased to find a number of sawfly larvae aided and abetted by recruited "symphytarists". The Alder feeding species, Nematus alniastri, was a new larva for me and one that is seldom found in the county. Leaf-miners were thin on the ground, but I did find a single birch sapling with pretty much every leaf occupied by at least one active Scolioneura betuleti sawfly larva. John Pitts found me an Euura bergmanni early instar larva and Sheila Brooke swept a Tenthredopsis species larva from grass. As always, I shall attempt to rear the larvae.