March 2016 - daily log

March (61 new species)

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Fri 4^th                     Trochulus hispidus (snail) found at The Nunnery, plus Brachythecium rutabulum (moss) found in Shotesham.

Sat 5^th                    A productive hunt around Poringland Woods produced Julus scandinavius, Ophyiulus pilosus (millipedes), Drymus sylvaticus (ground bug), Quedius picipes, Stenus aceris (rove beetles), Campylopus introflexus and Funaria hygrometrica (mosses).

Sun 6^th                  Tussocking and sieving leaf-litter on Shotesham Common produced Agonum thoreyi (ground beetle), Rugilus erichsoni, Tachyporus hypnorum, Anotylus rugosus (rove beetles), Eutrichapion ervi, Ceratapion onopordi (weevils) and Arctosa leopardus (spider). Later had a walk at Whitlingham to follow up some recent reports from James Emerson and added Ganoderma pfeifferi (bracket fungus), Helleborus orientalis (Lenten-rose, naturalised), Uromyces muscari (rust on bluebells) and Polystichum aculeatum (Hard Shield-fern).

Mon 7^th                Lunchtime jaunt to Rishbeth Wood produced lots of Scleropodium purum (moss) on woodland floor, plus Atrecus affinis (rove beetle) and Nebria salina (ground beetle) under logs.

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Wed 9^th

Thu 10^th                Before work, a quick stop to do some sieving at Brettenham Heath revealed

Typhaeus typhoeus (Minotaur Beetle), Pterostichus strenuus (ground beetle) and Stenus impressus (rove beetle). More sieving on Barnhamcross Common at lunchtime produced Acupalpus dubius, Amara lunicollis, Syntomus truncatellus (ground beetles), Megalonotus dilatatus (ground-bug) and Cacopsylla melanoneura (psyllid). Finally, at home the cat brought in a dead mole, from which I identified Palaeopsylla minor (flea).

Fri 11^th                   Another quick look at Brettenham Heath pre-work produced Otiorhynchus singularis (weevil) and Sepedophilus nigripennis (rove beetle). More rooting around in the grounds of the Nunnery at lunchtime turned up Anotylus sculpturatus, Ocypus brunnipes, Metopsia clypeata (rove beetles), Meligethes aeneus (pollen beetle) and Brachydesmus superus (millipede).

Sat 12^th                 Tussocking on Shotesham Common produced Pterostichus diligens, Bembidion mannerheimii (ground beetles), Psylliodes cuprea, Psylliodes laticollis (flea beetles), Ischnosoma splendidum and Stenus ossium (rove beetles), the last of these being my 4000^th British species.

Sun 13^th                A walk around Shotesham produced Eudasyphora cyanella (a greenbottle-like muscid fly) and Dolichovespula media (Median Wasp, a queen in a rotting log).

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Thu 17^th                During a meeting of Norfolk biological recorders at Carrow Abbey, I was kindly shown Didymodon insulanus (moss) and Corydalis solida (Bird-in-a-Bush, naturalised(ish)).

Fri 18^th                   Ophion scutellaris (ichneumon wasp) identified from the garden moth-trap.

Sat 19^th

Sun 20^th                Gardening at home produced Xantholinus linearis (rove-beetle) and Cartodere nodifer (beetle sieved from wood chopping debris).

Mon 21^st              After reports by others, had a pre-work walk at Wayland Wood to add Gagea lutea (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem) to the list.

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Fri 25^th                   A walk in Ashwellthorpe Wood revealed Cheilosia albipila (hoverfly), Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus, Perapion violaceum, Sciaphilus asperatus (weevils), Stenus flavipes and Xantholinus longiventris (rove beetles).

Sat 26^th

Sun 27^th                A trip out to Rendlesham Forest produced Elipsocus hyalinus (barkfly) and Longitarsus dorsalis (flea beetle).

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Wed 30^th            Flew out to Israel, drove to hotel in Ashkelon.

Thu 31st             Israel: mostly around Mamshit and later to Ezuz.