Sunday, 17 March 2013
Old Lady
I'm rearing a couple of Old Lady larvae on Ivy at the moment - seem to be doing okay with the biggest now about an inch and a half at full stretch.
Monday, 4 March 2013
Garden Moths 03/03/2013
Ran the actinic/CFL combo trap last night and managed more than one species for a change ... grabbed some quick snaps before work
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 1
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1 (NFY)
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 2
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1 (NFY)
0688 Agonopterix heracliana 1
1663 March Moth (Alsophila aescularia) 1 (NFY)
1934 Dotted Border (Agriopis marginaria) 2
2256 Satellite (Eupsilia transversa) 1 (NFY)
Sunday, 3 March 2013
A few more bits
Before I post some photos from today, this news about the Orkney Walrus is exciting. Of course, Walrus has featured on this blog before. I'm sure there will be a lot of listers heading up to tick this bloated goofy blubber sack (the Walrus, not Dickson-Wright), which is preferable to the action of the finder who threw a stone at it to see if it was alive!
Had a bit of time in the garden after U12s football this morning, and a couple of hours in the square this afternoon. All very relaxing. Found some more new lichens, a couple of fungi and added some more inverts to the 1000 in 1kmsq list.
Had a bit of time in the garden after U12s football this morning, and a couple of hours in the square this afternoon. All very relaxing. Found some more new lichens, a couple of fungi and added some more inverts to the 1000 in 1kmsq list.
Eristalis tenax
Liocoris tripustulatus
Empoasca vitis
Agonopterix arenella
Scotohaeus blackwalli
Narycia duplicella
Phaonia tuguriorum - a slightly better photo than yesterday
Saturday, 2 March 2013
Garden Bits
Ran the 80W/11W Actinic/CFL combo trap last night. It was looking distinctly empty around midnight but there was one moth in it this morning - a slightly tired looking Dotted Border.
Later this morning there was some nice bright sunshine which brought a bit of activity in the garden, with a few flies hanging around and a couple of other bits ....
I potted up a springtail on Thursday late afternoon whilst out walking in my square, which looked a pale yellow and wasn't very hairy. I couldn't match it to anything in a Collembola key and left it in a pot with some moist soil for another day. When I looked again today I was surprised to find that it was no longer pale yellow and bald, but was now a dark grey, very hairy and clearly Pogonognathellus longicornis. I just hadn't thought about springtails moulting through instars which I presume is what happened. I'll try and get a photo tomorrow but I'm not having much success with springtail photos - here's a couple from the garden today (photographed on the underside of a lifted slab at a jaunty angle):
Later this morning there was some nice bright sunshine which brought a bit of activity in the garden, with a few flies hanging around and a couple of other bits ....
7-Spot Ladybird
Nursery Web Spider
I potted up a springtail on Thursday late afternoon whilst out walking in my square, which looked a pale yellow and wasn't very hairy. I couldn't match it to anything in a Collembola key and left it in a pot with some moist soil for another day. When I looked again today I was surprised to find that it was no longer pale yellow and bald, but was now a dark grey, very hairy and clearly Pogonognathellus longicornis. I just hadn't thought about springtails moulting through instars which I presume is what happened. I'll try and get a photo tomorrow but I'm not having much success with springtail photos - here's a couple from the garden today (photographed on the underside of a lifted slab at a jaunty angle):
Orchesella villosa
Orchesella cincta
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