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11/Apr/25 - Week 14 of 52
Who would've guessed, I still cannot write an introduction, so it's another song. Sorry for the delays on this one, been cooking up a busy week of observations for you guys, and getting settled in to this new house has been a pain, but I'm here now.
If you want any more here, best you're getting is my relationship drama. Started talking to my ex again for some reason after flat out ignoring them for about half a year, and now I have no clue what I'm doing, so there. You guys happy now?
Notable Observations
Total Observations: 100
Most numerous species: Dicyrtomina saundersi (10 observations)
Individual Interesting Observations
10-Spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata)
Monday (Mar 31st)
One of my first ladybirds of the year, a rather common species but nice nonetheless. A cool colour morph too, not very spotty
Entomobrya nr. imitabilis
Monday (Mar 31st)
Probably the biggest benefit to my moving house yet!!! A rather common species in urban-suburban areas of the UK and Spain, and an intriguing one too. The 'nr.' indicates that it is similar to, but distinct from an already described species. In this case, Entomobrya imitabilis is a species from China of all places! I'm currently preparing to send in some specimens to the British national recorder of Springtails to help in naming this species for good, so hopefully we can get to the bottom of things soon...
Phauloppia lucorum
Monday (Mar 31st)
This mite seems to be quite prevalent under the rocks of my garden, preferring dry conditions. They're impressively armoured, and large for mites too!
2-Spot Ladybird (Adalia bipunctata)
Tuesday (April 1st)
I quite like the texture on the elytra of this ladybird, the other Adalia sp. for this country. A little more spotty this time!
Strawberry Root Weevil (Sciaphilus asperatus)
Tuesday (April 1st)
Another weevil for this year, we love the snoots and boots.
Pogonognathellus longicornis
Sunday (Apr 6th)
Not the most technically impressive photo, but it shows one of my favourite things about these long antennae-d (Longer than their entire body!) springtails - when disturbed, they can curl their antennae into these complete spirals! This seems to be shared behaviour amongst the genus Pogonognathellus, but only species longicornis can do so to this extent.
Vertagopus arboreus
Sunday (Apr 6th)
Happy to see more of these common yet beautiful springtails on my walks, they're characteristic for that blue iridescence, which I haven't seen replicated in any other arthropods myself
Sunday (Apr 6th)
Quite confident that this is a squirrel drey, based on its shape and treetop surroundings, which is a first for me!
Mite (Family Dermanyssidae)
Sunday (Mar 6th)
A very interestingly patterned mite, which unlike others in this entry, will actually be a parasite on animals! Not humans, but potentially some rats or birds. It almost looks like it has a self portrait of itself on its abdomen, minus four legs and with the addition of a large pile of frass...
Breakdown
Goal Progress
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Get excited for the next few weeks, this is where I'm hoping things will really take off for this year. To to see all my observations for this week logged on iNaturalist, click here.
To see all of my observations for the year to date, click here.
What did you see this week? Let me know in the comments!
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