Insect Records – West Walk

West Walk (High Lines) 31st May 2021 recorded mostly along the sandy footpath, by Keith Wheeler & Richard Dickson

Classification Taxon Vernacular Individuals Status Comment Bugs Elasmostethus interstinctus Shieldbug 2 Common Dolycoris baccarum Hairy Shieldbug 3 Common Cymus glandicolor a bug 3 Common Swept from pendulous sedge. Nabis rugosus a damsel bug 2 Common Swept from nettles. Leafhoppers & Oncopsis flavicollis a leafhopper 10 Common 10+ beaten from birch regeneration. froghoppers Beetles Cicindela campestris Green Tiger Beetle 100 About 100 – very common on the path and its banks and in flight. Asaphidion curtum a ground beetle 1 On a forest footpath. Pterostichus madidus a ground beetle 1 On the main track. Amara eurynota a ground beetle 1 Beaten from a low branch of a young pine. Not normally arboreal – and a distinctly uncommon species. New to site. Athous haemorrhoidalis a click beetle 2 Beaten from birch regeneration. Agriotes pallidulus a click beetle 1 Beaten from birch regeneration. Cantharis pellucida a soldier beetle 1 Swept from pendulous sedge. Rhagonycha lignosa a soldier beetle 1 Beaten from oak. Nalassus laevioctostriatus a darkling beetle 1 Beaten from young pine. Clytus arietis Wasp Beetle 2 Agelastica alni Leaf beetle 7 RDBK Beaten from birch, swept from bracken, one in flight. This species is no longer dependent on alder. Phyllobius pyri Common Leaf 20 c.20 beaten from birch regeneration and oak. Weevil Barypeithes araneiformis Strawberry Fruit 1 On the main track adjacent to horse dung. New to site. Its connection with Weevil strawberries is tenuous to say the least. Strophosoma capitatum a weevil 10 10+ beaten from birch regeneration and oak. Strophosoma melanogrammum Nut Leaf Weevil 2 2+ beaten from birch regeneration. Nedyus quadrimaculatus Small Nettle 2 Swept from nettle. Weevil Archarius pyrrhoceras a weevil 1 Beaten from oak. Earwigs Forficula auricularia Common Earwig 2 Beaten from birch and oak. Flies Bombylius major a bee-fly 4 Common On path edges. Two very small ones, of which one was checked. Wasps Tachysphex pompiliformis a digger wasp 1 On the sandy path.

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Classification Taxon Vernacular Individuals Status Comment Bees Andrena humilis Buff-tailed Mining Bee 300 Nb c.300 on nesting sites, mostly the lowest. A widespread but generally scarce species that collects from Cat’s Ear, Hawkweeds and Hawk’s-bits. Andrena bucephala Big-headed Mining Bee 4 Na Females, flying low and fast along the path. New to site. Andrena barbilabris Sandpit Mining Bee 2 Males, netted over the sandy path. Andrena nitida Grey-patched Mining Bee 1 ♀, netted over the sandy path. Andrena flavipes Yellow-legged Mining Bee 1 A ♀ with a pollen load landed on sleeve of KJW. Bombus pratorum Early Bumblebee 1 Worker visiting silverweed blossom. Nomada flavoguttata Little Nomad Bee 1 Male netted at sandy bank. Known hosts are very small bees in the Andrena.

Nomada Sheppard's Nomad Bee 2 Females netted at a sandy bank. Surprising this isn’t rated local, since most of sheppardana our 40 records come from just 3 sites. Hosts are small bees in the Genus Lasioglossum. Nomada integra Cat’s-ear Nomad Bee 100 100+ (rough estimate) flying with A. humilis over the nesting aggregation at the lower end of the sandy track. Ceratina cyanea Blue Carpenter Bee 5 RDB3 A male netted from short vegetation at the edge of the sandy path. 4+ flying over a cleared bank, appearing to investigate fragments of dead bramble stem lying on the ground. Sphecodes Box-headed Blood Bee 1 ♀ netted over a sandy bank. Known hosts are some Lasioglossum bees and monilicornis the very local Halictus rubicundus. Chelostoma Large Scissor Bee 1 ♂ netted in flight. florisomne Ants Formica fusca an ant 5 Beaten from birch regeneration. Lasius niger sens. an ant 100 c.100 beaten from oak and from birch regeneration. lat. Myrmica ruginodis an ant 1 Beaten from birch regeneration. Spider-hunting Auplopus a spider-hunter wasp 1 Nb ♀ netted from sandy bank. wasps carbonarius Priocnemis a spider-hunter wasp 1 ♀ netted from sandy path. perturbator & Psyche casta a 1 Common Case swept from pendulous sedge. butterflies Pararge aegeria Speckled Wood 1 Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue 1 Drinking on damp path. Petrophora Brown Silver-line 5 Common 5+ disturbed from vegetation or flying. chlorosata Pseudopanthera Speckled Yellow 2 Common In flight. Feeds on wood sage. macularia Scorpion flies Panorpa germanica a scorpion fly 1 A ♂ (det’d gen.) swept from pendulous sedge.

2 of 5 09.06.2021 West Walk (High Lines) 4th June 2021 Insects recorded by Fareham Moth Group. Richard Dickson, Maurice Opie, Dave Wallace and Keith Wheeler (3 lamps). Records at lamp-and-sheet except the one given. 3 species (2 moths) new to site

Classification Taxon Vernacular Individuals Status Comment Leafhoppers and Oncopsis flavicollis a leafhopper 1 Common ♀ Common birch species. froghoppers Beetles Melolontha Common 4 melolontha Cockchafer Melanotus a click beetle 2 Larva lives in dead wood. castanipes Polydrusus a weevil 1 tereticollis Flies Nephrotoma a cranefly 1 ♀ quadrifaria Empis lutea an empid fly 1 ♂ . New to site. Wasps Ophion brocki an ichneumon 1 ♀ parasite of larger moth larvae Ophion ocellaris an ichneumon 1 ♀ parasite of larger moth larvae. A local species, 2nd record for site. Our 6th record, the previous one being at Wickham Common the previous Friday! Vespa crabro The Hornet 1 Queen Moths Oligia strigilis agg. Marbled Minor agg. 2 3 common species only reliably identified from the genitalia, all recorded already at this site. Korscheltellus Common Swift 1 Common ♂ lupulina Hepialus humuli Ghost Moth 1 Common ♀ Hofmannophila Brown House-moth 1 Common pseudospretella Alabonia geoffrella a moth 1 Common Normally day-flying. Small but remarkable in appearance, with huge palps. New to site. Coleophora albicosta a moth 2 Common Gorse species, one of the few Coleophora that can be reliably identified in the field. Coleophora lassella a moth 1 Nationally ♂, det’d genitalia. The larva feeds on the seed-heads of toad rushes. Scarce B Capua vulgana a moth 1 Common Pammene fasciana a moth 1 Common ♂, det’d genitalia. This appears to be the form whose larva feeds in beech mast, and which flies earlier in the year, and which is much less common than the oak/sweet chestnut feeding form. Scoparia ambigualis a moth 3 Common Drepana falcataria Pebble Hook-tip 4 Common Thyatira batis 1 Common or Poplar Lutestring 1 Local New to site. On aspen and, uncommonly, on black poplar and hybrids. Tetheella fluctuosa Satin Lutestring 3 Local Beautiful moth, which seems to do well at some of our sites. Mimas tiliae Lime Hawk-moth 2 Common Scopula floslactata Cream Wave 4 Local Cyclophora punctaria Maiden's Blush 1 Local 3 of 5 09.06.2021

Classification Taxon Vernacular Individuals Status Comment Moths Xanthorhoe montanata Silver-ground 1 Common Carpet Electrophaes corylata Broken-barred 1 Common Carpet Dysstroma truncata Common 1 Common Flying at dusk. Marbled Carpet Colostygia pectinataria Green Carpet 4 Common Asthena albulata Small White 1 Common Wave Eupithecia pulchellata Foxglove Pug 1 Common Eupithecia vulgata Common Pug 3 Common Eupithecia exiguata Mottled Pug 1 Common Pterapherapteryx Small Seraphim 1 Local sexalata Acasis viretata Yellow-barred 1 Local Brindle Lomaspilis marginata Clouded Border 7 Common Macaria notata Peacock Moth 3 Local We think this is becoming more common relative to its ‘twin’, the Sharp-angled Peacock. Macaria liturata Tawny-barred 3 Common Angle Cepphis advenaria Little Thorn 1 Nb ♂. Often day-flying. Larva on bramble, flies only in woodland. Petrophora chlorosata Brown Silver-line 1 Common Larva on bracken. Plagodis pulveraria Barred Umber 3 Local Almost always in woodland, and in small numbers – compare with its relative below. Plagodis dolabraria Scorched Wing 3 Local Odontopera bidentata Scalloped Hazel 5 Common Menophra abruptaria Waved Umber 3 Common Peribatodes Beauty 1 Common rhomboidaria Hypomecis punctinalis Pale Oak Beauty 1 Common Paradarisa consonaria Square Spot 3 Local Only in woodland, present at Botley Wood, Wickham Common and here, only very occasionally in other local sites. Parectropis similaria Brindled White- 3 Local Woodland species, present in all our larger woods and some smaller ones. spot Aethalura punctulata Grey Birch 1 Common Cabera pusaria Common White 1 Common Wave Lomographa bimaculata White-pinion 4 Common Spotted Lomographa temerata Clouded Silver 1 Common Campaea margaritaria Light Emerald 3 Common Jodis lactearia Little Emerald 1 Common 4 of 5 09.06.2021

Classification Taxon Vernacular Individuals Status Comment Moths Drymonia dodonaea Marbled Brown 6 Local Notodonta ziczac Pebble 1 Common Prominent Peridea anceps Great Prominent 2 Local Pterostoma palpina Pale Prominent 3 Common Ptilodon capucina Coxcomb 3 Common Prominent Phalera bucephala Buff-tip 1 Common Calliteara pudibunda Pale Tussock 8 Common Eilema sororcula Orange 14 Local Footman Herminia grisealis Small Fan-foot 1 Common Colocasia coryli Nut-tree 1 Common Tussock Moma alpium Scarce 1 RDB3 An absolutely gorgeous moth. We are lucky to live at the centre of its UK Merveille du population. On oak. Jour Charanyca Treble Lines 1 Common trigrammica Ochropleura plecta Flame Shoulder 2 Common Diarsia mendica Ingrailed Clay 1 Common Nola confusalis Least Black 2 Local Arches Crickets Leptophyes Speckled Bush 1 1st instar nymph punctatissima Cricket

Key to Status

Na - Notable A - defined on the number of 10 Km squares in which it is found - fewer than Nb Nb - Notable B - defined on the number of 10 Km squares in which it is found - more than Na Nationally Scarce B - Slightly less scarce than Nationally Scarce A. RDB3 - Red Data Book 3. RDB1 is the most threatened RDBK - Red Data Book K - more information needed (often used for species whose status is changing).

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