Low Force footpath Special Invertebrate Site species list

This is a list of invertebrate species which have been recorded at Low Force footpath Special Invertebrate Site. Not all the records included in this list have been verified. The aim of the list is to give recorders an idea of the range of species found at the site. To the best of our knowledge, this list of records is correct, as of November 2019.

Scientific name English name Bees Andrena cineraria Grey mining bee Andrena fucata Painted mining bee Andrena haemorrhoa Early mining bee/ Orange-tailed mining bee Chocolate mining bee Andrena semilaevis Shiny-margined mini-mining bee Andrena tarsata Tormentil mining bee Bombus barbutellus Barbut's cuckoo-bee Bombus bohemicus Gypsy cuckoo bee Bombus campestris Field cuckoo bee Bombus 'cryptarum' Cryptic white-tailed bumblebee Bombus hortorum Garden bumblebee Bombus hypnorum Tree bumblebee Bombus jonellus Heath bumblebee Bombus lapidarius Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus 'lucorum' White-tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum agg Bombus 'magnus' Northern white-tailed bumblebee Bombus monticola Bilberry bumblebee/ Mountain bumblebee Bombus muscorum Moss carder bee Bombus pascuorum Common carder bee Bombus pratorum Early bumblebee Bombus soroeensis Broken-belted bumblebee Bombus sylvestris Forest cuckoo bee Bombus terrestris Buff-tailed bumblebee Halictus rubicundus Orange-legged furrow bee Lasioglossum calceatum Common furrow-bee Nomada flavoguttata Little nomad bee Nomada lathburiana Lathbury's nomad Nomada marshamella Marsha's nomad bee Nomada panzeri Panzer's nomad Nomada ruficornis Fork-jawed nomad Cantharis livida Cantharis nigra Cantharis nigricans Chilocorus renipustulatus Kidney-spot ladybird Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot ladybird Dascillus cervinus Orchid Harmonia axyridis Harlequin ladybird longicornis violaceus Violet oil beetle Orchestes fagi Beech leaf mine Otiorhynchus singularis Raspberry weevil/ Clay-coloured weevil Rhagonycha fulva Common red soldier beetle Bugs Calocoris stysi Cixius cunicularius Closterotomus norwegicus Potato capsid Elasmucha grisea Parent bug Leptopterna ferrugata Meadow plant bug Oncopsis flavicollis Pentatoma rufipes Red-legged shieldbug/ Forest shieldbug Philaenus spumarius Cuckoo-spit /Common froghopper Tingis cardui Spear thistle lacebug Uroleucon jaceae Knapweed aphid Butterflies Aglais io Peacock Aglais urticae Small tortoiseshell Anthocharis cardamines Orange-tip Aphantopus hyperantus Ringlet Boloria selene Small pearl-bordered fritillary Coenonympha pamphilus Small heath Maniola jurtina Meadow brown Pieris brassicae Large white Pieris napi Green-veined white Vanessa atalanta Red admiral Vanessa cardui Painted lady Caddisflies Beraea pullata Rhyacophila dorsalis Sand Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus Signal crayfish Dragonflies and damselflies Aeshna juncea Common hawker Dasineura ulmari Meadowsweet leaf pustule galls Dasysyrphus tricinctus Yellow-girdled Dasysyrphus Epistrophe grossulariae Broad-banded Epistrophe Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade hoverfly Eristalis horticola Stripe-winged dronefly Eristalis intricaria Furry dronefly Eristalis pertinax Tapered dronefly Eristalis rupium Blotch-winged dronefly Eristalis tenax Common dronefly Haematopota pluvialis Notch-horned cleg Helophilus pendulus The footballer capreae Goat leaf hard pustule Melanostoma scalare Chequered hoverfly Pegomyia solennis Dock leaf big blotch mine Platycheirus albimanus White-footed hoverfly Rhagio scolopaceus Downlooker snipefly Rhagio tringarius Marsh snipefly Rhingia campestris Common snout hoverfly Sericomyia silentis Bog hoverfly Sericomyia superbiens Late bear hoverfly Syrphus ribessii Humming Syrphus Tachina grossa Giant Tachinid Urophora jaceana Brown knapweed gall fly Volucella pellucens Great pied hoverfly Mayflies Rhithrogena semicolorata Olive upright Siphlonurus lacustris Summer mayfly Mites Acalitus rudis Birch leaf erineum galling Aceria faginea/nervisequa Beech leaf erineum galling Cecidophyes rouhollahi Cleavers leaf curl twist galling Eriophyes laevis Alder leaf pustule galls Eriophyes padi Bird Cherry leaf pustule nail galls Eriophyes pyri Rowan leaf whitish green spot galls Phyllocoptes goniothorax Hawthorn leaf edge swell galling Moths Acronicta rumicis Knot grass moth Agriphila straminella Straw grass-veneer Agriphila tristella Common grass-veneer Autographa gamma Silver Y Celypha lacunana Common marble Cerapteryx graminis Antler moth Colostygia pectinataria Green carpet Endrosis sarcitrella White-shouldered house-moth Micropterix aruncella White-barred gold Odezia atrata Chimney sweeper Spilosoma lubricipeda White ermine Tyria jacobaeae Cinnabar Yponomeuta evonymella Bird cherry ermine Sawflies Abia candens Dusky-horned scabious sawfly Blennocampa phyllocolpa Rose leaf-rolling sawfly Eriocampa ovata Alder sawfly Eupontania pedunculi Goat willow leaf hairy pea galls Stoneflies Isoperla grammatica Common yellow sally Wasps Ancistrocerus scoticus Maritime mason-wasp