Sunday 8 June 2014

Brown Midget Apple and a Marmalade Hoverfly

Miridae species nymph

On Wednesday I visited Houghton Forest and found a path around the forest that I had not used before. The nettle beds were very productive and I found plenty of new species of microfauna. New micromoths were the Brown Midget Apple and an Epiblema species. I also found my second Common Yellow Conch, a clutch of Hairy Shieldbug eggs and an early instar of the Pied Shieldbug. Plus the second specimen of a tiny brown moth which has yet to be identified. It may be Eulamprotes unicolorella or E. immaculatella, rare and tiny moths, or Monochroa tenebrella, a commoner moth. The other  specimen was on the east side of Rewell Wood, so it is widespread in this area.
14-spot Ladybird, Propylea 14-punctata
Brown Apple Midget, Phyllonorycter blancardella
Cocksfoot Moth, Glyphipterix simpliciella
Common Garden Slug, Arion distinctus
Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus
Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana
Common Slender, Caloptilia syringella
Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Common Stretch Spider, Tetragnatha extensa
Common Yellow Conch, Agapeta hamana
Cucumber Green Spider, Araniella cucurbitina
Cucumber Green Spider, Araniella cucurbitina
Dark Bush Cricket, Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana
Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus
Epiblema species
Eulamprotes species
Fly, Phaonia pallida
Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea
Garden Chafer, Phyllopertha horticola

Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina
Hairy Shieldbug eggs, Dolycoris baccarum
Hoverfly, Volucella inanis
Lacehopper, Tachycixius pilosus
Lesser Garden Spider, Meta segmentata
Long Stalked Crane's Bill, Geranium columbinum
Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus
Meadow Plant Bug nymph, Leptopterna dolabrata
Fly, Metopia species
Midge, Chironomus luridus
Bug, Miridae species nymp
Nettle Weevil, Phyllobius pomaceus
Pied Shieldbug, early instar, Tritomegas bicolor
Plant bug nymph, Closterotomus fulvomaculatus
Sailor Beetle, Cantharis rustica
Sciomyzid species
Small Nettle Weevil, Nedyus quadrimaculatus (2mm)
Spittlebug Nymph, Neophilaenus lineatus
wasp? id needed please!
Kentish Snail, Monacha cantiana

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