Bush Cricket 1st Record Metrioptera roeselii Roesel’s Long-winged Cone-head 1st Record Conocephalus discolor Short-winged Cone-head 1st Record Conocephalus dorsalis Speckled Bush Cricket Recorded Leptophyes punctatissima Mottled Grasshopper Recorded Myrmeleotettix maculatus Field Grasshopper Recorded Gryllus pennsylvanicus Arachnids Spiders, Ticks & Scorpions Spiders are a group often ignored but a group that we are under recording and as we it’s I’m sure continue with the recording this list will grow as will many of the others. Labyrinth Spider in very common throughout the Purple Heron Field and other locations in the recording area though it seems it was overlooked in past years. After finding Wasp Spider in the garden last year Ian managed to find four others in the fields this year so hopefully their colonisation will continue. Dates first recorded Common Name Scientific Name Crab Spider 3rd May Misumena vatia Zebra Spider Recorded April Salticus scenicus House Spider Recorded Achaearanea tepidariorum Garden Spider Recorded Araneus diadematus Nursery Web Spider 28th July Pisaura mirabilis Labyrinth Spider Recorded Agelena labyrinthica Wasp Spider 28th July Argiope bruennichi Daddy Longlegs Recorded Pholcus phalangioides Money Spider Recorded Lepthyphantes tenuis Diptera Flies & Relatives Flies are not always the group that are well loved even less so than the previous group I would imagine, but been able to add fifteen species to the list in 2015. Most of the new species I’ve identified have been hoverflies, all of them found in my garden, though some have been seen in other locations on the patch also. The crane fly though a widespread and common species was nice to find sat on the Tipula Maxima wall when I went to check the moth trap one morning. As they measure around 100mm across it was something you have missed if you tried. Hoverflies are an interesting group and I couldn’t managed to add seven species to the list. Common Name Scientific Name Dates first recorded House Fly Recorded Musca domesticus
Roesel’s Bush Cricket Metrioptera roeselii 1st Record Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus discolor 1st Record Short-winged Cone-head Conocephalus dorsalis 1st Record Speckled Bush Cricket Leptophyes punctatissima Recorded Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus Recorded Field Grasshopper Gryllus pennsylvanicus Recorded Arachnids Spiders, Ticks & Scorpions Spiders are a group often ignored but it’s a group that I’m sure we are under recording and as we continue with the recording this list will grow as will many of the others. Labyrinth Spider in very common throughout the Purple Heron Field and other locations in the recording area though it seems it was overlooked in past years. After finding Wasp Spider in the garden last year Ian managed to find four others in the fields this year so hopefully their colonisation will continue. Common Name Scientific Name Dates first recorded Crab Spider Misumena vatia 3rd May Zebra Spider Salticus scenicus Recorded April House Spider Achaearanea tepidariorum Recorded Garden Spider Araneus diadematus Recorded Nursery Web Spider Pisaura mirabilis 28th July Labyrinth Spider Agelena labyrinthica Recorded Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi 28th July Daddy Longlegs Pholcus phalangioides Recorded Money Spider Lepthyphantes tenuis Recorded Diptera Flies & Relatives Flies are not always the group that are well loved even less so than the previous group I would imagine, but I’ve been able to add fifteen species to the list in 2015. Most of the new species identified have been hoverflies, all of them found in my garden, though some have been seen in other locations on the patch also. The crane fly Tipula Maxima though a widespread and common species was nice to find sat on the wall when I went to check the moth trap one morning. As they measure around 100mm across it was something you couldn’t have missed if you tried. Hoverflies are an interesting group and I managed to add seven species to the list. Common Name Scientific Name Dates first recorded House Fly Musca domesticus Recorded