Back in July I was delighted to report that I had finally counted 100 (+1) insect species in our suburban Suffolk garden.
Before I post my records below, I want to mention a creature that so nearly made the list: the impressive Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar which was spotted on 4 September 2020 so close to our home, but beyond our boundary. Perhaps next year...
For a creature to be counted in my list, it must be seen in our garden, under or above it. A red star * means an identification given via iSpot. [R] means a regular visitor and [O] an occasional one. And now to my updated list...
Avian sightings
- HPb1 Great Spotted Woodpecker [O] [early March, June, Aug 2020]
- HPb2 Great tit [R] 2020
- HPb3 Long-tailed tit [R] 2020
- HPb4 Blackbird [R] 2020
- HPb5 Song Thrush [27 April 2019 - a pair] [27 March 2020]
- HPb6 Blue tit [R] 2020
- HPb7 Robin [R] 2020
- HPb8 Magpie [R] 2020
- HPb9 Wood Pigeon [R] 2020
- HPb10 Dunnock [R] 2020
- HPb11 Starling [R] 2020
- HPb12 Carrion Crow [R] 2020
- HPb13 Goldfinch [R] 2020
- HPb14 Jay [O] 2020
- HPb15 Green Woodpecker [O] seen in passing [May 2020]
- HPb16 Wren [O] [27 March 2020]
- HPb17 Bullfinch [19 January 2017] 2020
- HPb18 Sparrowhawk [June 2020]
- HPb19 Mallard
- HPb20 House Sparrow [1 June 2019] [June 2020]
- HPb21 Chaffinch 2020
- HPb22 Grey Heron [18 and 26 Feb 2020]
- HPb23 Collared Dove [R] 2020
- HPb24 Coal tit
- HPb25 Redwing [20 January 2017]
- HPb26 Kestrel [8 June 2017]
- HPb27 Blackcap [Feb 2020]
- HPb28 Greenfinch [6 Feb 2020]
- HPb29 Swift [15 July 2020]
- HPb30 Buzzard [Sept 2020]
Mammal sightings
- HPm1 (?Wood) Mouse
- HPm2 Bat ... [1st 2015 sighting 7 May 2015] [Apr/May 2015] [22 Jan 2017] [Aug 2018] [8 Aug 2019] [May, 17, 25 July 2020]
- HPm3 Shrew
- HPm4 Grey Squirrel [R] and now [O] 2020
- HPm5 Stoat
- HPm6 Hedgehog [9 Aug 2018] [1 June 2019]
Amphibian sightings
- HPam1 Common Frog [26 May 2019]
Reptile sightings
- HPr1 Common Lizard (two: new species for the garden!) [1, 8 August 2020]
Insect sightings
- HPi1 Small Tortoiseshell butterfly [March 2014] [27 Feb 2017] 2019, 2020: where are these butterflies?
- HPi2 Buff-tailed Bumblebee [March 2014] [Jan/Feb 2016] [Mar/Apr 2016] [2017] 2020
- HPi3 Brimstone butterfly [April 2014] [5 June 2019] 2020
- HPi4 7-spot Ladybird [April 2014] [Oct 2014] [2015] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015] [Mar/Apr 2016] 2020
- HPi5 Small Skipper butterfly [July 2014] [26 July 2019] [20,21 June 2020]
- HPi6 Meadow Brown butterfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [12 June 2020, six!]
- HPi7 Large White butterfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2016] [21 June 2020]
- HPi8 14-spot Yellow Ladybirds [July 2014] [May 2019] [1 July 2020]
- HPi9 Small White butterfly [May 2014] [Apr/May 2015] [Sept/Oct 2015 - larvae] [2 May 2019] 2020
- HPi10 Orange tip butterfly [May 2014] 2020
- HPi11 Harlequin ladybird [May 2014] [October 2014] [Sept/Oct 2015] [1 April 2019, N.B. spotless]
- HPi12 Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola) [June 2014] [June/July 2016] [18 May 2018]
- HPi13 Ruby-tail Wasp [June 2014] [May/June 2015] [May/June 2016] [21 May 2017] [May 2020]
- HPi14 Blackfly [R] 2020
- HPi15 Marmalade Hoverfly [July 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Jul/Aug 2016] [20 June 2020]
- HPi16 Gorse Shield bug [27 March 2020] New!
- HPi17 Migrant Hawker dragonflies [July 2014]
- HPi18 Gatekeeper butterfly [Jul/Aug 2016] [9 Aug 2019] 2020
- HPi19 Comma butterfly [August 2014] [June/July 2016] [2017] [8 Aug 2019] 2020
- HPi20 Red Admiral butterfly [August 2014] [October 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [8 Aug 2019] [14 June 2020]
- HPi21 Peacock butterfly [August 2014] [Jul/Aug 2015] [Nov/Dec 2015] [8 Aug 2019] [27 March 2020]
- HPi22 Green bottle flies [August 2014] [May/June 2015] 2020
- HPi23 Ants [R] [27 March 2020]
- HPi24 Squashbug aka Dock Bug, (Coreus marginatus ) [August 2014] [May 2018, mating]
- HPi25 Birch Shieldbug (late instar?) [September 2014]
- HPi26 Lacewing [October 2014] [Sept/Oct 2015] [14 June 2020]
- HPi27 Cereal Leaf Beetle [Apr/May 2015]
- HPi28 Painted Lady [2018] [8 Aug 2019]
- HPi29 Rosemary Beetle [[Sept/Oct 2015] [May/June 2016 - four] [May 2017]
- HPi30 Hawthorn Shieldbug [May/June 2015]
- HPi31 Forest Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) [Sept/Oct 2015]
- HPi32 Early Bumblebee [Mar/Apr 2016]
- HPi33 *Species of Miridae [Mar/Apr 2016]
- HPi34 Cranefly [R] 2020
- HPi35 Crossocerus, wasps family Crabronidae [May/June 2016]
- HPi36 Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) [May/June 2016]
- HPi37 Tree Bumblebee (Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum) [May/June 2016]
- HPi38 Moth Least Black Arches (Nola confusalis) [May/June 2016]
- HPi39 Holly Blue Butterfly [26 May 2017] [27 April and 6 June 2019] 2020
- HPi40 Dark Bush Cricket (nymph) [18 May 2017] [10 June 2019] [10 June 2020]
- HPi41 Common Cockchafer [18 May 2017] [14 June 2019] [10 June 2020]
- HPi42 Scorpion Fly [May2017] [23 May 2017]
- HPi43 Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rustica) [2017] [13 May 2018][2019] 2020
- HPi44 Cabbage Bug (Eurydema (Eurydema) oleracea) [2017] [9 June 2017]
- HPi45 Light Brown Apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana) [2017] [23 May 2017]
- HPi46 Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) [9 May 2018]
- HPi47 Common Blue butterfly (Polyommatus icarus) [11 May 2018] 2020
- HPi48 Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) [15 May 2018] 2020
- HPi49 Ruby Tiger moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) [18 May 2018] 2020
- HPi50 Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata) [24 May 2018] [2019] 2020
- HPi51 Mullein Moth larva (Cucullia verbasci) [14 June 2018]
- HPi52 Silver Y moth (two) [August 2018] 14 July 2020
- HPi53 Rove Beetle (Platydracus stercorarius) [September 2018]
- HPi54 *Species of Nomada [27 April 2019]
- HPi55 Fire bug nymph [17 April 2019]
- HPi56 Pine Ladybird [1 April 2019] 2020
- HPi57 Cinnabar moth [4 and 5 April 2019] [21 June 2020]
- HPi58 Small Red Damselfly [20 May 2019] 2020
- HPi59 *Tortoise Bug [3 June 2019]
- HPi60 *Cryptolaemus montrouzieri [6 June 2019]
- HPi61 *Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus (Nathrenus) verbasci) [6 June 2019] 2020
- HPi62 *Empis tessellata [31 May 2019]
- HPi63 *Macrophya [22 May 2019]
- HPi64 *Bagworm moth case (Psychidae) [31 May 2019]
- HPi65 *Greater Bulb-Fly (Merodon equestris) [22 May 2019] 2020
- HPi66 *Figwort Weevil larva (Cionus scrophulariae) [22 May 2019]
- HPi67 *Arge Sawfly (Arge cyanocrocea) [22 May 2019] 2020
- HPi68 *Sarcophaga [16 May 2019]
- HPi69 *Juniper Shield Bug (Cyphosthetus tristriatus) [16 May 2019]
- HPi70 *St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci) [28 April 2019]
- HPi71 Fairy Longhorn moth (Adela) [9 May 2019]
- HPi72 *Dagger Fly (Empis Tessellata) [13 May 2019]
- HPi73 *Honey bee (Apis mellifera) [31 May 2019] 2020
- HPi74 *Rutpela maculata [14 June 2019]
- HPi75 *Soldier Fly (Stratiomyidae) [12 June 2019]
- HPi76 *Small Dusty Wave moth (Idaea seriata) [31 May and 5 Sept 2019]
- HPi77 *Planthopper (Issus Coleoptratus) [18 June 2019]
- HPi78 Sexton (Burying) Beetle [7 Aug 2019]
- HPi79 Small Copper [3 Aug 2019] [10 May 2020]
- HPi80 *Speckled Bush Cricket [3 Aug 2019]
- HPi81 Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) [24 Mar 2020]
- HPi82 *Rhyparochromus vulgaris Ground bug [2 April 2020]
- HPi83 *Tawny Mining Bee (Andrena (Andrena) fulva) [11 April 2020]
- HPi84 *Dolichovespula media [19 April 2020]
- HPi85 Mother Shipton moth [May 2020]
- HPi86 Green Hairstreak [May 2020]
- HPi87 *Angle Shades moth [25 May 2020]
- HPi88 Green-veined White [Apr 2020]
- HPi89 Malachite beetle [June 2020]
- HPi90 Thick-legged Flower Beetle [June 2020]
- HPi91 Common Froghopper [12 June 2020]
- HPi92 Small Heath [13 June, 18 July 2020]
- HPi93 Stag Beetle (female) [13 June 2020]
- HPi94 Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius, m & f) [18 June 2020]
- HPi95 Long hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta [18 June 2020]
- HPi96 Blue-tailed Damselfly [14 June 2020]
- HPi97 Common White Wave moth [13 June 2020]
- HPi98 Ringlet butterfly [25 June 2020]
- HPi99 Leaf-cutter bee (Megachile centuncularis) [26 June 2020]
- HPi100 *Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) [27 June 2020]
- HPi101 Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (see here) [3 July 2020]
- HPi102 Ichneumon Amblyteles armatorius [10 July 2020]
- HPi103 Emperor Dragonfly [16 July 2020]
- HPi104 Swallowtail moth [16 July 2020]
- HPi105 *Brown Argus (a first for the garden!) [18, 24 July 2020]
- HPi106 *White-point moth (another first for the garden!) [18 July 2020]
- HPi107 *Hairy-legged Mining Bee, aka Pantaloon bee (Dasypoda hirtipes) (a first for the garden!) [18 July 2020]
- HPi108 White Plume moth (and another first for the garden!) [25, 27 July 2020]
- HPi109 *Southern Hawker (female, and another first for the garden!) [8 Sept 2020]
- HPi110 Field Grasshoppers [Aug and Sept 2020]
- HPi111 Purple Hairstreak (a first for the garden!) [3 Aug 2020]
- HPm1 Brown Lipped Snail (Cepaea (Cepaea) nemoralis) [May/June 2016] 2020
- HPm2 Field Slug (Deroceras) [May/June 2016]
- HPa1 Zebra Spider [Apr/May 2015] [May/June 2015] [Mar/Apr 2016] [May 2018] 2020
- HPa2 Garden Spider (Araneus diadematus) [May/June 2015] [27 April 2019]
- HPa3 *Cucumber spider (Arianella) [31 May 2019]
- HPa4 *Jumping spider (Heliophanus) [22 May, Sept 2019]
- HPa5 Crab spider, with pink stripes, aka 'White Death' (Misumena vatia) [9 Aug 2019]
- HPa6 Nursery Web spider (Heliophanus) [22 Mar 2020] Spiderlings hatch: 27 June 2020
- HPa7 Wasp spider [new! four, 5-9 Sept 2020]
3 comments:
Well done on reaching 100 plus garden insect species - a great list. Love the dragonfly photo. Hope you are staying well.
Thank you, RR: yes, we are well and enjoying the sunshine when it deigns to shine! As for the dragon, well, we had never had/seen a Southern Hawker in the garden before. The kind folk on iSpot confirm that it is a female.
Wow that is one impressive list, Caroline.
Post a Comment