Sunday, January 06, 2013

94 species

Good day today. Would have liked to have made 100 by the end of the weekend and if fungi and mosses weren't so tricky to ID I might have done. Enjoying the snails more than I expected.

Three possible A. schalleriana at the moth trap in the evening will have to be confirmed but could be a garden tick.

Quite pleased with the micro-moth larva. Took a few teasel heads and this was in the second one I checked (and the only occupied one of the batch as it turned out). To distinguish the larva from E. marginana it is necessary to check for a comb in between the anal prolegs. Absent in this case, confirming the ID. E. gentianaeana also occupies the head alone , whereas there can be multiple occupants in the case of marginana.

82 Hemlock Conium maculatum
83 Lesser Redpoll Carduelis cabaret
84 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
85 Goldcrest Regulus regulus
86 Wild Privet Ligustrum vulgare
87 White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis
88 Lesser Burdock Arctium minus
89 Teasel Dipsacus fullonum
90 Two-toothed Door Snail Clausilia bidentata
91 Girdled Snail Hygromia cinctella
92 Common Duckweed Lemna minor
93 Acleris schalleriana TBC
94 Endothenia gentianaeana




2 comments:

Catch My Words said...

I've seen better looking bugs. Yuk.

http://joycelansky.blogspot.com

Brian said...

They all count though Joyce. I'll try to find some more appealing creatures.