Great find by Jo Turner with this tiny ladybird, SEYMNUS SUTURALIS, first record for Scilly,at Carreg Dhu Gardens three days ago.
Three days ago, Just as Jo and I were putting the 4 ducklings that we are rearing at the moment, into the Star Castle Pond, a large dragonfly came in and circled the pond, almost touching the water and flew out SW. There were also other folk with us and I shouted that was black and yellow. Everyone agreed and Jo identified it as a GOLD-RINGED DRAGONFLY. Only the second record for Scilly after a single on Tresco in 1996! We hung around for a while hoping it might return but no sign after an hour. Yesterday, a Emperor Dragonfly also visited the garden pond.
In the last ten days, Jo and I, and sometimes joined by other folk, have been out and about in the dark searching for insects at various sites on the island. As a result it has paid off and we've observed lots of new species that were never seen before.
There are less than ten records on Scilly of the Oak Nycteoline and this individual was trapped in Bobby 'Dazzlers' Dawson garden in Hugh Town, 23 7 19
Last week at Porth Hellick we found these shieldbug eggs including from top Gorse and Common Green Shieldbug
This is the nymph of the latter species
With the crazy eyes we had Eristalinus sepulchrallis at Standing Stones Field with others at Rose Hill
Male Kite-tailed Robberfly at Sunnyside
We had 3 Badister bullatus Beetle on Elms next to the house on the Garrison
A half an hour wander around the Star Castle Gardens produced mainly spiders and moths including this Harvestmen (Leiobunum rotundum) was getting stuck into a feast
While this individual was taking a Leafhopper for a ride around the garden
Cucumber Spider
Metelliana merianae Spider
Eudonia mercurella Moth
Moth sp?
Smoky Wainscot
Male Bee Moth
Lesser broad-borded Yellowunderwing
Common Footman
Yellowshell
On the evening of the 23/7/19, three of us spent two hours in Carreg Dhu Gardens and Jo turned up a mega! She found a SCYMNUS SUTURALIS and at 1.5-2 mm, this tiny ladybird was a first for Scilly! We also saw some great species and all the images below were all new for us all except the earwig and orb spider
A cracker of a fly Euleia heraclsei with it's crazy wings
We only had 2 Negro Ant in the garden
Micromus variegatus A small lacewing
Possible Campopleginae or Ichneumoninae Wasp
Common Earwig nymph feeding on a Psyche casta Moth larva
This amazing structure is the egg-sac of the Pirate Spider
Possible Dicranopalpus ramosus Harvestmen
Enoplognatha Spider, possibly E.ovata
Note the parasitic larva feeding on this Orb Spider
Endotricha flammealis Moth
Moth sp
And here are the ducklings taken a month ago at Rose Hill when they were only two days old
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