Callaphididae

Euceraphis punctipennis

a birch aphid: 23rd May on [frequent]

Callaphididae

Myzocallis coryli

a hazel aphid : 29th May on [frequent]

Calliphoridae

Calliphora vicina

a blue-bottle: 8th May on (common]

Calliphoridae

Lucilla sericata

a green-bottle: 29th May on [common]

Calliphoridae

Melinda viridcyanea

a blue-bottle relative: l9th Jun [1]

Calliphoridae

Pollenia rudis

Cluster Fly: 6th Jun to 19th Sep [common]

Calliphoridae

Protocalliphora azurea

a parasitic blue-bottle (blood-sucker on nestlings): 5th Aug [1 on trunk]

Calopterygidae

Caloptetyx virgo

Splendid Demoiselle: 6th & 9th Jun & 17th Jul [3]

Calopterygidae

Celopteryx splendens

Banded Demoiselle: 9th Jun [male by subsidiary pond]

Cantharidae

Cantharis rustica

a soldier beetle: 9th Jun [2 on flowers]

Cantharidae

Malthinus seriepunctatus

a small soldier beetle: l6th Jun [1 on wych elm]

Cantharidae

Rhagonycha fulva

a soldier beetle: 4th Jun on [abundant]

Carabidae

Abax parallelepipedus

a large ground beetle: l6th Jun to 21st Aug [8]

Carabidae

Amara aulica

a large ground beetle: l9th Jun [1 on burdock]; occurs primarily on plants

Carabidae

Amare aenea

a ground beetle: 11th May [2]

Carabidae

Asaphidion curtum

a small ground beetle: 11th May on [25+; sandy areas in woodland]

Carabidae

Bembidion harpaloides

a small ground beetle: l7th Jul [1 under pine bark]

Carabidae

Bembidion lampros

a small ground beetle: l7th Jul [2, sandy areas, main east/west path]

Carabidae

Bembidion quadrimaculatum

a small ground beetle: 8th May [1]

Carabidae

Bembidion tetracolum

a small ground beetle: 17th Jul [1, sandy area, main east/west path]

Carabidae

Bradycellus verbasci

a small ground beetle: 22nd Jun [1 amongst pine needles]

Carabidae

Calathus piceus

a ground beetle: 25th May to 9th Oct [common, particularly under bark]

Carabidae

Harpalus latus

a ground beetle : 22nd Jun [1 amongst pine needles]

Carabidae

Leistus ferrugineus

a ground beetle: 28th Aug [1, sandy area, woodland]

Carabidae

Leistus fulvibarbis

a ground beetle: 11th May & 22nd Jun [3, under log & in pine needles)

Carabidae

Leistus rufomarginatus

a ground beetle: 25th May [1 in hollow of large larch]

Carabidae

Loricera pilicornis

a ground beetle: 20th & 25th Jul, & 17th Aug [3 in wood debris]

Carabidae

Nebria brevicollis

a ground beetle: 9th Oct [1 under pine log]

Carabidae

Notiophilus biguttetus

a small ground beetle: 11th May on [frequent; sandy areas in woodland]

Carabidae

Platyderus ruficollis

a ground beetle: 9th Oct [1 under pine log]

Carabidae

Pterostichus cupreus

a ground beetle: 11th May (1 by main pond]

Carabidae

Pterostichus madidus

a large ground beetle: l7th Jul [1 on woodland path]

Carabidae

Pterostichus niger

a large ground beetle: l9th Jun [1 near main pond]

Carabidae

Stomis pumicatus

a large ground beetle: lOth Jut & 17th Aug [2]; local sp in Soms

Carabidae

Cychrus careboides

a large ground beetle: 21st Aug [1 under log]; a ‘good woodland’ sp

Carixidae

Sigara nigrolineata

a small water-boatman : 22nd Jun [1, subsidiary pond]

Cecidomyiidae

Contarinia tiharum

a gall-midge: 4th Jun [galls common on young shoots of old lime]

Cecidomyiidae

Hartigiola annulipes

a gall-midge: 21St Aug [galls frequent on beech leaves]

Cecidomyiidae

Jaapiella veronicae

a gall-midge: 16th Jun on [abundant on birdseye speedwell]

Cecidomyiidae

Mikiola fagi

a gall-midge: 24th Jul [1 gall on beech leaf]

Cerambycidae

Grammoptera ruficornis

a small long-horn beetle: 23rd May to 22nd Jun (common at flowers]

Cerambycidae

Strangalla maculate

a long-horn beetle: 4th Jun to 15th Jul [4]

Cercopidae

Aphrophora alni

a large leafhopper: 29th Jul [1 on sycamore]

Cercopidae

Philaenus spumarius

the common froghopper: 23rd May on [nymphs common];

Cerylonidae

Cerylon histeroides

a bark-beetle: 25th May [1, bark of old pine trunk]

Chaitophoridae

Periphyllus acericola

a field maple aphid: 23rd May on [frequent]

Chironomidae

Chironomus Iongistylis

a non-biting midge: l8th May [1 at light]

Chironomidae

Chironomus prasinus

a non-biting midge: 1st Sep [1, medium vegetation]

Chironomidae

Pentapedllum sordens

a non-biting midge: lst & 6th Sep [2,10w & medium vegetation]

Chironomidae

Polypedilum arundineti

a non-biting midge; 6th Sep [1 swept, low vegetation near pond]

Chironomidae

Psectrotanypus varius

a non-biting midge: 22nd Jun [1 at light)

Chironomidae

Tanypus punctipennis

a non-biting midge: 6th Sep [1 swept, low vegetation near pond]

Chloropidae

Chlorops calceata

a small grass-fly: 6th Sep [1 open rough grassland]

Chloropidae

Elachiptera cornuta

a small grass-fly: 24th Aug & 1st Sep [2, low vegetation, open woodland]

Chloropidae

Oscinella frit

The Frit-fly (on grasses & cereals): 13th Jul on [frequent in short herbage]

Chloropidae

Oscinella hortensis

a frit-fly: 26th Aug & 6th Sep [4, south-west grassy area & parkland]

Chloropidae

Oscinella ntttdissima

a frit-fly: 6th Sept [I grassland in parkland]

Chloropidae

Thaumatomyia notata

a small grass-fly: l7th Jul & 19th Sep [2, ground vegetation in open]

Chrysididae

Chrysis ignita

a ruby wasp: 10th Jul [1]; a cuckoo-wasp on solitary wasps

Chrysomelidae

Altica lythri

a leaf beetle on willowherbs: 11th May on [common]

Chrysomelidae

Aphthona euphorbiae

a tiny leaf beetle: 24th Jun to 19th Sep [common, sandy areas & vegetation]

Chrysomelidae

Chaetocnema concinna

a leaf beetle: 8th May [1]

Chrysomelidae

Chalcoides auraa

a leaf beetle: 8th May on [frequent on white poplar & goat willow]

Chrysomelidae

Chalcoides aurata

a leaf beetle: 6th Sep (1 on willow]

Chrysomelidae

Chelcoides fulvicornis

a leaf beetle: 19th Sep [1 on sallow]

Chrysomelidae

Chrysolina staphylaea

a leaf-beetle: 9th Jun [1 on hemp agrimony]

Chrysomelidae

Gastrophysa viridula

a leaf beetle: 8th May on (abundant on docks]

Chrysomelidae

Hydrothassa marginelle

a leaf beetle: 13th & 25th May [1 on creeping buttercup]

Chrysomelidae

Lan gitarsus flavicornis

a small leaf beetle (on ragwort):l9th Jul [11

Chrysomelidae

Lan gitarsus luridus

a tiny leaf beetle: 24th Aug to 9th Oct (common on foliage, etc]

Chrysomelidae

Phaedon tumidulus

a leaf beetle: 8th May [frequent]

Chrysomelidae

Phyiodecta vulgatissima

a leaf beetle: 8th May [1]

Chrysomelidae

Sphaeroderma testaceum

a leaf beetle on thistles: 17th Aug [1]

Chrysopidae

Chrysopa carnea

a lacewing :13th Jul [1]

Chrysopidae

Chrysopa perla

a lacewing : 4th Jun [1]

CicadeIIidae

Conosanus obsoletus

a leaThopper on grasses: 19th Sep [1 south-west grassy area]

Cicadeilidae

Alebra albostriella

a small leafhopper on oak: 10th Jul on [frequent]

Cicadeilidae

Empoasca solani

a small leafhopper (on many trees): l9th Jul [1 on alder]

Cicadeliidae

Euscelis incisus

a leafhopper on grasses : 26th Aug [2, south-west grassy area]

Cicadellidae

Alnetoidea alneti

a small leafhopper (on): 1st Sep [2 on Italian alder]

Cicadellidae

Aphrodes makarovi

a leafhopper on grasses: l3th Jul [1by pond]

Cicadellidae

Balclutha punctata

a leafhopper on grasses: 1 st & 13th Sep [2 on yew]; overwinters on conifers

Cicadellidae

Edwardsiana alnicola

a small leafhopper (on alder): 13th Jul on [common]

Cicadellidae

Empoasca vitis

a small leafhopper (on many trees): 21st Aug on [abundant]

Cicadellidae

Eupterocybajacunda

a small leafhopper (on alder): l3th Jul on [abundant]

Cicadellidae

Eupteryx aurata

a small leafhopper on nettles, etc: 4th Jun to 13th Sep [common]

Cicadellidae

Eupteryx urticae

a nettle leafhopper: 23rd May on [frequent]

Cicadellidae

Eurhadina concinna

a small leafhopper on oak: 10th Jul [frequent]

Cicadellidae

Eurhadina pulchella

a small leafhopper on oak: l5th Jul [1]

Cicadellidae

Fagocyba cruenta

a small leafhopper :16th Jun on [abundant on beech]; forma douglasi (Edw.)

Cicadellidae

Iassus Ianio

a leafhopper on oak: 19th Jun on [frequent]

Cicadellidae

Macrosteles laevis

a leafhopper on grasses : 26th Aug [1 south-west grassy area]

Cicadellidae

Macrosteles sexnotatus

a leafhopper on grasses: 19th Jul [1, ground vegetation, grassy area]

Cicadellidae

Oncopsis flavicollis

a leafhopper on birch : 29th Jul [1]

Cicadellidae

Ribautiana ulmi

a small leafhopper (on elms): l6th Jun on [common on wych elm]

Cicadeuidae

Hauptidia maroccana

a small leafhopper (on foxglove): 20th Jul [1]; local sp

Cicadeuidae

Zygina flammigera

a small leafhopper: 21st Aug [1 on oak]

Ciidae

Cis boleti

a fungus beetle: 25th May [1 in Stereum hirsutum on beech]

Ciidae

Octotemnus glabriculus

a fungus beetle: 8th May on (frequent, fungus Stereum hirsutum,dead beech]

Cimicidae

Anthocoris nemoralis

a flower bug: l9th Aug [1]

Cimicidae

Anthocoris nemorum

Common Flower Bug: 24th Jun to 19th Sep [frequent]

Clausiliidae

Clausilia bidentata

a spire-snail: 11th May on [frequent under logs, etc]

Cleridae

TiIIus elongatus

a dead-wood beetle: 22nd Jul [on dead area of ash tree]; scarce sp – not recorded in Soms since 1912 - new record for VC5 - nationally Notable sp – larvae live on larvae of woodworm beetles (common on this tree)

Clusiidae

Clusia flava

a fungus-fly: 29th May to 24th Aug [6, beech logs]

Clusiidae

Clusiodes albimana

a fungus-fly : 29th May [5+, dead beech trunk] & 28th Aug [2, spruce stump]

Clusiidae

Clusiodes verticalis

a fungus-fly: l2th Jun to 13th Jul & 13th Sep [6 on dead beech trunks]

Coccinellidae

Adalia bipunctata

2-spot Ladybird: 29th May on [common]

Coccinellidae

Adalla decempunctata

10-spot Ladybird: l3th Jul [1]

Coccinellidae

Chilocoris renipustulatus

Kidney-spot Ladybird : 24th Jun [several larvae on ash trunks]

Coccinellidae

Coccinella septempunctata

7-spot Ladybird: 8th May on [frequent]

Coccinellidae

Halyzia sedecimguttata

Orange Ladybird: 25th May to 19th Sep [frequent on broad-leaved trees]

Coccinellidae

Propylea quattuordecimpunctata

14-spot Ladybird: 8th May to 19th Sep [common]

Cochlicopidae

Cochliccpa lubrica

a small snail: 29th Jul [1 in pendulous sedge by east stream]

Coenagriidae

Coenagrion puella

Azure Damselfly: l9th Jun [4+; breeding on subsidiary pond]

Coenagriidae

Enallagma cyathigerum

Common Blue Damselfly: l9th Jun [8+; breeding on subsidiary pond]

Coenagriidae

Ischnura elegans

Blue-tailed damselfly: 11th May [1 by north stream]

Coleophoridae

Coleophora caespititiella

a small moth (on wshes) : 4th & 22nd Jun [2]

Coleophoridae

Coleophora Iutipennella

a small moth (on oak): l5th Jul [1]

Colletidae

Hylaeus communis

a small bee: l6th Jun to 17th Aug [4 mm on medium vegetation]

Colydiidae

Bitome crenata

a bark-beetle : 25th May [1 on dead beech]

Coniopterygidae

Conwentzia psociformis

a very small lacewing: 10th Jul [frequent on oaks & pines]

Conopidae

Conops quadnifasciata

a wasp-parasite: 29th Jul [1 on ragwort flowers]

Coreidae

Coreus marginatus

a large brown shieldbug: 11th May on [common on broad-leaved dock]

Corixidae

CalIicorixa praeusta

a small water-boatman : 22nd Jun [1, subsidiary pond]

Corixidae

Hesperocorixa sahlbergi

a small water-boatman : 6th Aug [1 at light]

Corixidae

Sigara falleni

a small water-boatman: 22nd Jun [2, subsidiary pond]

Cryptopsidae

Cryptops hortensis

a soil centipede: 31st Jul [1, soil at base old stump]

Culicidae

Aedes cinereus

a mosquito: 15th Jul [1 swept from cypress]

Curculionidae

Barypeithes are neiformis

a weevil : 25th May to 6th Jun [7, including 6 in hollow in large larch]

Curculionidae

Berypeithes pellucidus

a weevil: 11th May to 6th Jun [3]

Curculionidae

Caenopsis waltoni

a weevil: 19th Sep [1 south-west grassland]; fourth Soms record (last one 47years ago)

Curculionidae

Ceutorhynchus assimilis

a small weevil (on Cruciferae): 19th Jun [1 on wintercress]

Curculionidae

Cionus scrophu!ariae

a figwort weevil: 25th May [several on common figwort]

Curculionidae

Curculio venosus

a large weevil (on oak): lOth Jul [frequent]: a local sp in Soms

Curculionidae

Euophryum confine

a woodboring beetle: 22nd Jun & 21st Aug [2]; introduced Australian sp.

Curculionidae

Nedyus quadrimaculatus

a small nettle weevil: 11th May [1]

Curculionidae

Otiorhynchus singularis

a large weevil : 29th May [1 under pine bark on ground]

Curculionidae

Phyllobius argentatus

a weevil: l6th Jun [1]

Curculionidae

Phyllobius pomaceus

a large nettle weevil: 11th May on [common]

Curculionidae

Phyllobius viridiaeris

a green weevil : 8th May on [frequent]

Curculionidae

Rhinonchus pericarpius

a weevil (on docks): 28th Sep [1, woodland path edge]

Curculionidae

Rhynchaenus pilosus

a weevil (on oak & birch): 15th Jul [1 on birch] ; new to south Soms (VC5)

Curculionidae

Sitona Iineatus

a weevil: 11th May [1; near main pond]

Curculionidae

Strophosoma capitatum

a weevil: 19th Sep [1 in spiders web, low vegetation, woodland path]; third Soms record (last one 86 years ago)

Curculionidae

Strophosoma melanogrammus

a weevil 28th Sep [1, woodland path verge]

Cydnidae

Legnotus Iimbosus

a shieldbug : 6th & 19th Jun 14, sandy area by path]; lives on bedstraws

Cynipidae

Andricus fecundator

an oak gall-wasp: 9th Jun [2 agamic galls (artichoke galls)]

Cynipidae

Andricus kollari

Oak Marble Gall-wasp: 8th May on [galls frequent]

Cynipidae

Andricus lignicola

Cola Gall-wasp: 21st Aug [5 galls on young oak]

Cynipidae

Andricus quercuscalicis

Knopper Gall-wasp: 24th Jul on [galls abundant on young oaks]

Cynipidae

Biorhiza pallida

Oak-apple Gall-Wasp: 8th May on [galls frequent]

Cynipidae

Cynips divisa

an oak gall-wasp: 22nd Jun [2 agamic ‘red-pea galls]

Cynipidae

Neuroterus quercus-baccarum

an oak gall-wasp: 8th May on [galls abundant (spangle galls)]

Cynipidae

Synergus gallaepomiformis

a gall-wasp relative (‘squats’ in various oak galls): l9th Sep [1]

Cynipidae

Synergus nervosus

a gall-wasp relative (‘squats’ in various oak galls) : 28th Jul [1]