Isle of Wight Wildlife Recording Challenge 2020
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Isle of Wight Wildlife Recording Challenge 2020 Here is the complete list of flora and fauna recorded during my self-set wildlife recording challenge. My aim was to see 2020 species on the Isle of Wight during the year and despite the lockdown it was a success with 2211 species recorded and two where two subspecies were recorded. Ten aggregate taxa were included where identification to species was not possible. The list includes naturalised non-native species, accidentally introduced species, a few free-living escapes, feral species and one deliberate introduction. More than 1850 species were photographed. A number of species on the list had not been recorded previously on the Isle of Wight. These new county records are highlighted in pink. Several more, potentially new species that are still to be checked, are highlighted in orange. Blue text indicates species I hadn’t seen before. Species are listed by taxonomic group with the date and location of the first record of the year. Some were recorded on many occasions throughout the year. I am immensely grateful for the help and support I received throughout the year. Keeping me up to date with news, specimens, moth nights, tips on where to look for plants, forays and particularly help with plant identification. Hopefully there aren’t any mistakes but if there are, they are entirely my own. Iain Outlaw
Mites and ticks Nineteen species recorded, almost all identified from the galls they produce 16/01/2020 Achipteria nitens Upper Hyde 16/01/2020 Tectocepheus velatus Upper Hyde 21/02/2020 White Snail Mite agg. (Riccardoella limacum agg.) Hungerberry Copse 29/04/2020 Elm Mite (Aceria campestricola) Shanklin Big Mead 29/04/2020 Nail Gall Mite (Eriophyes tiliae) Shanklin Big Mead 01/05/2020 Aceria cephalonea Yard Farm 17/05/2020 Field Maple Gall Mite (Aceria myriadeum) Causeway Lake 25/05/2020 Stenacis euonymi Bouldnor 01/06/2020 Eriophyes viburni St. Lawrence Shute 10/07/2020 Acalitus brevitarsus Black Pan 10/07/2020 Blackthorn Mite (Eriophyes similis) Black Pan 24/07/2020 Aceria iteina Shide-Blackwater Path 27/07/2020 Ash Flower Gall Mite (Aceria fraxinivora) Island View 17/08/2020 Walnut Leaf Gall Mite (Aceria erinea) Ventnor Botanic Garden 04/09/2020 Aceria tenella Shanklin Big Mead 10/09/2020 Aceria macrochela Bonchurch Landslip 25/09/2020 Aceria nalepai New Bridge Ponds 23/10/2020 Fuchsia Gall Mite (Aculops fuchsiae) Shanklin 08/12/2020 Eriophyes ilicis Shanklin Cemetery Anemones Five species recorded 29/01/2020 Beadlet Anemone (Actinia equina) Horse Ledge 06/02/2020 Strawberry Anemone (Actinia fragacea) Foreland 06/02/2020 Snakelocks Anemone (Anemonia viridis) Foreland 12/11/2020 Daisy Anemone (Cereus pedunculatus) Ryde Pier 12/11/2020 Sagartia troglodytes Ryde Pier Seaweeds Fifteen species were recorded 21/01/2020 Coral Weed (Corallina officinalis) Horse Ledge 21/01/2020 Toothed Wrack (Fucus serratus) Horse Ledge 21/01/2020 Wireweed (Sargassum muticum) Horse Ledge 27/01/2020 Egg wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum) St. Helens Duver 27/01/2020 Bladder Wrack (Fucus vesiculosus) St. Helens Duver 27/01/2020 Sea Oak (Halidrys siliquosa) St. Helens Duver 29/01/2020 Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca) Horse Ledge 06/02/2020 Spongeweed (Codium tomentosum) Foreland 06/02/2020 Gutweed (Ulva intestinalis) Foreland 26/07/2020 Sea Cauliflower (Leathesia difformis) Horse Ledge 26/07/2020 False Irish Moss (Mastocarpus stellatus) Horse Ledge 26/07/2020 Peacock's Tail (Padina pavonica) Horse Ledge
23/08/2020 Oarweed (Laminaria digitata) Nodes Beach 12/11/2020 Pepper Dulse (Osmundea pinnatifida) Ryde Pier 19/11/2020 Sugar Kelp (Saccharina latissima) Puckpool Point Amphibians Just two species from the garden pond 13/01/2020 Common Toad (Bufo bufo) Shanklin 13/01/2020 Palmated Newt (Lissotriton helveticus) Shanklin Spiders and harvestmen I haven’t spent much time looking for spiders in the past but this year recorded fifty-two species. They don’t appear to receive much attention and there are very few records in the IWNHAS database. I have yet to check the records held by LRC but from the distribution maps on the Spider Recording Scheme there are potentially three new county records 01/01/2020 Noble False Widow (Steatoda nobilis) Shanklin 06/01/2020 Neriene clathrata Haddon's Pits 08/01/2020 Long-bodied Cellar Spider (Pholcus phalangioides) Shanklin 08/01/2020 Meta menardi Shanklin 16/01/2020 Erigone atra Upper Hyde 19/01/2020 Missing Sector Orb Spider (Zygiella x-notata) Shanklin 20/01/2020 Amaurobius similis Shanklin 21/01/2020 Nigma puella Rylstone Gardens 24/01/2020 Paidiscura pallens Sibden Hill 24/01/2020 Lepthyphantes minutus Sibden Hill 25/01/2020 Clubiona comta Shanklin 26/01/2020 Buzzing Spider (Anyphaena accentuata) Shanklin 01/02/2020 Anelosimus vittatus Arreton 05/02/2020 Phylloneta sisyphia West High Down 16/02/2020 Amaurobius fenestralis Borthwood Copse East 18/02/2020 Invisible Spider (Drapetisca socialis) Greatwood Copse 18/02/2020 Metellina merianae Greatwood Copse 18/02/2020 Garden Orb Spider (Araneus diadematus) Greatwood Copse 18/02/2020 Nemastoma bimaculatum Greatwood Copse 24/02/2020 Walnut Orb-weaver (Nuctenea umbratica) Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 24/02/2020 Platybunus triangularis Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 28/02/2020 Black Lace-weaver (Amaurobius ferox) Shanklin 01/03/2020 Pardosa purbeckensis Clamerkin Creek 06/03/2020 Zilla diodia Parkhurst Forest 09/03/2020 Nursery-web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) Old Park 12/03/2020 Macrargus rufus Sibden Hill 16/03/2020 Zebra Spider (Salticus scenicus) Shanklin 03/04/2020 White Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) Shanklin 06/04/2020 Eratigena atrica West Shanklin 18/04/2020 Cucumber Spider (Araniella cucurbitina) Shanklin 27/04/2020 Tetragnatha extensa New Bridge Ponds
27/04/2020 Dictyna arundinacea New Bridge Ponds
28/04/2020 Harpactea hombergi America Wood
28/04/2020 Metellina mengei America Wood
28/04/2020 Clubiona corticalis America Wood
04/05/2020 Common Woodlouse-spider (Dysdera crocata) Shanklin Manor
17/05/2020 Tibellus oblongus Newtown Meadows
20/05/2020 Philodromus dispar Sandpit Copse
28/05/2020 Mitopus morio Haseley Manor
05/06/2020 Garden Centre Spider (Uloborus plumipes) Thompson's Garden Centre
17/06/2020 Neoscona adianta Bembridge Down
21/07/2020 Episinus angulatus Firestone Copse South
24/07/2020 Dicranopalpus ramosus agg. Shanklin
26/07/2020 Leiobunum rotundum Shanklin
01/08/2020 Agelena labyrinthica Mottistone Down
05/08/2020 Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) Newtown
20/08/2020 Larinioides cornutus Newtown NNR
04/09/2020 Gibbaranea gibbosa Shanklin Big Mead
10/10/2020 Linyphia hortensis Shanklin
21/10/2020 Diaea dorsata Westhill Road
22/10/2020 Neriene montana Shanklin
07/12/2020 Mitosloma chrysomelas Ventnor Botanic Garden
Bristletails
Four species recorded
15/02/2020 Dilta littoralis Rylstone Gardens
06/07/2020 Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina) Haseley Manor
16/08/2020 Sea Bristletail (Petrobius maritimus) Watershoot Bay
07/12/2020 Atelura formicaria Ventnor Botanic Garden
Independently discovered by Mark Telfer and Stephen Plummer within a few days of each other in 2016 as
a new species for the UK, this has not yet been formally identified but is likely to be Atelura formicaria
Birds
Including feral and introduced species just 163 taxa recorded. Other than on 01 January, woefully little time was spent birding
and very few were photographed
01/01/2020 Greylag Goose (Anser anser) Brading Marsh RSPB
01/01/2020 Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla) Western Yar Estuary
01/01/2020 Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Brading Marsh RSPB
01/01/2020 Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) Western Yar Estuary
01/01/2020 Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) Newtown NNR
01/01/2020 Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) Rofford Marsh
01/01/2020 Gadwall (Mareca strepera) Brading Marsh RSPB
01/01/2020 Wigeon (Mareca penelope) Brading Marsh RSPB
01/01/2020 Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) Yarmouth Station
01/01/2020 Pintail (Anas acuta) Causeway Lake
01/01/2020 Common Teal (Anas crecca) Brading Marsh RSPB01/01/2020 Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) Ryde Canoe Lake 01/01/2020 Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) Seaview 01/01/2020 Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) Seaview 01/01/2020 Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) Seaview 01/01/2020 Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Great Egret (Ardea alba) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) Causeway Lake 01/01/2020 Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) Yarmouth Station 01/01/2020 Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Coot (Fulica atra) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Curlew (Numenius arquata) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Sanderling (Calidris alba) Ryde East Sands 01/01/2020 Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Redshank (Tringa totanus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Common Gull (Larus canus) Ryde East Sands 01/01/2020 Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) Rofford Marsh 01/01/2020 Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) Yarmouth 01/01/2020 Stock Dove (Columba oenas) Appley Park 01/01/2020 Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) Laundry Lane North 01/01/2020 Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) Ningwood 01/01/2020 Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Jay (Garrulus glandarius) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Magpie (Pica pica) Yarmouth Station 01/01/2020 Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) Hungerberry Copse 01/01/2020 Rook (Corvus frugilegus) Rofford Marsh 01/01/2020 Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) Laundry Lane North
01/01/2020 Great Tit (Parus major) Laundry Lane North 01/01/2020 Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) Laundry Lane North 01/01/2020 Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Laundry Lane North 01/01/2020 Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) Appley Park 01/01/2020 Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Robin (Erithacus rubecula) Shanklin 01/01/2020 Blackbird (Turdus merula) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Newtown 01/01/2020 Redwing (Turdus iliacus) Guyers Heath 01/01/2020 Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) Yarmouth Station 01/01/2020 European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) Brading Marsh RSPB 01/01/2020 Dunnock (Prunella modularis) Yarmouth Station 01/01/2020 Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarrellii) Ryde Esplanade 01/01/2020 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) Newtown NNR 01/01/2020 Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) Appley Park 01/01/2020 Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) Rofford Marsh 01/01/2020 European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) Yarmouth Station 01/01/2020 European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) Western Yar Estuary 01/01/2020 House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Yarmouth 02/01/2020 Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) Ventnor Down 02/01/2020 Coal Tit (Periparus ater) Shanklin 05/01/2020 Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) Ryde Canoe Lake 05/01/2020 Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) Puckpool Point 05/01/2020 Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) Appley Park 05/01/2020 Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) Spring Vale 06/01/2020 Common Raven (Corvus corax) Haddon's Pits 07/01/2020 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) Shanklin 10/01/2020 Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) Shide Quarry 12/01/2020 Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) Ventnor 24/01/2020 Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) Shanklin 27/01/2020 Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) Bembridge Harbour 31/01/2020 Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) Attrill's Lane 04/02/2020 Red-legged Partridge (Alectoris rufa) St. Catherine's Point 05/02/2020 Skylark (Alauda arvensis) Main Bench 05/02/2020 European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) Chilton Chine 14/02/2020 Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) Flowers Brook 15/02/2020 Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) Castle Cove 01/03/2020 Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) Newtown NNR 04/03/2020 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) Shanklin 07/03/2020 Linnet (Linaria cannabina) Sandown Airport 11/03/2020 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) St. Catherine's Point 13/03/2020 Red Kite (Milvus milvus) Luccombe Down 18/03/2020 Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) Atherfield Coastguard Cottages 19/03/2020 Merlin (Falco columbarius) Culver Down 19/03/2020 Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Culver Down
22/03/2020 White Wagtail (Motacilla alba alba) Triangular Field
23/03/2020 Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) St. Catherine's Point
23/03/2020 Red-throated Diver (Gavia stellata) St. Catherine's Point
23/03/2020 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) St. Catherine's Point
23/03/2020 Razorbill (Alca torda) St. Catherine's Point
23/03/2020 Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) St. Catherine's Point
27/03/2020 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) Shanklin Down
05/04/2020 Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) Hungerberry Copse
11/04/2020 Little Owl (Athene noctua) Whiteley Bank
20/04/2020 Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) Black Pan
20/04/2020 Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) Sandown Golf Course
25/04/2020 Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Martin's Wood
25/04/2020 House Martin (Delichon urbicum) Martin's Wood
27/04/2020 Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) New Bridge Ponds
27/04/2020 Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) Bembridge Harbour
27/04/2020 Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) Laundry Lane
27/04/2020 Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) Bembridge Lagoons
27/04/2020 Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) Bembridge Lagoons
27/04/2020 Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) New Bridge Ponds
01/05/2020 Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) Wroxall
Roosting on the edge of Wroxall, presumably a bird from Appuldurcombe
02/05/2020 Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) Bexley Point
07/05/2020 Common Swift (Apus apus) Shanklin
14/05/2020 Hobby (Falco subbuteo) New Bridge Ponds
19/05/2020 Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) Parkhurst Forest
19/05/2020 Long-eared Owl (Asio otus) Parkhurst Forest North
19/05/2020 Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) Parkhurst Forest
25/05/2020 Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) Norton
27/05/2020 Blyth's Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus dumetorum) Ventnor
31/05/2020 Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) Bembridge Embankment
07/06/2020 Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) West High Down
07/06/2020 Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) Tennyson Down
09/06/2020 Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) Bembridge Marsh
11/07/2020 White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) Clamerkin Creek
05/08/2020 Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) Newtown NNR
11/08/2020 Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Luccombe Down
11/08/2020 Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) Luccombe Down
21/08/2020 Hoopoe (Upupa epops) St. Catherine's Road
29/08/2020 Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) Ryde Canoe Lake
30/08/2020 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Dynamite Pool
30/08/2020 Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) Brading Marsh RSPB
30/08/2020 Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) Brading Marsh RSPB
31/08/2020 Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) Luccombe Down
31/08/2020 Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) Nansen Hill
31/08/2020 Siskin (Spinus spinus) Bonchurch Down
02/09/2020 Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus) Brading Marsh RSPB
17/09/2020 White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) Whitwell
23/09/2020 Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) Shanklin15/10/2020 Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) Bembridge Down 22/10/2020 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) Sandown Meadows 24/10/2020 Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) Appley Park 23/11/2020 Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) Atherfield 29/11/2020 Russian White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons albifrons) Western Yar Estuary 29/11/2020 Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) Barnsfields Stream 29/11/2020 Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) Barnsfields Stream 04/12/2020 Slavonian Grebe (Podiceps auritus) Puckpool Point 14/12/2020 Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris) Rookley Country Park Mosses and liverworts Eight species recorded 11/01/2020 Minute Pouncewort (Cololejeunea minutissima) Shanklin 15/01/2020 Grey-cushioned Grimmia (Grimmia pulvinata) Shanklin 15/01/2020 Wall Screw-moss (Tortula muralis) Shanklin 28/01/2020 Common Smoothcap (Atrichum undulatum) Hungerberry Copse 30/01/2020 Crisped Pincushion (Ulota crispa) Sibden Hill 28/10/2020 Great Scented Liverwort (Conocephalum conicum) Appley Steps 28/10/2020 Endive Pellia (Pellia endiviifolia) Appley Steps 02/11/2020 Crescent-cup Liverwort (Lunularia cruciata) Ventnor Botanic Garden Cephalopods One species identified from fresh cuttlebones 15/07/2020 Common Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Blackgang Earthworms One species, could easily have added a few more with a bit of effort 22/01/2020 Common Earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris) Shanklin Beetles With more than 4000 British species it was worth spending some time looking for and identifying beetles. A total of 159 species was recorded, of those 93 were lifers and 9 were new county records 12/01/2020 Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) Wheelers Bay 16/01/2020 Orange Ladybird (Halyzia sedecimguttata) Shanklin 27/01/2020 Paederus littoralis Shanklin 03/02/2020 Small Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha goettingensis) Nansen Hill 04/02/2020 Parethelcus pollinarius St. Catherine's Point 06/02/2020 Two-spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata) PLUTO Pavilion 07/02/2020 Mecinus circulatus Appley Park 14/02/2020 Longitarsus dorsalis Flowers Brook 15/02/2020 Nalassus laevioctostriatus Shanklin Big Mead
15/02/2020 Ocys tachysoides Shanklin Manor
In 2016, beetles thought to be Ocys harpaloides were shown to comprise two species, Ocys harpaloides
and Ocys tachysoides. They can only be separated by dissection. A specimen collected at Shanklin Manor
was dissected and found to be a female Ocys tachysoides. This species was subsequently found at six more
locations but Ocys harpaloides was not recorded
16/02/2020 Nebria brevicollis Borthwood Copse East
20/02/2020 Fourteen-spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) America Wood
20/02/2020 Euophryum confine America Wood
21/02/2020 Pycnomerus fuliginosus Hungerberry Copse
23/02/2020 Dromius quadrimaculatus Sibden Hill
23/02/2020 Acalles misellus Sibden Hill
24/02/2020 Laemostenus terricola Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path
24/02/2020 Dromius meridionalis Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path
27/02/2020 Paradromius linearis Gore Cliff
27/02/2020 Xantholinus longiventris Shepherd's Chine
27/02/2020 Celery Leaf Beetle (Phaedon tumidulus) Gore Cliff
28/02/2020 Demetrias atricapillus Shanklin
01/03/2020 Black Snail Beetle (Phosphuga atrata) Newtown
03/03/2020 Biphyllus lunatus Luccombe
06/03/2020 Leistus ferrugineus Parkhurst Forest
06/03/2020 Ocys harpaloides Parkhurst Forest
06/03/2020 Micrambe ulicis Parkhurst Forest
06/03/2020 Exapion ulicis Parkhurst Forest
07/03/2020 Prasocuris junci Sandown Airport
A single specimen was collected from a ditch close to Sandown airport
07/03/2020 Longitarsus flavicornis Sandown Airport
09/03/2020 Asaphidion curtum Old Park
09/03/2020 Bembidion tetracolum Old Park
09/03/2020 Red Apion Weevil (Apion frumentarium) St. Lawrence AONB
12/03/2020 Devil's Coach-horse (Ocypus olens) Sibden Hill
12/03/2020 Vincenzellus ruficollis Sibden Hill
14/03/2020 Protopirapion atratulum St. Catherine's Down
14/03/2020 Andrion regensteinense St. Catherine's Down
15/03/2020 Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) Shanklin Upper Chine
16/03/2020 Minotaur Beetle (Typhaeus typhoeus) Harboro
16/03/2020 Black Oil-beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus) Mottistone Down
16/03/2020 Longitarsus jacobaeae Mottistone Down
17/03/2020 Black Sexton Beetle (Nicrophorus humator) Shanklin
19/03/2020 Notiophilus biguttatus Shanklin
19/03/2020 Anotylus sculpturatus Shanklin
02/04/2020 Agonum muelleri Shanklin
03/04/2020 Bembidion lunulatum Greatwood Copse
04/04/2020 Aphodius prodromus St. Martin's Down
Specimens collected from cow dung on St. Martin’s Down
05/04/2020 Copper Greenlock (Poecilus cupreus) Shanklin
05/04/2020 Common Sun Beetle (Amara aenea) Shanklin
05/04/2020 Soronia grisea Shanklin
A sap beetle recorded as moth trap by-catch. A second was trapped at Haseley Manor in August06/04/2020 Tachyporus solutus America Wood 08/04/2020 Oedemera femoralis Shanklin 09/04/2020 Ten-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) Shanklin 11/04/2020 Cyphon coarctatus Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 11/04/2020 Chrysolina banksii Upper Hyde 11/04/2020 Common Leaf Weevil (Phyllobius pyri) Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 13/04/2020 Bembidion properans Shanklin 15/04/2020 Psylliodes affinis Appley Steps 16/04/2020 Epuraea melanocephala Shanklin 20/04/2020 Alder Leaf Beetle (Agelastica alni) Black Pan 20/04/2020 Silver-green Leaf Weevil (Phyllobius argentatus) Shanklin 21/04/2020 Black Ground Beetle (Abax parallelepipedus) America Wood 21/04/2020 Garden Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) America Wood 21/04/2020 Clay-coloured Weevil (Otiorhynchus singularis) Shanklin 22/04/2020 Cantharis decipiens Shanklin 22/04/2020 Strophosoma melanogrammum Shanklin 23/04/2020 Twenty-four-spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata) Shanklin 24/04/2020 Black Clock (Pterostichus madidus) Shanklin 25/04/2020 Green Dock Beetle (Gastrophysa viridula) Alverstone 27/04/2020 Cockchafer (Melolontha melolontha) Shanklin 28/04/2020 Carabus problematicus America Wood 28/04/2020 Paranchus albipes America Wood 28/04/2020 Anaspis maculata Shanklin 28/04/2020 Birch Leaf-roller (Deporaus betulae) Shanklin 29/04/2020 Leistus spinibarbis Shanklin Manor 29/04/2020 Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) Shanklin Big Mead 01/05/2020 Green Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus) Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 02/05/2020 Rufous Soldier Beetle (Cantharis rufa) Fatting Marsh 02/05/2020 Galerucella sagittariae New Bridge Ponds 03/05/2020 Malthodes marginatus Shanklin 05/05/2020 Black Vine Weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) Batts Copse 06/05/2020 Sepedophilus immaculatus Whitecliff Bay 06/05/2020 Psilothrix viridicoeruleus Whitecliff Bay 06/05/2020 Cream-streaked Ladybird (Harmonia quadripunctata) Yaverland 07/05/2020 Byrrhus pilula Shanklin 07/05/2020 Acorn Weevil (Curculio glandium) Shanklin 09/05/2020 Drilus flavescens Bonchurch Down 09/05/2020 Cantharis livida Shanklin 09/05/2020 Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) Bonchurch Down 09/05/2020 Cryptocephalus aureolus Bonchurch Down 13/05/2020 Agriotes acuminatus Afton Chalk Pit 13/05/2020 Dasytes aeratus Freshwater Bay 13/05/2020 Eutrichapion vorax Freshwater Bay 14/05/2020 Bembidion biguttatum New Bridge Ponds 14/05/2020 Red-tipped Flower Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus) Shanklin 14/05/2020 Sixteen-spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata) New Bridge Ponds 14/05/2020 Rhinoncus pericarpius New Bridge Ponds 17/05/2020 Rustic Sailor (Cantharis rustica) Newtown Meadows
17/05/2020 Anaspis frontalis Walter's Copse
17/05/2020 Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) Newtown
17/05/2020 Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni) Walter's Copse
18/05/2020 Trixagus dermestoides America Wood
18/05/2020 Cantharis pellucida Shanklin
20/05/2020 Anthrenus fuscus Shanklin
20/05/2020 Anobium punctatum Shanklin
21/05/2020 Denticollis linearis Shanklin
21/05/2020 Melanotus castanipes Shanklin
A large dark click beetle. One, probably this species, was taken as moth trap by-catch at Sandpit Copse on
the previous day. This specimen from the garden moth trap was examined and keyed to castanipes
24/05/2020 Cantharis nigricans Martin’s Wood
25/05/2020 Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris) Bouldnor
25/05/2020 Helophorus brevipalpis Shanklin
28/05/2020 Bloody-nosed Beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa) Haseley Manor
01/06/2020 Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) St. Lawrence Shute
01/06/2020 Mononychus punctumalbum Wheelers Bay
07/06/2020 Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata) Alum Bay
07/06/2020 Black-and-yellow Longhorn (Rutpela maculata) Alum Bay
14/06/2020 Twenty-two-spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata) Bulley’s Pit
14/06/2020 Clytra quadripunctata Firestone Copse North
Associated with ant nests where the larvae feed on plant debris within the nest
14/06/2020 Cryptocephalus bilineatus Brading Down East
14/06/2020 Chrysolina hyperici Nettlestone
17/06/2020 Pseudovadonia livida Bembridge Down
20/06/2020 Galeruca tanaceti East Afton Down
20/06/2020 Sermylassa halensis East Afton Down
23/06/2020 Violet Ground Beetle (Carabus violaceus) Borthwood Copse East
23/06/2020 Brown Chafer (Serica brunnea) Borthwood Copse East
24/06/2020 Summer Chafer (Amphimallon solstitiale) Shanklin
24/06/2020 Heterocerus fenestratus Shanklin
29/06/2020 Glow-worm (Lampyris noctiluca) Parkhurst Forest North
03/07/2020 Agabus nebulosus Chilton Chine
03/07/2020 Rhagonycha fulva Chilton Chine
08/07/2020 Lagria hirta Sibden Hill
10/07/2020 Oulema melanopus Black Pan
16/07/2020 Amara apricaria Dunsbury Grange
16/07/2020 Strawberry Seed Beetle (Harpalus rufipes) Dunsbury Grange
16/07/2020 Geotrupes spiniger Dunsbury Grange
16/07/2020 Trox scaber Dunsbury Grange
Collected from a moth trap during survey work at Dunsbury Grange. The larvae and adults of this beetle can
be found in birds nests, particularly those where there are pellets and apparently favouring Tawny Owl nests
28/07/2020 Agabus bipustulatus Parkhurst Forest North
02/08/2020 Lily Beetle (Lilioceris lilii) Bonchurch
03/08/2020 Onthophagus joannae Culver Down
03/08/2020 Mecinus pascuorum Culver Down
03/08/2020 Mecinus pyraster Culver Down
05/08/2020 Eleven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella undecimpunctata) The Needles07/08/2020 Ilybius ater West High Down Quarry
07/08/2020 Ophonus ardosiacus Shanklin
07/08/2020 Bradycellus verbasci Shanklin
07/08/2020 Polistichus connexus West High Down Quarry
07/08/2020 Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus) Shanklin
09/08/2020 Enochrus nigritus Shanklin
A water scavenger beetle taken as moth trap by-catch. It keyed to Enochrus and I thought it was likely to
be coarctatus but confirmed by dissection as Enochrus nigritus
09/08/2020 Nicrophorus vespillo Shanklin
09/08/2020 Cryptocephalus fulvus Shanklin
11/08/2020 Nicrophorus interruptus Haseley Manor
11/08/2020 Mycetophagus piceus Shanklin
A specimen taken as moth trap by-catch and tentatively identified as Mycetophagus piceus was confirmed
from a photograph by Martin Fowlie
11/08/2020 Mycetophagus quadripustulatus Shanklin
11/08/2020 Orchesia micans Shanklin
Another specimen from the garden moth traps, this is one of the false darkling beetles
20/08/2020 Tasgius morsitans West High Down Quarry
04/09/2020 Pine Ladybird (Exochomus quadripustulatus) Shanklin Big Mead
14/09/2020 Plum Weevil (Otiorhynchus clavipes) Windy Corner
23/10/2020 Chrysolina oricalcia Sibden Hill
04/11/2020 Small Striped Flea Beetle (Phyllotreta undulata) Parkhurst Forest
07/11/2020 Cream-spot Ladybird (Calvia quattuordecimguttata) Shanklin
Springtails
Five species recorded
06/02/2020 Entomobrya nivalis Shanklin
07/03/2020 Orchesella cincta Scotchells Brook Pond
14/03/2020 Pogonognathellus longicornis Crocker Lane
17/08/2020 Kalaphorura burmeisteri Ventnor Botanic Garden
07/12/2020 Orchesella villosa Ventnor Botanic Garden
Crustaceans
Fifteen species and one aggregate recorded, all but two from the coast. This group includes terrestrial and marine isopods but
excludes woodlice which in my database are included with centipedes and millipedes (something for me to deal with at a later
date)
13/01/2020 Beach Hopper (Orchestes grammarellus) Horse Ledge
13/01/2020 Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) Shanklin Beach
20/01/2020 Landhopper (Arcitalitrus dorrieni) Shanklin
An adventive species from Australia, first recorded in Britain in the Isles of Scilly in 1924. Now widespread
in the SW, South Wales, Northern Ireland and throughout the Isle of Wight
21/01/2020 Edible crab (Cancer pagurus) Horse Ledge
21/01/2020 Dynamene bidentata Horse Ledge
21/01/2020 Idotea neglecta Horse Ledge21/01/2020 Common Barnacle (Semibalanus balanoides) Horse Ledge
13/02/2020 Gammarus pulex/fossarum agg. Ventnor Park
Specimens collected from the stream in Ventnor Park but unable to identify to species, recorded as an
aggregate
19/02/2020 Pisa nodipes Horse Ledge
19/02/2020 Talitrus saltator Shanklin Beach
26/07/2020 Idotea balthica Horse Ledge
26/07/2020 Common Prawn (Palaemon serratus) Horse Ledge
26/07/2020 Velvet Swimming Crab (Necora puber) Yellow Ledge
26/07/2020 Neomysis integer Yellow Ledge
12/11/2020 Long-clawed Porcelain Crab (Pisidia longicornis) Ryde Pier
22/11/2020 Broad-clawed Porcelain Crab (Porcellana platycheles) Bembridge Ledge
Flies
Eighty-two species were recorded, some from the leaf mines of their larvae. Identification was confirmed by Barry Warrington
of the National Agromyzid Recording Scheme where necessary
03/01/2020 Phytomyza ilicis agg. Shanklin
I’m not sure whether Phytomyza jucunda has been recorded in the UK yet but it is safer to record this species
as an aggregate. I did not examine any puparia
04/01/2020 Chromatomyia scolopendri Shanklin Big Mead
06/01/2020 Acidia cognata Luccombe
07/01/2020 Contarinia coryli Shanklin
08/01/2020 Tephrochlamys rufiventris Shanklin
08/01/2020 Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) Shanklin
12/01/2020 Celery Fly (Euleia heraclei) Wheelers Bay
14/01/2020 Chromatomyia aprilina Shanklin Manor
16/01/2020 Chromatomyia atricornis America Wood
An aggregate for Chromatomyia syngenesiae and Chromatomyia horticola, common on sow-thistles
23/01/2020 Cerodontha iridis Bonchurch Landslip
06/02/2020 Marine Splash Midge (Telmatogeton japonicus) Foreland
08/02/2020 Sylvicola cinctus Shanklin
13/02/2020 Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria) St. Lawrence
01/03/2020 Eristalis pertinax Newtown
11/03/2020 Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major) Rocken End
13/03/2020 Calliphora vicina Batts Copse
16/03/2020 Bibio lanigerus Mottistone Down
06/04/2020 Tipula oleracea Shanklin
12/04/2020 Bibio johannis Shanklin
12/04/2020 Rhingia campestris Shanklin
19/04/2020 Helophilus pendulus Shanklin
23/04/2020 St. Mark's Fly (Bibio marci) Shanklin
26/04/2020 Epistrophe eligans Shanklin
28/04/2020 Tipula vittata Apsecastle Wood
29/04/2020 Empis tessellata Shanklin Big Mead
30/04/2020 Tipula paludosa Shanklin
02/05/2020 Tipula vernalis Laundry Lane03/05/2020 Murky-legged Black Legionnaire (Beris chalybata) Shanklin
04/05/2020 Macrodiplosis pustularis Shanklin Manor
09/05/2020 Eupeodes corollae Shanklin
13/05/2020 Nephrotoma appendiculata Afton Chalk Pit
13/05/2020 Syrphus ribesii Afton Chalk Pit
17/05/2020 Contarinia melanocera Newtown Meadows
18/05/2020 Tipula maxima America Wood
21/05/2020 Green Gem (Microchrysa flavicornis) Shanklin
24/05/2020 Macrodiplosis roboris Martin's Wood
24/05/2020 Baccha elongata Newchurch
24/05/2020 Xylota segnis Newchurch
24/05/2020 Bright Horsefly (Hybomitra distinguenda) Martin's Wood
07/06/2020 Poecilobothrus nobilitatus Afton Marsh
07/06/2020 Volucella bombylans Alum Bay
07/06/2020 Large Pied-hoverfly (Volucella pellucens) Alum Bay
08/06/2020 Band-eyed Brown Horsefly (Tabanus bromius) Shanklin
14/06/2020 Chirosia histricina Firestone Copse North
17/06/2020 Striped Slender Robberfly (Leptogaster cylindrica) Bembridge Down
20/06/2020 Black Snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus) Afton Chalk Pit
20/06/2020 Herina lugubris East Afton Down
21/06/2020 Iteomyia major Shepherd's Trail
23/06/2020 Dexiosoma caninum Shanklin
02/07/2020 Myopites apicatus Black Pan
03/07/2020 Common Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula) Chilton Chine
06/07/2020 Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria) Shanklin
07/07/2020 Anomoia purmunda Shanklin
08/07/2020 Little Black Pudding (Dasineura pteridis) Sibden Hill
08/07/2020 Tipula lateralis Shanklin
08/07/2020 Amauromyza labiatarum Sibden Hill
11/07/2020 Black-horned Cleg (Haematopota crassicornis) Newtown Meadows (west)
11/07/2020 Thistle Gall Fly (Urophora cardui) Newtown Meadows
14/07/2020 Agromyza varicornis Appley Steps
14/07/2020 Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa) Shanklin
17/07/2020 Dryomyza anilis Shanklin
18/07/2020 Eristalis intricaria Marsh House Farm
20/07/2020 Liriomyza pascuum Kemphill Moor Copse East
20/07/2020 Leucozona lucorum Arreton Down
20/07/2020 Eriothrix rufomaculata Arreton Down
24/07/2020 Liriomyza eupatorii Shide-Blackwater Path
28/07/2020 Hartigiola annulipes Parkhurst Forest North
02/08/2020 Chromatomyia horticola Grangeside
03/08/2020 Sphaerophoria scripta Culver Down
05/08/2020 Orange-winged Fly (Mesembrina meridiana) Newtown
09/08/2020 Agromyza nana Shanklin
16/08/2020 Black Locust Gall Midge (Obolodiplosis robiniae) Shanklin Big Mead
Bred through from galls
18/08/2020 Euphylidorea lineola Shanklin
30/08/2020 Dasineura rosae Laundry Lane05/09/2020 Xenodiplosis laeviusculi Parkhurst Forest North 13/09/2020 Bright Four-spined Legionnaire (Chorisops nagatomii) Borthwood Copse West 21/09/2020 Keroplatus testaceus Haseley Manor 28/09/2020 Nephrotoma flavipalpis Afton Marsh 16/10/2020 Dasineura urticae St. Catherine's Point 19/10/2020 Lighthouse Gall (Rondaniola bursaria) Godshill Church 19/10/2020 Tufted Clusterfly (Pollenia pediculata) Godshill Church 30/10/2020 Phytomyza vitalbae Pan Starfish and sea urchins Just two species recorded 29/01/2020 Dwarf Brittle Star (Amphipholis squamata) Horse Ledge 12/11/2020 Common Starfish (Asterias rubens) Ryde Pier Fungi 135 taxa recorded. Having little previous experience with fungi this was a rewarding area of study. Early in the year focusing on host-specific rust fungi and smuts. Spores were examined where necessary to clinch identification. During the autumn I was fortunate enough to join a couple of fungus forays with experienced mycologists. 01/01/2020 Alexanders Rust (Puccinia smyrnii) Yarmouth Station 02/01/2020 King Alfred's Cake (Daldinia concentrica) Shanklin Manor 02/01/2020 Clustered Brittlestem (Psathyrella multipedata) Shanklin Upper Chine 06/01/2020 Cheilymenia granulata Haddon's Pits 08/01/2020 Candlesnuff Fungus (Xylaria hypoxylon) Shanklin 08/01/2020 Sulphur Tuft (Hypholoma fasciculare) Hungerberry Copse 11/01/2020 Illosporiopsis christiansenii Shanklin 11/01/2020 Turkey Tail (Trametes versicolor) Hungerberry Copse 15/01/2020 Jelly Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae) Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 16/01/2020 Blushing Bracket (Daedaleopsis confragosa) America Wood 16/01/2020 Witches' Butter (Exidia glandulosa) America Wood 16/01/2020 Birch Polypore (Piptoporus betulinus) America Wood 16/01/2020 Panaeolus olivaceus Upper Hyde 18/01/2020 Violet Bramble Rust (Phragmidium violaceum) Sandown-Alverstone cycle track 24/01/2020 Rhododendron Bud Blast (Pycnostysanus azaleae) Sibden Hill 03/02/2020 Yellow Brain (Tremella mesenterica) Ventnor Down 04/02/2020 Arum Rust (Puccinia sessilis) St. Catherine's Point 20/02/2020 Scarlet Elfcup (Sarcoscypha austriaca) America Wood 01/03/2020 Salad Burnet Rust (Phragmidium sanguisorbae) Carisbrooke Castle 15/03/2020 Daisy Rust (Puccinia distincta) Shanklin Upper Chine 14/04/2020 Dog's Mercury Rust (Melampsora populnea) Greatwood Copse 16/04/2020 Fuchsia Rust (Pucciniastrum epilobii) Shanklin 19/04/2020 Spurge Rust (Melampsora euphorbiae) Shanklin 28/04/2020 Hypericum Rust (Melampsora hypericorum) Shanklin 02/05/2020 Rose Rust (Phragmidium mucronatum) Laundry Lane 24/05/2020 Melampsora epitea var. epitea Martin's Wood 28/05/2020 Nettle Rust (Puccinia urticata var. urticata) Haseley Manor
31/05/2020 Pocket Plum (Taphrina pruni) Bembridge Marsh 04/06/2020 Periwinkle Rust (Puccinia vincae) St. Lawrence 07/06/2020 Meadowsweet Rust (Triphragmium ulmariae) Afton Marsh 02/07/2020 Botrytis cinerea Shanklin 24/07/2020 Tar Spot (Rhytisma acerinum) Shide-Blackwater Path 22/08/2020 Horse Mushroom (Agaricus arvensis) Pan Country Park 27/08/2020 Soft Puffball (Lycoperdon molle) Shanklin 28/08/2020 Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum) Shanklin 01/09/2020 Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum) America Wood 01/09/2020 Monilinia fructigena Shanklin 05/09/2020 Fiery Milkcap (Lactarius pyrogalus) Shanklin 10/09/2020 Dryad's Saddle (Cerioporus squamosus) Week Down 10/09/2020 Parasol (Macrolepiota procera) Week Down 11/09/2020 Field Mushroom (Agaricus campestris) Shanklin 12/09/2020 Ganoderma australe Shanklin 13/09/2020 False Death Cap (Amanita citrina) Borthwood Copse East 13/09/2020 Panther Cap (Amanita pantherina) Borthwood Copse East 13/09/2020 Brown Rollrim (Paxillus involutus) Borthwood Copse East 17/09/2020 Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) Parkhurst Forest 22/09/2020 Shaggy Ink Cap (Coprinus comatus) Shanklin Upper Chine 24/09/2020 Holly Speckle (Trochila ilicina) Shanklin 25/09/2020 Sphacelotheca hydropiperis New Bridge Ponds 02/10/2020 Blackening Waxcap (Hygrocybe conica) Shanklin Upper Chine 03/10/2020 Honey Fungus (Armillaria mellea) Bonchurch 06/10/2020 Black Bulgar (Bulgaria inquinans) Shanklin 06/10/2020 Steely Bonnet (Mycena pseudocorticola) Shanklin 16/10/2020 Green Elfcup agg. (Chlorociboria aeruginascens agg.) Parkhurst Forest North 16/10/2020 Wood Blewit (Lepista nuda) Parkhurst Forest North 16/10/2020 Common Puffball (Lycoperdon perlatum) Parkhurst Forest North 16/10/2020 Clustered Bonnet (Mycena inclinata) Parkhurst Forest North 16/10/2020 Rosy Bonnet (Mycena rosea) Parkhurst Forest North 16/10/2020 Porcelain Fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) Parkhurst Forest North 16/10/2020 Dead Moll's Fingers (Xylaria longipes) Parkhurst Forest North 21/10/2020 Upright Coral (Ramaria stricta) Shanklin Manor 21/10/2020 Parrot Waxcap (Gliophorus psittacinus) Shanklin Upper Chine 22/10/2020 Shaggy Scalycap (Pholiota squarrosa) Shanklin Manor 23/10/2020 Groundsel Rust (Puccinia lagenophorae) West Shanklin 24/10/2020 Spectacular Rustgill (Gymnopilus junonius) Appley Park 26/10/2020 Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus) St. Blasius 28/10/2020 Elsinoë mattiroloanum Rylstone Gardens 28/10/2020 Red Cracking Bolete (Xerocomellus chrysenteron) Rylstone Gardens 30/10/2020 Snowy Waxcap (Cuphophyllus virgineus) Shanklin Upper Chine 30/10/2020 Persistent Waxcap (Hygrocybe acutoconica) Shanklin Upper Chine 31/10/2020 Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) Keats Green 31/10/2020 White Saddle (Helvella crispa) Keats Green 02/11/2020 Bay Cup (Peziza badia) Ventnor Botanic Garden 04/11/2020 Blushing Wood Mushroom (Agaricus silvaticus) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 White False Death Cap (Amanita citrina var. alba) Parkhurst Forest
04/11/2020 Jewelled Amanita (Amanita gemmata) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Warted Amanita (Amanita strobiliformis) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Silk Piggyback (Asterophora parasitica) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Penny Bun (Boletus edulis) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Small Stagshorn (Calocera cornea) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Peppery Bolete (Chalciporus piperatus) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Trooping Funnel (Clitocybe geotropa) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Common Funnel (Clitocybe gibba) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Fragrant Funnel (Clitocybe metachroa) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Clouded Agaric (Clitocybe nebularis) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Crepidotus cesatii Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Wood Pinkgill (Entoloma rhodopolium) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Wood Woollyfoot (Gymnopus peronatus) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Wood Hedgehog (Hydnum repandum) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Ivory Woodwax (Hygrophorus eburneus ) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Bay Bolete (Imleria badia) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Yellowdrop Milkcap (Lactarius chrysorrheus) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Tawny Milkcap (Lactarius fulvissimus) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Brown Birch Bolete (Leccinum scabrum) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Grooved Cavalier (Melanoleuca grammopodia) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Common Bonnet (Mycena galericulata) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Rancid Bonnet (Mycena olida) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Snapping Bonnet (Mycena vitilis) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Deer Shield (Pluteus cervinus) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Bitter Bracket (Postia stiptica) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Butter Cap (Rhodocollybia butyracea) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Orange Mosscap (Rickenella fibula) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Blackening Brittlegill (Russula nigricans) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Split Porecrust (Schizopora paradoxa) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Birch Knight (Tricholoma fulvum) Parkhurst Forest 04/11/2020 Sulphur Knight (Tricholoma sulphureum) Parkhurst Forest 05/11/2020 White Spindles (Clavaria fragilis) Shanklin 11/11/2020 Wrinkled Club (Clavulina rugosa) Shanklin 12/11/2020 Oak Bracket (Pseudoinonotus dryadeus) Appley Park 12/11/2020 Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) Bembridge Lagoons 13/11/2020 Beefsteak Fungus (Fistulina hepatica) Lower Hyde 14/11/2020 Beechwood Sickener (Russula nobilis) West Shanklin 07/12/2020 Ramularia purpurescens St. Catherine's Point 08/12/2020 Agaricus impudicus Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Smoky Spindles (Clavaria fumosa) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Meadow Coral (Clavulinopsis corniculata) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Yellow Club (Clavulinopsis helvola) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Apricot Club (Clavulinopsis luteoalba) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Tawny Funnel (Clitocybe flaccida) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Meadow Waxcap (Cuphophyllus pratensis) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Crazed Cap (Dermoloma cuneifolium) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Moss Bell (Gallerina hypnorum) Shanklin Cemetery
08/12/2020 Geoglossum fallax Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Slimy Waxcap (Gliophorus irrigatus) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Golden Waxcap (Hygrocybe chlorophana) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Scarlet Waxcap (Hygrocybe coccinea) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Crimson Waxcap (Hygrocybe punicea) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Honey Waxcap (Hygrocybe reidii) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Deceiver (Laccaria laccata) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Iodine Bonnet (Mycena filopes) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Turf Mottlegill (Panaeolus fimicola) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Leopard Earthball (Scleroderma areolatum) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Witches Broom (Taphina betulina) Shanklin Cemetery 08/12/2020 Cedarwood Waxcap (Hygrocybe russocoriacea) Shanklin Cemetery Slugs, snails and marine gastropods Thirty-four species recorded 07/01/2020 Garden Snail (Cornu aspersum) Shanklin 08/01/2020 Balea sarsii Shanklin 13/01/2020 Common Limpet (Patella vulgata) Shanklin Beach 20/01/2020 Two-toothed Door Snail (Clausilia bidentata) Shanklin 21/01/2020 Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea) Horse Ledge 21/01/2020 Netted Dog Whelk (Nassarius reticulatus) Horse Ledge 21/01/2020 Flat Top Shell (Steromphala umbilicalis) Horse Ledge 24/01/2020 Irish Yellow Slug (Limacus maculatus) Shanklin 29/01/2020 Flat Periwinkle (Littorina obtusata) Horse Ledge 03/02/2020 Wall Snail (Balea perversa) Shanklin 06/02/2020 Grey Top Shell (Steromphala cineraria) Foreland 15/02/2020 White-lipped Snail (Cepaea hortensis) Rylstone Gardens 15/02/2020 Leopard Slug (Limax maximus) Shanklin Manor 16/02/2020 Rounded Snail (Discus rotundatus) Borthwood Copse West 19/02/2020 Rissoa parva Horse Ledge 20/02/2020 Smooth Glass Snail (Aegopinella nitidula) America Wood 21/02/2020 Clear Glass Snail (Aegopinella pura) Hungerberry Copse 24/02/2020 Lesser Bulin (Merdigera obscura) Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path 27/02/2020 Wrinkled Snail (Candidula intersecta) Shepherd's Chine 29/02/2020 Black Slug agg. (Arion ater agg.) Eaglehead Copse 01/03/2020 Strawberry Snail (Trochulus striolatus) Newtown 28/04/2020 Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis) Apsecastle Wood 13/05/2020 Pointed Snail (Cochlicella acuta) Afton Chalk Pit 23/08/2020 Mouse-eared Snail (Myosotella myosotis) St. Helens Millpond 23/08/2020 Laver Spire Shell (Peringia ulvae) St. Helens Millpond 16/09/2020 Common Whelk (Buccinum undatum) Ryde Pier 13/10/2020 Tree Slug (Lehmannia marginata) America Wood 12/11/2020 Painted Top Shell (Calliostoma zizyphinum) Ryde Pier 12/11/2020 Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata) Ryde Pier 12/11/2020 Sting Winkle (Ocenebra erinaceus) Ryde Pier 12/11/2020 Grooved Razor Shell (Solen marginatus) Ryde Pier
22/11/2020 Aeolidiella alderi Foreland
07/12/2020 Ambigolimax valentianus Ventnor Botanic Garden
07/12/2020 Vitrina pellucida St. Catherine's Point
Plant bugs, aphids and scale insects
123 species recorded, frequently colleted from moth trap by-catch. There were 13 new county records, mostly of aphids.
Roughly 670 species of aphid have been found in Britain and they are largely overlooked so it is relatively simple to find species
new to the county. Many are host specific or host alternate which aids in their identification.
05/01/2020 Trioza centranthi Puckpool Point
12/01/2020 Ornate Aphid (Myzus ornatus) Ventnor
Found on the leaves of Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber)
12/01/2020 Glasshouse Mealybug (Pseudococcus viburni) Shanklin Upper Chine
25/01/2020 Nettle Aphid (Microlophium carnosum) Shanklin
28/01/2020 Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) Hungerberry Copse
04/02/2020 Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus) St. Catherine's Point
06/02/2020 Empoasca vitis Shanklin
23/02/2020 Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea) Sibden Hill
27/02/2020 Boat Bug (Enoplops scapha) Shepherd's Chine
13/03/2020 Gorse Shieldbug (Piezodorus lituratus) Luccombe Down
16/03/2020 Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) Mottistone Down
24/03/2020 Corizus hyoscyami Shanklin
01/04/2020 Gerris lacustris Shanklin
04/04/2020 Brachycaudus klugkisti Shanklin
Abundant on new growth Red Campion (Silene dioica) in the garden. Specimens collected and examined.
Very similar to Brachycaudus lychnidis which is found on the same host but with cauda similar in length to
basal width and fewer hairs on third antennal segment I believe these were Brachycaudus klugkisti
05/04/2020 Acericerus heydenii Shanklin
20/04/2020 Harpocera thoracica Shanklin
21/04/2020 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) America Wood
22/04/2020 Drymus sylvaticus Shanklin
28/04/2020 Rhabdomiris striatellus Apsecastle Wood
30/04/2020 Honeysuckle Aphid (Hyadaphis passerinii) Shanklin
Common on the ornamental variety of Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp.) in the garden
01/05/2020 Black-and-red Froghopper (Cercopis vulnerata) Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path
01/05/2020 Common Sycamore Aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis) Yard Farm
02/05/2020 Miris striatus New Bridge Ponds
05/05/2020 Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) Sibden Hill
11/05/2020 Cyllecoris histrionius America Wood
11/05/2020 Cixius nervosus America Wood
11/05/2020 Hazel Aphid (Myzocallis coryli) America Wood
13/05/2020 Eupteryx melissae Freshwater Bay
14/05/2020 Cymus melanocephalus New Bridge Ponds
15/05/2020 Elder Aphid (Aphis sambuci) Westridge
15/05/2020 Poplar Spiral Gall Aphid (Pemphigus spyrothecae) Westridge
17/05/2020 Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) Newtown Meadows
17/05/2020 Spear Thistle Lacebug (Tingis cardui) Newtown Meadows17/05/2020 Livilla ulicis Newtown Meadows
20/05/2020 Oncopsis flavicollis Sandpit Copse
21/05/2020 Metatropis rufescens Shanklin
22/05/2020 Corsican Pine Aphid (Cinara acutirostris) Shanklin Upper Chine
24/05/2020 Spindle Aphid (Aphis euonymi) Martin's Wood
24/05/2020 Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae) Martin's Wood
25/05/2020 Birch Shieldbug (Elasmostethus interstinctus) Bouldnor Copse West
28/05/2020 Neolygus populi Haseley Manor
01/06/2020 Ornate Shieldbug (Eurydema ornata) Wheelers Bay
02/06/2020 Phylus melanocephalus Shanklin
04/06/2020 Andromeda Lacebug (Stephanitis takeyai) Shanklin
07/06/2020 Black-tailed Bamboo Aphid (Takecallis arundicolens) Afton Marsh
09/06/2020 Campyloneura virgula Shanklin
09/06/2020 Eupteryx vittata Haseley Manor
One from moth trap by-catch. A distinctive leafhopper but identity confirmed by dissection
14/06/2020 Ant Damsel Bug (Himacerus mirmicoides) Seaview
14/06/2020 Meadow Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) Firestone Copse North
17/06/2020 Leptopterna ferrugata Bembridge Down
17/06/2020 Pithanus maerkelii Bembridge Down
17/06/2020 Stenotus binotatus Bembridge Down
17/06/2020 Kalama tricornis Culver Down
20/06/2020 Cymus glandicolor East Afton Down
21/06/2020 Plagiognathus chrysanthemi Chine Farm Chalets
24/06/2020 Phylus coryli Shanklin
24/06/2020 Megalonotus dilatatus Cowleaze Chine
25/06/2020 Deraeocoris flavilinea Shanklin
25/06/2020 Psyllopsis fraxini Shanklin
One collected from moth trap by-catch. This is one of several similar species that feed on Ash. Examination
of parameres indicated P. fraxini
01/07/2020 Phoenicocoris obscurellus Shanklin
02/07/2020 Poplar Shoot Aphid (Chaitophorus populeti) Lake
Found on White Poplar (Populus alba) growing alongside footpath behind Broadlea Primary School
02/07/2020 Tansy Aphid (Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria) Lake
03/07/2020 Issus coleoptratus Shanklin
06/07/2020 Notostira elongata Upper Ventnor
06/07/2020 Gooseberry-willowherb Aphid (Aphis grossulariae) Shanklin
06/07/2020 Large Knapweed Aphid (Uroleucon jaceae) Coombe Bottom
08/07/2020 Common Flower Bug (Anthocoris nemorum) Shanklin
08/07/2020 Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) Shanklin
08/07/2020 Bay Sucker (Lauritrioza alacris) Sibden Hill
10/07/2020 Lopus decolor Black Pan
10/07/2020 Tupiocoris rhododendri Shanklin
10/07/2020 Conomelus anceps Black Pan
11/07/2020 Miridius quadrivirgatus Newtown Meadows
11/07/2020 Phytocoris varipes Newtown Meadows
11/07/2020 Mealy Plum Aphid (Hyalopterus pruni) Afton Marsh
15/07/2020 Neolygus contaminatus Blackgang Terrace
15/07/2020 Neophilaenus lineatus Blackgang Terrace16/07/2020 Sigara falleni Grange Withy Bed
16/07/2020 Turtle Shieldbug (Podops inuncta) Grange Withy Bed
16/07/2020 Myrmus miriformis Dunsbury Grange
17/07/2020 Iassus lanio Shanklin
20/07/2020 Liocoris tripustulatus Kemphill Moor Copse East
24/07/2020 Plagiognathus arbustorum Shanklin
26/07/2020 Phytocoris longipennis Shanklin
27/07/2020 Common Oak Aphid (Tuberculatus annulatus) Upper Hyde
29/07/2020 Sallow Leaf-vein Aphid (Chaitophorus salicti) Shide Quarry
30/07/2020 Ledra aurita Shanklin
01/08/2020 Stenodema laevigata Brighstone Down Chalk Pits
01/08/2020 Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug (Aelia acuminata) Brighstone Down Chalk Pits
05/08/2020 Derephysia foliacea Shanklin
05/08/2020 Lamprotettix nitidulus Shanklin
05/08/2020 Opsius stactogalus Newtown NNR
06/08/2020 Stenodema calcarata Briddlesford Ponds
06/08/2020 Crucifer Shieldbug (Eurydema oleracea) Briddlesford Ponds
07/08/2020 Evacanthus interruptus West High Down Quarry
08/08/2020 Eurhadina concinna Shanklin
08/08/2020 Cixius simplex Shanklin
09/08/2020 Allygus mixtus Shanklin
09/08/2020 Idiocerus herrichi Shanklin
11/08/2020 Metidiocerus elegans Haseley Manor
11/08/2020 Tremulicerus tremulae Haseley Manor
14/08/2020 Sthenarus rotermundi Haseley Manor
16/08/2020 Common Green Capsid (Lygocoris pabulinus) Shanklin
16/08/2020 Eurhadina pulchella Shanklin
16/08/2020 Metidiocerus rutilans Shanklin
23/08/2020 Tuponia brevirostris Bembridge Lagoons
29/08/2020 Australian Fluted Scale (Icerya purchasi) Ryde Canoe Lake
A single specimen was found on Tamarisk gallica. Collected and photographed. Identified from photos as
teneral adult female by Chris Malumphy
30/08/2020 Pilophorus cinnamopterus Culver Parade
Found on Scots Pine at the entrance to Dinosaur Isle. The third county record
03/09/2020 Large Cat's-ear Aphid (Uroleucon hypochoeridis) Shanklin
Common on the Cat’s-ear (Hypochaeris radicata) that is taking over the front lawn
14/09/2020 Phytocoris dimidiatus Shanklin
14/09/2020 Field Damsel Bug (Nabis ferus) Shanklin
14/09/2020 Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) Windy Corner
14/09/2020 Birch Catkin Bug (Kleidocerys resedae) Shanklin Upper Chine
15/09/2020 Pantilius tunicatus Shanklin
20/09/2020 Malacocoris chlorizans Shanklin
28/09/2020 Bronze Shieldbug (Troilus luridus) Afton Marsh
28/09/2020 Linnavuoriana sexmaculata Afton Marsh
07/10/2020 Pinalitus cervinus Shanklin
10/10/2020 Scolopostethus thomsoni Shanklin
02/11/2020 Bluegum Psyllid (Ctenarytaina eucalypti) Ventnor Botanic Garden
A distinctive psyllid, all stages found on Blue Gum growing at the west end of the garden27/11/2020 Aphis spiraecola Shanklin
Found on pyracantha sp. at Shanklin Esplanade
27/11/2020 Woolly Apple Aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum) Shanklin
24/12/2020 Pale Hogweed Aphid (Paramyzus heraclei) Westhill Road
Found on the underside of Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) leaves
Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
Fifty-eight species were recorded. A diverse group including gall causers, inquilines and parasitoids. It was fascinating to
monitor what emerged from a single Robin’s Pincushion gall collected from Whitecliff Bay which produced 108 wasps of five
species.
02/02/2020 Ophion obscuratus Shanklin
06/02/2020 Common Black Ant (Lasius niger) PLUTO Pavilion
14/02/2020 Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) Greatwood Copse
18/02/2020 Diplolepis rosae Whitecliff Bay
23/02/2020 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) Sibden Hill
02/03/2020 Oak Marble Gall Wasp (Andricus kollari) Ford Farm
07/03/2020 Gelis melanocephalus Sandown Airport
08/03/2020 White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) Sibden Hill
09/03/2020 Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Old Park
10/03/2020 Pteromalus bedeguaris Whitecliff Bay
11/03/2020 Yellow Meadow Ant (Lasius flavus) St. Catherine's Point
13/03/2020 Clarke's Mining-bee (Andrena clarkella) Batts Copse
13/03/2020 Yellow-legged Mining-bee (Andrena flavipes) Batts Copse
15/03/2020 Periclistus brandtii Whitecliff Bay
16/03/2020 Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) Mottistone Down
19/03/2020 Hairy-footed Flower-bee (Anthophora plumipes) Bexley Point
26/03/2020 Ashy Mining-bee (Andrena cineraria) America Wood
31/03/2020 Orthopelma mediator Whitecliff Bay
03/04/2020 Tawny Mining-bee (Andrena fulva) Greatwood Copse
05/04/2020 German Wasp (Vespula germanica) Shanklin
07/04/2020 Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris) Shanklin
10/04/2020 Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) Shanklin
11/04/2020 Leptothorax acervorum Shanklin-Wroxall cycle path
18/04/2020 Torymus bedeguaris Whitecliff Bay
28/04/2020 Netelia infractor Shanklin
01/05/2020 Biorhiza pallida Appuldurcombe
09/05/2020 Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) Shanklin
13/05/2020 Myrmica ruginodis Compton Down
13/05/2020 Gooden's Nomad (Nomada goodeniana) Afton Chalk Pit
17/05/2020 Tenthredo temula Newtown Meadows
07/06/2020 Negro Ant (Formica fusca) Tennyson Down
07/06/2020 Gasteruption jaculator Afton Marsh
14/06/2020 Southern Wood Ant (Formica rufa) Firestone Copse North
17/06/2020 Ancistrocerus parietinus Lake
20/06/2020 Torymus microstigma Whitecliff Bay
01/07/2020 Tapinoma ibericum Ventnor Botanic GardenYou can also read
