Nuts in May
Posted by Graeme Lyons , Monday, 4 June 2012 13:30
May was an excellent month for me for natural history, despite the weather. I saw 124 new species, the highlight of which was Pellenes tripunctatus. I ended May on 3999 species and all the additions are shown below. Spiders have overtaken mosses to become my sixth most speciose group. I have really enjoyed getting more into spiders, they are a lot easier than I thought they would be. I hope that June will be as exciting...
Vascular plants | 1156 (+1) |
Moths | 858 (+14) |
Beetles | 483 (+38) |
Birds | 343 (+1) |
Fungi | 206 (+1) |
Arachnids | 139 (+31) |
Mosses | 137 |
True flies | 98 (+10) |
True bugs | 91 (+5) |
Molluscs | 75 (+5) |
Aculeates | 67 (+9) |
Butterflies | 53 |
Mammals | 41 |
Fish | 39 (+2) |
Liverworts | 36 |
Dragonflies | 32 |
Lichens | 30 (+1) |
Crustaceans | 30 (+3) |
Crickets & grasshoppers | 19 |
Seaweeds & algae | 7 |
Reptiles | 7 |
Amphibians | 6 |
Anemones & jellyfish | 6 (+1) |
Mites | 5 |
Millipedes | 5 |
Lacewings & allies | 4 |
Cockroaches | 3 |
Leeches | 3 |
Caddisflies | 3 (+1) |
Slime Mould | 3 (+1) |
Springtails | 2 (+2) |
Parasitica | 2 |
Centipedes | 2 |
Mayfly | 2 (+1) |
Lice | 1 |
Silverfish | 1 |
Earwigs | 1 |
Aphid | 1 |
Flatworm | 1 |
Sponge | 1 (+1) |
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