Centipede spp - ID to follow... one day.
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
Sunday, 26 February 2012
26 Feb 2012 - Whittenham Clumps
Went bug hunting with Max. Turning over logs, inspecting moss and getting stung by Stinging Nettles - oh, such fun!
Searching behind some bark on a decaying tree, we came across a mass of overwintering Harlequin Ladybirds. Some of the wee things were buried deep in the frass - happy as a pig in....
Friday, 24 February 2012
24 Feb 2012 - Whittenham Clumps
Scarlet Elf Cap - found near Hazel bushes around the ponds.
Checked a few snails - I think these are Arianta arbustorum. I think...
And the same again.
Cepaea nemoralis.
I had never seen these female Hazel flowers amongst the usual catkins. Tiny wee things - amazing.
Centipede spp - and that's as far as I can get with this beast.
Spid spp.
Earwig - the normal one I think.
Lichen spp - don't think I can make a start on these, yet...Sunday, 19 February 2012
19 Feb 2012 - Long Whittenham Wood
A little beetling about with Max produced a group of presumed Badister beetles.
Further guessing leads me to suppose they are all Badister unipustulatus.
One fallen Ash enabled us to scratch around the rotted heart of the stump - revealing several Lesser Stag Beetles. 
This rather an ex-beetle. When it was alive, it was identified by Richard Comont as a Silpha atrata. I agreed...
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