Species

Family

Data

Cabera puseria

Geometridae

Common White Wave (moth): 6th Aug [1 at light]

Caecilius burmeisteri

Polypsocidae

a bark-louse: 28th Aug & 1st Sep [3 on pine, 1 on yew]

Caecilius flavidus

Polypsocidae

a bark-louse: 1st Aug [1 on elder]

Caenopsis waltoni

Curculionidae

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

Calathus piceus

Carabidae

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

CalIicorixa praeusta

Corixidae

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

Calliopum simillimum

Lauxaniidae

a saprophytic fly: 13th Jul & 1St Sep [2, swept from oak & yew]

Calliphora vicina

Calliphoridae

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

Calobata petronella

Micropezidae

a stilt-fly: 11th May on [several on low leaves in woodland]

Calocoris sexguttatus

Miridae

a small shieldbug: 5th Jul [1]

Caloptetyx virgo

Calopterygidae

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

CaloptiIia betulicola

Gracillariidae

a small leaf-mining moth : 28th Aug [mines frequent on leaves, young birch]

Caloptilia leucapenelIa

Gracillariidae

a small leaf-mining moth : 6th Aug [1 at light]; lives on oak

Cam pyloneura virgula

Miridae

a small shieldbug (on various trees): l5th Jul on [frequent]

Campaea margaritata

Sphingidae

Light Emerald (moth): 27th Jul [1 (dead), woodland path]

Campoplex difformis

Ichneumonidae

a parasitic wasp (on smaller moths): 6th Jun [3 searching pine trunk]

Campsicnemus Ioripes

Dolichopodidae

a long-legged fly: 28th Aug [11, swept, woodland clearing]

Camptozygum pinastri

Miridae

a small shieldbug (on pine) : 15th Jul [1]

Candidula intersecta

Helicidae

a small snail: 29th May [1]

Cantharis rustica

Cantharidae

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

Capsus ater

Miridae

a small shieldbug : 20th Jul [1, medium vegetation in open]

Carcina quercana

Oecophoridae

a small moth: 6th Aug [1 at light]

Celastrina argiola

Lycaenidae

Holly Blue Butterfly: 8th May to 6th Jun & 19th Jul on [8]

Celopteryx splendens

Calopterygidae

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

Centromerita concinna

Linyphiidae

a small web-spider: 31st Jul [1, ground debris, woodland]

Cepaea hortensis

Helicidae

a snail: 8th May on [frequent]

Cerceris arenaria

Sphecidae

a large solitary wasp: l9th Jul [2, grassy area, south-west]; nests in sand

Cercyon haemorrhoidalis

Hydrophilidae

a small dung beetle: 6th Aug [2 at light] & 28th Aug [1, sandy area]

Cerodontha denticornis

Agromyzidae

a leaf-miner fly (on grasses): 19th Jul to 26th Aug [frequent]

Cerylon histeroides

Cerylonidae

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

Ceutorhynchus assimilis

Curculionidae

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

Chaetocnema concinna

Chrysomelidae

a leaf beetle: 8th May [1]

Chaetopodella scutellaris

Sphaeroceridae

a lesser dung-fly: 4th Jun [1]

Chalcoides auraa

Chrysomelidae

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

Chalcoides aurata

Chrysomelidae

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

Cheilosia albitarsis

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 11th May - 4th Jun [frequent]

Cheilosia bergenstammi

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 28th Jul [1 at ragwort flowers]

Cheilosia illustrata

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 22nd Jun [3 on hogweed flowers]

Cheilosia impressa

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 19th Aug [3 on angelica flowers]

Cheilosia pagenus

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: lOth & 24th Jul [2]

Cheilosia variabilis

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: l2th Jun [1]

Chelcoides fulvicornis

Chrysomelidae

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

Chelostoma campanularum

Megachilidae

a flower bee: 5th Jul [m roosting in creeping thistle flower]: local sp in Soms

Chilocoris renipustulatus

Coccinellidae

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

Chironomus Iongistylis

Chironomidae

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

Chironomus prasinus

Chironomidae

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

Chloroclysta truncata

Geometridae

Common Marbled Carpet (moth): l8th May [1 at light]

Chloroclystis rectangulata

Geometridae

Green Pug (moth): 22nd Jun [1 at light]

Chloromyia formosa

Stratiomyidae

a soldier-fly: 29th May on [frequent]

Chlorops calceata

Chloropidae

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

Choeras parasitellae

Braconidae

a small parasitic wasp (on moths on wood-fungi): 4th Aug [1 ,spruce stump]

Chorthip pus parallelus

Acrididae

Meadow Grasshopper: 19th Jul (2, grassy area, south-west]

Chorthippus brunneus

Acrididae

Field Grasshopper: l9th Sep [1, grasses, woodland path]

Chrysis ignita

Chrysididae

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

Chrysocharis prodice

Eulophidae

a small parasitic wasp (on micro-moths): 19th Sep [1, foliage]

Chrysogaster hirtella

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 22nd Jun [3 at flowers]

Chrysogaster solstitialis

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 29th May on (common]

Chrysolina staphylaea

Chrysomelidae

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

Chrysopa carnea

Chrysopidae

a lacewing :13th Jul [1]

Chrysopa perla

Chrysopidae

a lacewing : 4th Jun [1]

Chrysopilus aureus

Rhagionidae

a snipe-fly: relative: 22nd Jun on [frequent on trunks]

Chrysopilus cristatus

Rhagionidae

a snipe-fly: relative: 4th Jun on [frequent on vegetation]

Chrysotimus concinnus

Dolichopodidae

a small long-legged fly: 24th Aug [4, foliage]; uncommon sp in Soms

Chrysotimus molliculus

Dolichopodidae

a small long-legged fly: 15th Jul to 24th Aug [6, foliage, & pond-side mud]

Chrysotoxum bicinctum

Syrphidae

a hoverfly: 5th Aug [1, southern woodland clearing]

Chrysotoxum cautum

Syrphidae

a large hoverfly: 5th Jul [1 at creeping thistle flowers by pond]

Chrysotus cilipes

Dolichopodidae

a small long-legged fly: 29th Jul [1, bank of east stream]

Chrysotus femoratus

Dolichopodidae

a small long-legged fly: l9th Jul [2, medium vegetation in woodland]

Chrysotus laesus

DoIichopodidae

a small long-legged fly: l7th Jul [1 in medium vegetation, south of pond]; scarce sp, new to south Soms (VC 5)

Chrysotus neglectus

Dolichopodidae

a small long-legged fly: l9th Jun [1 over north end of pond]

Cionus scrophu!ariae

Curculionidae

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

Cis boleti

Ciidae

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

Clausilia bidentata

Clausiliidae

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

Clistopyga incitator

Ichneumonidae

a parasitic wasp (on spiders): 5th Aug [1, dead part of ash]

Clusia flava

Clusiidae

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

Clusiodes albimana

Clusiidae

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

Clusiodes verticalis

Clusiidae

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

Clytocerus dalii

Psychodidae

a moth-midge: 24th Aug [common, low vegetation, woodland]

Cnephasia stephensiena

Tortricidae

a small moth : 29th Jul [1 on sycamore trunk]; lives on various low plants]

Coccinella septempunctata

Coccinellidae

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

Cochliccpa lubrica

Cochlicopidae

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

Codrus minor

Proctotrupidae

a small parasitic wasp (on rove beetles): 28th Sep & 9th Oct [2, path edge]

Coeloides scolyticida

Braconidae

a parasitic wasp (on bark beetles): 19th Sep [2 on dead elm]

Coenagrion puella

Coenagriidae

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

Coenosia stigmatica

Muscidae

a scavenger-fly: 24th Jun [m on wooden bridge, south end of pond]; rare: a ‘Red Data Book' sp, considered 'vulnerable’ nationally; new to Soms

Coenosia tigrina

Muscidae

a scavenger-fly: 6th Sep [1, low vegetation near pond]

Coleophora caespititiella

Coleophoridae

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

Coleophora Iutipennella

Coleophoridae

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

Colostygia pectinataria

Geometridae

Green Carpet (moth): l8th May [4 at light]

Conops quadnifasciata

Conopidae

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

Conosanus obsoletus

CicadeIIidae

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

Contarinia tiharum

Cecidomyiidae

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

Conwentzia psociformis

Coniopterygidae

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

Copromyza stercoraria

Sphaeroceridae

a lesser dung-fly: 17th Jul [1, south end of pond]

Coptophlebia albinervis

Empididae

a predatory fly: 9th Jun [several on dog-daisies by pond]

Coreus marginatus

Coreidae

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

Corticarina fuscula

Lathridiidae

a saprophytic beetle:l9th Sep [1, sw grassy area]

Cortinicara gibbosa

Lathridiidae

a saprophytic beetle: 19th Sep [1, sw grassy area]

Cosmia trapezina

Noctuidae

The Dun-bar (moth): 6th Aug [2 at light]

Cosmorhoa ocellata

Geometridae

Purple Bar (moth): 20th Jul [1, open northern area]

Crabro cribrarius

Sphecidae

a large solitary wasp: 19th & 31st Jul [3, open areas, south]; nests sandy soil

Craniophora ligustri

Noctuidae

Coronet (moth): 22nd Jun [1 at light]

Croesus septentrionalls

Tenthredinidae

a saw-fly: 28th Aug [57 larvae on leaves of 2 young birches]

Croesus varus

Tenthredinidae

a saw-fly: 24th Jul [1 on Italian alder]

Crossocerus megacephalus

Sphecidae

a solitary wasp: 5th Aug [3 nesting in pine log]

Crossocerus ovalis

Sphecidae

a solitary wasp: 6th to 19th Jun [frequent]

Crossocerus podagricus

Sphecidae

a solitary wasp: l3th Jul [several nesting in fallen pine trunk]

Crossocerus quadrimaculatus

Sphecidae

a solitary wasp: 6th Jun to 31St Jul [frequent, searching for prey on trunks]

Crossocerus wesmaeli

Sphecidae

a solitary wasp: l5th Jul [1]; nests in sand

Crypteria Iimnephiloides

Tipulidae

a crane-fly: 13th Sep [1, low vegetation near pond]

Cryptops hortensis

Cryptopsidae

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

Curculio venosus

Curculionidae

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

Cychramus Iuteus

Nitidulidae

a flower beetle: 31st May-i 6th Jun [40+ on hogweed flowers]; local in Som.

Cychrus careboides

Carabidae

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

Cydia aurana

Tortricidae

a small moth: 9th Jun [1 on hogweed flowers]

Cydia pomonella

Tortricidae

Codling Moth: 4th Jun [1]

Cylindroiulus punctatus

Julidae

a millipede: 16th Jun to 31st Jul [4, dead wood]

Cylindrotoma distinctissima

Tipulidae

a ‘false-tiger’ crane-fly: 13th May [1; woodland edge]

Cynips divisa

Cynipidae

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

Cyphon coarctatus

Scirtidae

a soft-backed beetle: 25th Jul [1, medium vegetation by main pond]

Cyrtogaster vulgaris

Pteromalidae

a small parasitic wasp (on leaf-miner flies): 19th Sep [1, medium vegetation]