Surveying Harpalus Froelichi - Breckland Council

SURVEY FOR
THE BRUSH-THIGHED SEED-EATER
HARPALUS FROELICHII
IN NORFOLK BRECKLAND, 2009:
FINAL REPORT
Dr. Mark G. Telfer
December 2009
This report was produced for the
Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership
Dr. Mark G. Telfer
10, Northall Road
Eaton Bray
DUNSTABLE
Bedfordshire
LU6 2DQ
mark@carabids.fsnet.co.uk

Cover illustration: Harpalus froelichii photographed by Roger Key.
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Contents
0. Summary................................................................................................................4
1. Introduction............................................................................................................4
2. Survey work...........................................................................................................6
2.1. Preliminary work ...........................................................................................6
2.2. Fieldwork phase one ......................................................................................7
2.3. Survey method: nocturnal sweeping..............................................................7
2.4. Weather..........................................................................................................8
2.5. Fieldwork phase two......................................................................................8
2.6. Fieldwork phase two: summary results..........................................................9
2.7. Habitat characteristics..................................................................................10
2.8. Other invertebrate records............................................................................11
Bradycellus csikii (Coleoptera: Carabidae) a ground beetle, RDBi ....................11
Cassida nebulosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) a tortoise-beetle, RDBi ............12
Mordellistena acuticollis (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) a beetle, RDBK.................12
3. Discussion............................................................................................................12
4. Acknowledgements..............................................................................................14
5. References............................................................................................................15
Appendix 1: British conservation status categories – definitions................................16
Appendix 2: List of invertebrates recorded by this project..........................................18
Appendix 3: All invertebrate records generated for each site surveyed by this project.
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0. Summary
• Harpalus froelichii is a seed-feeding ground beetle that requires open vegetation
on sandy soil, extensive bare ground, regular and intense soil disturbance, and
abundant seeds from a diverse flora of ruderal plants, particularly Chenopodium
album.
• Prior to this survey, there was no known recent Norfolk breeding population,
though dispersing individuals had been recorded at light traps on Barnhamcross
Common, and in the garden of a house on Catherine Howard Close, north
Thetford, both in 2001, and at light traps at Cranwich Camp in 1987.
• During 17 th - 20 th August 2009, these areas were surveyed by nocturnal sweeping,
targeting Chenopodium album in arable field margins.
• Populations of H. froelichii were found in a field near to the 2001 Barnhamcross
Common record, in three fields on the north side of Thetford near to the 2001
Catherine Howard Close record, and in a field close to the 1987 Cranwich Camp
record.
• Brief descriptions were recorded for the five fields in which H. froelichii was
found.
• 86 species of invertebrate were recorded during this project, including three other
Red Data Book species (in addition to H. froelichii) for which brief accounts are
given, and 10 Nationally Scarce species.
• This project has reinforced the evidence that H. froelichii is best surveyed by
nocturnal sweeping in mid-August, targeting Chenopodium in arable field margins
on sandy soil.
• The Norfolk BAP target to “ensure populations [of H. froelichii] still exist at 2003
levels at Brettenham Heath, Santon Downham and Cranwich Camp by 2010”
appears to have been met.
• The UK Species Action Plan target is to “ensure the maintenance of five viable
populations [of H. froelichii] across the historic range by 2010”. Recent UK
records for H. froelichii are reviewed with the conclusion that the species is
currently known from only three viable populations which falls short of the
Species Action Plan target.
• All of the Thetford populations discovered by this project are threatened by
development and have not been regarded as ‘viable populations’ for this reason.
Mitigation may be possible but is likely to be costly and to some extent
experimental.
1. Introduction
In 2009, the author was granted funding from the Biodiversity Project Fund of the
Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership for a project to survey for the ground beetle
Harpalus froelichii (the ‘Brush-thighed Seed-eater’) in Norfolk Breckland.
H. froelichii is a Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species. Work on H. froelichii for
English Nature’s “Scarce Ground Beetle Project” over three field seasons (2001 to
2003) was reported by Telfer (2004). That report includes a thorough review of
available information on the status, distribution and ecology of H. froelichii.
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H. froelichii as the English name suggests, is one of the seed-feeding ground beetles,
which are such a diverse and characteristic component of the Breckland invertebrate
fauna (e.g. Eversham and Telfer (1994), Telfer and Eversham (1996)). H. froelichii
requires open vegetation on sandy soil, extensive bare ground, regular and intense soil
disturbance, and abundant seeds from a diverse flora of ruderal plants. Long regarded
as a rarity of the Breckland grass-heaths, it was not until the work of Telfer (2004)
that it became apparent that arable field margins and other recently disturbed sandy
ground (often with abundant Chenopodium album in August) are the preferred habitat.
H. froelichii is threatened by habitat loss and by inappropriate habitat management
including coniferisation and lack of disturbance.
H. froelichii is very much a Breckland speciality in the UK and is almost entirely
restricted to Breckland (Fig. 1). Until 2009, based on the author’s own records and on
records submitted to the Ground Beetle Recording Scheme (GBRS) (for which the
author is the national organiser), H. froelichii had not been recorded away from the
Breckland of Norfolk and Suffolk since 1935. In 2009, a Lincolnshire record (the first
for that county) of H. froelichii was reported to the GBRS: Benington, South
Lincolnshire (TF 38 46), a single female pitfall trapped, 9 th August 2005 by Mick
Eyre, determined by Martin L. Luff.
Fig. 1: The known British distribution of H. froelichii at the beginning of 2009. Each
red dot represents a 10-km square of the national grid.
Within Breckland, the recent (post-1990) distribution is not as extensive as the six
dots on the map (Fig. 1) might suggest. Only four recent sites are known in the
Suffolk Breckland (a fifth having been destroyed by the creation of Lakenheath Fen
RSPB reserve). In Norfolk, prior to the current survey there was no known breeding
site. However, H. froelichii had been recorded at light traps (run for moths) from two
Norfolk sites: on Barnhamcross Common in 2001 (in numbers) and twice in the
garden of a house on Catherine Howard Close, north Thetford also in 2001. Attempts
to locate breeding populations in the immediate vicinity of these light-trapping
localities had been unsuccessful, and it seemed most likely that the light traps had
attracted flying beetles dispersing away from their breeding site(s) - but where from?
It seemed almost certain that H. froelichii existed at one or more undiscovered
breeding populations around Thetford.
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Other, older Norfolk localities for H. froelichii (with years of records) are as follows:
• Cranwich Camp (1987)
• Santon Downham (1970 and 1983/84)
• Brettenham (1961)
• Hunstanton (1917)
A UK Species Action Plan target for H. froelichii is to “ensure the maintenance of
five viable populations across the historic range by 2010”. When this project was
proposed, it seemed likely that one or more populations remained to be found in
Norfolk.
As a result of survey and research by Telfer (2004) there is a very good understanding
of the habitat requirements of this species and an effective survey protocol.
Thus, the current project was conceived with the aim of surveying for H. froelichii in
the following areas, wherever suitable-looking habitat could be found:
• Thetford,
• Cranwich Camp,
• Santon Downham,
• Brettenham.
The target was to discover one or more populations, and thereby help to meet one of
the national BAP targets for this species, and the Norfolk BAP target to “ensure
populations still exist at 2003 levels at Brettenham Heath, Santon Downham and
Cranwich Camp by 2010”.
2. Survey work
This project was an investigation in which information gleaned on one day, could and
did dictate the direction of the investigation on the next day. Consequently, this report
has been written in chronological format.
2.1. PRELIMINARY WORK
On-line maps and aerial photographs as well as local knowledge were used to select
survey areas with potentially suitable habitat (arable field margins) in the following
areas:
1. Thetford
2. Cranwich
3. Santon Downham
There does not appear to be any very suitable habitat in the Santon Downham area,
where H. froelichii was last recorded in 1983/4. The Brettenham area, with no record
of H. froelichii since 1961 was not seriously considered for the current very limited
survey.
Before departure, attempts were made to establish the ownership of selected fields in
the Thetford and Cranwich areas and to contact the land-owners or tenants for
permission to visit and carry out survey work. However, this crucial part of the project
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was only really achieved by visiting Diana Goucher at Croxton Hall Farm who was
able to establish ownership and make the necessary contacts for all the selected
survey areas.
2.2. FIELDWORK PHASE ONE
The first task once in the field on 17 th August was to visit the best known site for
H. froelichii and to use this as a ‘reference site’: to make sure that I could still spot
suitable habitat for H. froelichii, could still actually find it, and that the beetle was in
season and findable in reasonable numbers.
Unfortunately, what has in previous years been the best British site for H. froelichii at
the Wangford roadside verge, Suffolk (TL 756 836), no longer borders an arable field
but an uncultivated field housing poultry sheds. The margin of the field supported
very few chenopods and those few only up to 3” high, and only a single H. froelichii
was found in an hour of diurnal hand-searching.
The second potential ‘reference site’ visited was an arable field margin on the
northern edge of Maidscross Hill, immediately to the north of Wings Road
(TL 726 828). Fortunately, this site was broadly unchanged since H. froelichii was
last recorded here in September 2002. Five H. froelichii were found here within the
first 18 minutes of diurnal hand-searching, and eight were found in the whole hour’s
timed search.
The Maidscross Hill reference site was re-visited after dusk to make comparative
observations on the efficiency of surveying for H. froelichii by nocturnal handsearching
and nocturnal sweeping. Only four individuals were found by 40 minutes of
nocturnal hand-searching which was thus less efficient than diurnal hand-searching in
terms of numbers of H. froelichii found per hour. However, nocturnal sweeping
(targeting Chenopodium) proved to be the most efficient survey technique, yielding
10 H. froelichii in 26 minutes. Nocturnal sweeping was thus selected as the sole
survey technique to be used for the remainder of this project.
2.3. SURVEY METHOD: NOCTURNAL SWEEPING
Nocturnal sweeping for H. froelichii was carried out using the stout Watkins &
Doncaster sweep-net, swept backwards and forwards through Chenopodium and other
plants, getting as low as possible. Both hands are required for examining the contents
of the net, so a head-torch is essential and it must be a very bright head-torch if one is
to be able to reliably identify invertebrates under torchlight. For this project a very
bright head-torch was used which runs from a rechargeable motorcycle battery on a
belt. The sweep-net frequently contains hundreds of invertebrates, including large
numbers of flies and bugs, which seethe upwards towards the light and crawl
frantically over every illuminated surface: hands, shirt, spectacles, face, hair, or batter
themselves against the light like mini-hailstones. Being covered in insects is an
unavoidable part of the survey technique: up your sleeves, down your shirt, in your
ears, up your nose, and in your eyes! Breathing is strictly through the nose and every
intake of breath must be slow and steady if you are to avoid inhalation of flies.
Fortunately, there are no bees and wasps involved but even if the insects cannot hurt
you the combined effect is extremely unpleasant and this is survey work strictly for
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the hardened entomologist! If it all gets too much, the insects disperse rapidly after
the torch is turned off bringing some welcome respite.
Nocturnal sweeping for H. froelichii and other carabids seems to be most effective
from about an hour after dusk. As these beetles spend the day shallowly concealed in
the soil, it is presumed that they need about an hour to have climbed high enough on
the plants to be sampled by sweeping. How long sweeping remains effective into the
night depends on the weather: as temperatures fall, beetles drop or descend again. As
a rule, nocturnal sweeping is only effective for H. froelichii as long as it remains
effective for all the other seething invertebrates as described above.
2.4. WEATHER
Survey work was carried out on 17 th - 20 th August 2009 in excellent weather
conditions. The fieldwork campaign coincided with a ‘mini-heatwave’ in a season in
which it was otherwise frequently difficult to find dry days for fieldwork. The weather
was hot and dry throughout, excellent for entomological fieldwork, if occasionally too
hot during the afternoon. Night-time temperatures were very warm initially, though
with cloudless skies on all three nights temperatures fell quite rapidly and invertebrate
activity was reduced after about 01.00.
2.5. FIELDWORK PHASE TWO
The daylight hours of 18 th August were spent reconnoitring potential H. froelichii
sites around Thetford, focusing on areas near to the 2001 light trapping localities:
Barnhamcross Common and Catherine Howard Close. The reconnaissance covered:
• several fields on the Goucher’s Croxton Hall Farm;
• the fields surrounding Blakeney Farm, owned by Bob Gooderham;
• Nunnery Stud (from beyond the boundary);
• the curtilage of Fison Way Industrial Estate;
• the two fields bordering Barnhamcross Common to the west, farmed by the
Headings of East Farm, Barnham.
Two sites were selected as having the best potential for H. froelichii and were
surveyed during the night of 18 th - 19 th August:
• the Boudicca site (a.k.a. The Runway Field) (centroid TL 866 851), part of the
Goucher’s Croxton Hall Farm; and
• the southernmost of the two fields bordering Barnhamcross Common to the west
(centroid TL 859 811), farmed by the Headings of East Farm, Barnham.
The Boudicca site (a.k.a. The Runway Field)
With the car thermometer showing 24 ºC at 21.57 on 18 th August, I started sweeping
the 6-meter ESA margin of this field, accessed from the Fison Way Industrial Estate,
targeting Chenopodium. A female H. froelichii was swept at 22.11 at TL 86653 84924
and two further females were swept between there and TL 86696 84950 up to 22.58.
This is one of the nearest arable fields to Catherine Howard Close.
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The southernmost of the two fields bordering Barnhamcross Common to the
west
By 23.27 I had reached this field, which contained a triangular block of Chenopodium
and other plants in an otherwise cropped field. The first sweep-net sample at
TL 86040 81249 produced the unprecedented sight of 17 H. froelichii in one net-bag!
One or more individuals of H. froelichii were recorded in almost every sweep-net
sample with a total of 44 counted by 00.23 from throughout the triangle of habitat.
The daylight hours of 19 th August were spent revisiting both of the newly discovered
H. froelichii sites of the previous night to record a botanical description as well as
notes on relevant soil characteristics. Some further reconnaissance was carried out of
fields in the Cranwich area.
During the night of 19 th - 20 th August, nocturnal sweeping was carried out at the
following sites:
• the field SE of the Boudicca site and S of Lodge Farm (known as The Bungalow
Field) (centroid TL 869 849), part of the Goucher’s Croxton Hall Farm;
• fields N and S of the entrance road to Blakeney Farm, owned by Bob Gooderham;
and
• a field N of the A134 between Cranwich and Mundford (TL 783 945), farmed by
James Webb of Manor Farm, Cranwich, for Keith Shropshire.
The Bungalow Field
With the car thermometer showing 24 ºC at 21.49 on 19 th August, I started sweeping
the field margin. Two female H. froelichii were swept at TL 86813 84955 at 22.16 in
margins with rather few Chenopodium plants. No further H. froelichii were found by
22.30.
Blakeney Farm
The margins of the field north of the entrance road were swept without success. A
patch of Chenopodium was found on the edge of the field south of the entrance road
and at 23.08 this was swept and yielded five H. froelichii in one sweep-net sample
taken at TL 87606 85060. One further H. froelichii was seen up to 23.20. The
temperature at 23.20 was still 22 ºC.
Manor Farm, Cranwich
Having now recorded H. froelichii from four fields around Thetford, and with
temperatures holding up well, I decided to try some sweeping at Cranwich, though I
considered this to be very much a long-shot. However, at 23.47 after just eight
minutes of sweeping Chenopodium in the corner of a sugar-beet field at TL 78390
94567, a single female H. froelichii was recorded.
2.6. FIELDWORK PHASE TWO: SUMMARY RESULTS
In the Thetford area, H. froelichii was discovered in four fields:
• two fields on the northern margin of the Fison Way Industrial Estate: the
Boudicca site (a.k.a. The Runway Field) (centroid TL 866 851), and the field SE
of this and S of Lodge Farm (a.k.a. The Bungalow Field) (centroid TL 869 849),
both part of the Goucher’s Croxton Hall Farm;
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• the south-western of the fields surrounding Blakeney Farm (centroid TL 876 848),
owned by Bob Gooderham, and;
• the southernmost of the two fields bordering Barnhamcross Common to the west
(centroid TL 859 811), farmed by the Headings of East Farm, Barnham.
At Cranwich, H. froelichii was discovered in one field:
• a field N of the A134 between Cranwich and Mundford (TL 783 945), farmed by
James Webb of Manor Farm, Cranwich, for Keith Shropshire.
H. froelichii was recorded at Cranwich Camp (c. 1km to the SW) in 1987.
2.7. HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS
Brief descriptions are given for the five fields from which H. froelichii was recorded.
The Boudicca site (a.k.a. The Runway Field)
The field was growing a crop of sugar-beet in August 2009. The main plants in the 6metre
ESA margin were Chenopodium sp., Wild Radish and Bugloss. Other plants
present, in roughly decreasing order of apparency were: mayweed, Black Medick,
pansy, knotgrass, Field Bindweed, Mugwort, White Campion, Oats, Ribwort Plantain,
Scarlet Pimpernel, Corn Spurrey, Flixweed, Canadian Fleabane, Slender(?) Thistle,
Shepherd’s-purse, White(?) Clover (not in flower), carrot, Poa annua.
The soil was sand with flints. There was a fairly tough crust to the soil surface but this
crumbled under the pressure of a footstep and my boots sank 1 - 2” deep into the dry,
loose sand beneath. Cooler, moist, consolidated sand could be found 2” below the
surface. Organic content seemed very low. The sand has a darker colour than, say,
pure builder’s sand, perhaps imparted by a very fine component of dust particles.
The southernmost of the two fields bordering Barnhamcross Common to the
west
The field had been harvested, isolating a triangular block of vegetation, composed
mainly of Chenopodium, Wild Radish and Mugwort. Other plants of occasional or
rare occurrence in this patch were: White Campion, Common Poppy, pansy, Field
Bindweed, field speedwell, Thyme-leaved Sandwort, Red Dead-nettle, knotgrass,
White Mustard, Flixweed, Annual Mercury and flax. Damper sand could be found 2”
below the surface.
The soil was similar to that in the Runway Field, a shade darker and with flints, lumps
of chalk, and bits of a very friable chalky substance. Composed of very fine sand with
a continuum of finer and finer particles down to dust. With a fragile crust, as at the
Runway Field, in which beetle burrows could be seen.
The Bungalow Field
This field is adjacent to and similar to the Runway field but with coarser and denser
vegetation in the margins, dominated by Mugwort and with a few, short stems of
Chenopodium, mostly at the outer (crop side) edge of the 6-metre margin. Viper’sbugloss
was present.
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Blakeney Farm
H. froelichii was found in a relatively large patch of Chenopodium beside a line of
mature oak trees and between strips of maize. The beetles were swept from dense,
shorter vegetation: plants of c. 12 - 18” height. Taller plants of Chenopodium were
swept without success but are much harder to sweep.
Manor Farm, Cranwich
H. froelichii was found in a near-monoculture of Chenopodium over a sugar-beet
crop. The soil here was more gravelly and more chalky than at the Runway Field. The
crust was harder but still crumbled into fine sand and dust under pressure.
2.8. OTHER INVERTEBRATE RECORDS
The fieldwork for this project was focussed on H. froelichii: a general invertebrate
survey of these sites would have consumed much more time. However, one of the
aims of the project (mindful of the significant risk of not finding any H. froelichii)
was to selectively record other invertebrates, particularly any other rare or scarce
species, and being particularly vigilant for the BAP Priority beetles Psylliodes sophiae
(Flixweed Flea-beetle) and Ophonus laticollis (Set-aside Downy-back).
Flixweed was a rare component of the flora in the Runway Field and the field west of
Barnhamcross Common but P. sophiae was not recorded. Neither was O. laticollis
recorded but this species is not known to climb vegetation and so would not be
expected to be recorded by sweeping.
86 species of invertebrate were recorded during this project, including H. froelichii.
Of those 86 species, 14 (16.3%) were Red Data Book or Nationally Scarce species:
conservation statuses are defined and explained in Appendix 1; a species list with
conservation statuses is presented as Appendix 2. A percentage of 16.3% is very high
and reflects the high quality of the sites surveyed but also the fact that the survey
work was selective for rare and scarce species.
There were four Red Data Book (RDB) species recorded by this project. RDB status
was conferred on species considered to be rare, vulnerable or endangered throughout
Britain, and thus of the greatest conservation importance. One of the four was
H. froelichii; brief accounts of the other three species are given below.
Bradycellus csikii (Coleoptera: Carabidae) a ground beetle, RDBi
A single specimen of this beetle was collected at Woking, Surrey in the 19 th century
but not recognised and added to the British list until the publication of Lindroth
(1972). A second specimen was found at Little Blakenham near Ipswich in 1977 and
then Mendel and Telfer (2000) published a series of records from the Breckland of
West Suffolk (Wangford roadside and Maidscross Hill) as well as a single record
from the Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire. It has since been recorded from Lakenheath
Fen RSPB reserve, Barnhamcross Common and Summerleys Reserve, Northants, and
perhaps elsewhere. Its distribution and habitat selection are rather similar to
H. froelichii and it is one of several species for which H. froelichii makes a good
‘umbrella species’ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_species).
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On the current survey, a single specimen was found during diurnal ground-searching
of a field SE of Manor Farm, Cranwich (TL 778 945) on 19 th August. This appears to
be the first record for vice-county Norfolk.
Cassida nebulosa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) a tortoise-beetle,
RDBi
A distinctively-marked tortoise-beetle. Hyman and Parsons (1992) note this species
from 10 southern English vice-counties prior to 1970 but only from Dorset since. In
more recent years it has had a resurgence, with records from Somerset in 1989 and
1994, from Hampshire, Norfolk and Suffolk in 1994, and Wiltshire in 1997. The
larvae and adults feed on a range of Chenopodiaceae, with fat hen Chenopodium
album being the usual host plant. Although fat hen and other hosts are common
plants, the beetle seems to be restricted to plants on sandy soil (Eversham, 1995) or
chalk (M.G. Telfer, pers. obs, Salisbury Plain).
On the current survey, this species was found at the Maidscross Hill reference site, at
the Runway Field and in the field west of Barnhamcross Common.
Mordellistena acuticollis (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) a beetle, RDBK
First recorded in 1984 in West Kent and added to the British list by Allen (1986). The
species has subsequently spread and has become widespread in south-east England
and parts of East Anglia (Hodge, 2002).The host plants appear to be Creeping Thistle
Cirsium arvense and Mugwort Artemisia campestris. In retrospect, the pattern of
rapid spread and establishment suggests an alien species to Britain and if the
conservation statuses of Coleoptera were to be reviewed, it is unlikely that this species
would be regarded as warranting a conservation status.
On the current survey, a single female was swept at night (18 th to 19 th August) from
the triangle of vegetation in the field west of Barnhamcross Common.
All the invertebrate records generated for each of the sites surveyed by this project are
presented in Appendix 3. These and all the author’s other invertebrate records for
Norfolk (all past and present administrative boundaries, and/or vice-county
boundaries) were exported to the Norfolk Biodiversity Information Service (NBIS) on
30 th October 2009. It should be noted that the fields west of Barnhamcross Common
are in vice-county West Suffolk, even though they are part of the modern
administrative county of Norfolk. Thus, all the author’s invertebrate records for
Suffolk (all past and present administrative boundaries, and/or vice-county
boundaries) were exported to the Suffolk Biological Records Centre (SBRC) on 18 th
November 2009. Subsequent to these exports, a few additional invertebrates have
been identified and added to the author’s database: these records will be exported to
NBIS and/or SBRC in due course.
3. Discussion
This project achieved far more than the author’s expectations, discovering populations
of H. froelichii in a field near to the 2001 Barnhamcross Common record, and in three
fields on the north side of Thetford near to the 2001 Catherine Howard Close record.
In addition, H. froelichii was discovered at a new site close to the 1987 Cranwich
Camp record.
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This project has reinforced the evidence that H. froelichii is best surveyed by
nocturnal sweeping in mid-August, and that it is best looked for by targeting
Chenopodium in arable field margins on sandy soil with extensive bare ground.
Future work on this species can be conducted with the confident knowledge that time
and energy will not be wasted on surveying in the wrong places, at the wrong time of
year, or using the wrong technique. Such a claim could not be made for most other
BAP beetles, perhaps not for most BAP invertebrates in general.
The Norfolk BAP target for H. froelichii is to “ensure populations still exist at 2003
levels at Brettenham Heath, Santon Downham and Cranwich Camp by 2010”.
H. froelichii was last recorded at each of these sites in 1961, 1983/4 and 1987
respectively and it would not have been unreasonable to assume that H. froelichii was
locally extinct at each of these sites by 2003. However, this project rediscovered
H. froelichii in the Cranwich Camp area in 2009. The Santon Downham area was
covered by the preliminary phase of this project but there does not appear to be any
very suitable habitat in the area. Brettenham Heath, with no record of H. froelichii for
48 years, was not covered by this project. However, with increased confidence in an
effective survey method for H. froelichii, a survey of the arable field margins to the
south and east of Brettenham Heath would be worth carrying out.
A target for H. froelichii in the ‘old’ (but yet to be superseded) UK Species Action
Plan is to “ensure the maintenance of five viable populations across the historic range
by 2010”. Table 1 summarises the current UK situation regarding viable populations
of H. froelichii. It has been assumed that no site from which the most recent
H. froelichii record was prior to 1987 can be regarded as supporting a viable
population. It has become apparent in recent years that records of H. froelichii at light
traps do not necessarily indicate that the trap is being operated at a breeding site for
the beetle: a point exemplified by the capture in a garden on Catherine Howard Close,
Thetford. All sites from which H. froelichii is known only from light trap records
despite survey by other means are regarded in Table 1 as ‘Unlikely’ to support a
breeding population. All populations of H. froelichii are dependent upon regular and
intense soil disturbance and are thus vulnerable to changes in land management. The
Wangford roadside population is critically threatened by a recent change in farming
practice from arable to poultry. Some of the newly-discovered Thetford populations
are threatened by development. Unless and until these threats are removed, these
populations of H. froelichii cannot be regarded as viable. So, H. froelichii is currently
known from only three viable populations which falls short of the Species Action Plan
target.
Table 1: The current UK situation regarding viable populations of H. froelichii.
Site Year of Breeding Threats? Viability
most
recent
record
population?
Manor Farm, Cranwich 2009 Yes Viable
Runway Field and
2009 Yes Development. Viable if threat of
Bungalow Field, Gallows
Hill
development is lifted.
Blakeney Farm 2009 Yes Development. Viable if threat of
development is lifted.
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Site Year of
most
recent
record
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Breeding
population?
Threats? Viability
Fields W of Barnhamcross 2009 Yes Development. Viable if threat of
Common
development is lifted.
Maidscross Hill 2009 Yes Viable
Wangford roadside 2009 Yes Cessation of arable Viable if annual
farming. cultivation can be
continued.
Benington, S. Lincs 2005 Uncertain: only a No information.
single individual
recorded.
Uncertain
Cavenham RSPB 2003 Yes No information. Uncertain
Wangford Glebe SWT
reserve
2002 Yes Viable
Catherine Howard Close,
Thetford
2001 Unlikely Not applicable. Not a viable population.
Barnhamcross Common 2001 Unlikely Not applicable. Not a viable population.
Joist Fen, Lakenheath
RSPB
1997 Extinct. Wetland creation. Not a viable population.
Foxhole Heath 1987 Unlikely Not applicable. Not a viable population.
Cranwich Camp 1987 Unlikely Not applicable. Not a viable population.
The adjacent Runway Field and Bungalow Field, encompassing the Boudicca
Scheduled Ancient Monument are treated as a single site in Table 1. This and the
Blakeney Farm site are included within the area of the ‘Thetford Sustainable Urban
Extension’ of November 2009 (Alan Baxter & Associates LLP, 2009). Although this
document is a ‘development of concept and vision’, the vision is for a change of land
use from arable to residential.
The fields W of Barnhamcross Common were covered by a planning consultation
exercise in 2008 in which they were one of the areas considered for accommodating
the growth of Thetford’s built environment. In Table 1 it has been assumed that these
fields are also under threat of development.
While it may be possible to mitigate for the impacts of development on H. froelichii,
any mitigation is likely to be costly and to some extent experimental.
4. Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following:
• Scott Perkin for managing the project and liasing with other members of the
Norfolk Heathland BAP Topic Group.
• Diana Goucher for her invaluable help in establishing the ownership of the fields I
wanted to visit and for help in making the necessary contacts. Without that help,
this project would not have been nearly so successful.
• Gerald, Diana, Tom and John Goucher for their help and advice and for
permission to survey the field margins of Croxton Hall Farm.
• Bob Gooderham for permission to survey the fields around Blakeney Farm.
• David and Edward Heading of East Farm, Barnham for permission to survey the
fields west of Barnhamcross Common.

• Keith Shropshire and James Webb for permission to survey the fields at Manor
Farm, Cranwich.
• Richard Thewlis for allowing me to stay with him in Thetford during the
fieldwork campaign, coming and going at all times of the day and night.
• Martin Collier (Norfolk beetle recorder) for information on Norfolk’s beetles.
• Mark Gurney for advice on the identification of species in the genus
Chenopodium.
• Martin Luff and all the many contributors to the Ground Beetle Recording
Scheme.
• Lee Gregory and the Suffolk Moth Group whose light-trapping discoveries in
2001 set me on the trail of H. froelichii in the Thetford area.
As the above list shows, many people have contributed to this project and I apologise
to anyone whose name has been omitted: through oversight, not ingratitude!
5. References
Alan Baxter & Associates LLP (2009). Thetford Sustainable Urban Extension -
Development of concept and vision. Report.
Allen, A.A. (1986). On the British species of Mordellistena Costa (Col.: Mordellidae)
resembling parvula Gyll. Entomologist’s record and journal of variation, 98, 47
- 50.
Eversham, B.C. (1995). The distribution and ecology of Cassida nebulosa L.
(Chrysomelidae) in Norfolk and Suffolk Breckland in 1994. The Coleopterist, 3,
70 - 76.
Eversham, B.C. and Telfer, M.G. (1994). Conservation value of roadside verges for
stenotopic heathland Carabidae: corridors or refugia? Biodiversity and
Conservation, 3, 538 - 545.
Hodge, P.J. (2002). Mordellistena acuticollis Schilsky (Mordellidae), a species
spreading in south-east England. The Coleopterist, 11, 117 - 118.
Hyman, P.S. (revised Parsons, M.S.) (1992). A review of the scarce and threatened
Coleoptera of Great Britain. Part 1. U.K. Nature Conservation: 3.
Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
Lindroth, C.H. (1972). Taxonomic notes on certain British ground-beetles (Col.,
Carabidae). Entomologist’s monthly magazine, 107, 207 - 210.
Mendel, H. and Telfer, M.G. (2000). Bradycellus csikii Laczó (Carabidae):
recognition and status in Britain. The Coleopterist, 9, 5 - 8.
Shirt, D.B. (ed.) (1987). British Red Data Books: 2. Insects. Peterborough: Nature
Conservancy Council.
Telfer, M.G. (2004). Action for Harpalus froelichii during 2001 to 2004. 40 page
report to the Scarce Ground Beetle Project.
Telfer, M.G. and Eversham, B.C. (1996). Ecology and conservation of heathland
carabids in eastern England. In Niemelä, J. (ed.) Population biology and
conservation of carabid beetles. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 33, 149 - 156.
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Appendix 1: British conservation status categories –
definitions.
These status categories and criteria were introduced for British insects by Shirt (1987)
and received some modifications by later authors (e.g. Hyman and Parsons (1992)).
Red Data Book category 1, Endangered
Definition Species in danger of extinction and whose survival is unlikely if causal
factors continue to operate. Endangered species either (a) occur as only
a single population within one 10-km square, or (b) only occur in
especially vulnerable habitats, or (c) have been declining rapidly or
continuously for twenty years or more to the point where they occur in
five or fewer 10-km squares, or (d) may already have become extinct.
Red Data Book category 2, Vulnerable
Definition Species which are likely to move into the Endangered category in the
near future if causal factors continue to operate. Vulnerable species are
declining throughout their range or occupy vulnerable habitats.
Red Data Book category 3, Rare
Definition Species which occur in small populations and although not currently
either Endangered or Vulnerable are at risk. Rare species exist in 15 or
fewer 10-km squares, or are more widespread than this but dependent
on small areas of especially vulnerable habitat.
Red Data Book category i, Indeterminate
Note: Best written as ‘RDBi’ rather than ‘RDBI’ as the latter is easily confused with
‘RDB1’ (Endangered).
Definition Species considered to be either Endangered, Vulnerable or Rare but
where there is not enough information to allocate them to the
appropriate category.
Red Data Book category K, Insufficiently Known
Definition Species suspected to merit either Endangered, Vulnerable, Rare or
Indeterminate status but lacking sufficient information. Species
included in this category may have only recently been discovered in
Britain, or may be very poorly recorded for a variety of reasons.
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Nationally Scarce Category A, Na.
Definition Species which do not fall within Red Data Book categories but which
are nonetheless uncommon in Great Britain and thought to occur in 30
or fewer (typically between 16 and 30) 10-km squares of the National
Grid, or for less well-recorded groups, in seven or fewer vice-counties.
Nationally Scarce Category B, Nb.
Definition Species which do not fall within Red Data Book categories but which
are nonetheless uncommon in Great Britain and thought to occur in
between 31 and 100 10-km squares of the National Grid, or for less
well-recorded groups, between eight and twenty vice-counties.
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Appendix 2: List of invertebrates recorded by this project.
The table is in taxonomic order. Red Data Book or Nationally Scarce species are listed in red text.
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status
Malacostraca Isopoda Armadillidiidae Armadillidium vulgare Common pill woodlouse None
Malacostraca Isopoda Philosciidae Philoscia muscorum Common striped
woodlouse
None
Malacostraca Isopoda Porcellionidae Porcellio scaber Common rough woodlouse None
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None
Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush-cricket None
Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Metrioptera roeselii Roesel's Bush-cricket Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Orthoptera Conocephalidae Conocephalus discolor Long-winged Conehead Nationally Scarce (Na)
Insecta Orthoptera Phaneropteridae Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-cricket None
Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Chorthippus brunneus Common Field
Grasshopper
None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Coreidae Coreus marginatus a bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Rhopalidae Rhopalus subrufus a bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Cydnidae Sehirus luctuosus a shield-bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Scutelleridae Eurygaster testudinaria a shield-bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Aelia acuminata a shield-bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Dolycoris baccarum a shield-bug None

Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Eysarcoris fabricii a shield-bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Palomena prasina a shield-bug None
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Leistus ferrugineus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Notiophilus biguttatus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Notiophilus palustris a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Loricera pilicornis a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Trechus quadristriatus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion lampros a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion femoratum a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion tetracolum a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion quadrimaculatum a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Poecilus versicolor a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichus melanarius a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus ambiguus a ground beetle Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus fuscipes a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus melanocephalus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Anchomenus dorsalis a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara similata a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara consularis a ground beetle Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara fulva a ground beetle Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Curtonotus aulicus a ground beetle None
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus affinis a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus tardus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Ophonus rufibarbis a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus csikii a ground beetle RDBi
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus harpalinus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus verbasci a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Demetrias atricapillus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Paradromius linearis a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Syntomus foveatus a ground beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Silphidae Silpha tristis a beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Drusilla canaliculata a rove-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Astenus lyonessius a rove-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Phalacridae Olibrus millefolii a beetle Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Coleoptera Phalacridae Stilbus testaceus a beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Scymnus frontalis a beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 22-spot Ladybird None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea quattuordecimpunctata 14-spot Ladybird None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Harmonia quadripunctata Cream-streaked Ladybird None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella undecimpunctata 11-spot Ladybird None
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata 16-spot Ladybird None
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Subcoccinella
vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird None
Insecta Coleoptera Latridiidae Cortinicara gibbosa a beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Mordellidae Mordellistena acuticollis a beetle RDBK
Insecta Coleoptera Oedemeridae Oedemera lurida a beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Oulema melanopus sens. lat. a leaf-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida nebulosa a tortoise-beetle RDBi
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Galeruca tanaceti a leaf-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Neocrepidodera ferruginea a flea-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalus fulvus a leaf-beetle None
Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae Hypera dauci a weevil Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae Mogulones geographicus a weevil Nationally Scarce (Nb)
Insecta Hymenoptera: Apidae Bombus lapidarius Large Red-tailed None
Aculeata
Bumblebee
Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Eristalis tenax a hoverfly None
Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Syritta pipiens a hoverfly None
Insecta Diptera Pipunculidae Eudorylas auctus a big-headed fly None
Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell None
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth None
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing None
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew
Character
None
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Cucullia absinthii Wormwood moth Nationally Scarce (Nb)
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Appendix 3: All invertebrate records generated for each site surveyed by this project.
Each of the tables is in taxonomic order. Red Data Book or Nationally Scarce species are listed in red text.
The north-western of the fields surrounding Blakeney Farm (centroid TL 875 852), owned by Bob Gooderham
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Malacostraca Isopoda Armadillidiidae Armadillidium vulgare Common pill woodlouse None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Malacostraca Isopoda Philosciidae Philoscia muscorum Common striped woodlouse None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Malacostraca Isopoda Porcellionidae Porcellio scaber Common rough woodlouse None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Chorthippus brunneus Common Field Grasshopper None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Palomena prasina a shield-bug None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Nymph Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL875851 1 male 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Dissected.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Demetrias atricapillus a ground beetle None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Paradromius linearis a ground beetle None TL875851 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL875851 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Diptera Pipunculidae Eudorylas auctus a big-headed fly None TL875851 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search det DJ Gibbs
The south-western of the fields surrounding Blakeney Farm (centroid TL 876 848), owned by Bob Gooderham
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Aelia acuminata a shield-bug None TL876850 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Eysarcoris fabricii a shield-bug None TL876850 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara consularis a ground beetle Nationally Scarce (Nb) TL876850 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Curtonotus aulicus a ground beetle None TL876850 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP TL8760685060 4 female 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2308.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP TL8760685060 1 male 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2308.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP TL876850 1 female 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None TL876850 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea quattuordecimpunctata 14-spot Ladybird None TL876850 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Harmonia quadripunctata Cream-streaked Ladybird None TL876850 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf-beetle None TL876850 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Field SE of Manor Farm, Cranwich, farmed by James Webb of Manor Farm, Cranwich, for Keith Shropshire
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Aelia acuminata a shield-bug None TL778945 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Trechus quadristriatus a ground beetle None TL778945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion lampros a ground beetle None TL778945 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion tetracolum a ground beetle None TL778945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus csikii a ground beetle RDBi TL778945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus verbasci a ground beetle None TL778945 2 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Demetrias atricapillus a ground beetle None TL778945 3 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Paradromius linearis a ground beetle None TL778945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Syntomus foveatus a ground beetle None TL778945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Drusilla canaliculata a rove-beetle None TL778945 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL778945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 22-spot Ladybird None TL778945 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL778945 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL778945 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Field SW of Manor Farm, Cranwich, farmed by James Webb of Manor Farm, Cranwich, for Keith Shropshire
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Poecilus versicolor a ground beetle None TL777945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods Teneral.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Pterostichus melanarius a ground beetle None TL777945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL777945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus fuscipes a ground beetle None TL777945 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus melanocephalus a ground beetle None TL777945 1 male 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods Pair in cop.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus melanocephalus a ground beetle None TL777945 1 female 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods Pair in cop.
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None TL777945 3 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
A field N of the A134 between Cranwich and Mundford (TL 783 945), farmed by James Webb of Manor Farm, Cranwich, for Keith Shropshire
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Scutelleridae Eurygaster testudinaria a shield-bug None TL78399456 1 female 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Aelia acuminata a shield-bug None TL78399456 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera: Heteroptera Pentatomidae Palomena prasina a shield-bug None TL78399456 Present 19-Aug-09 Nymph Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP TL78399456 1 female 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2347.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL78399456 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL78399456 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce (Nb) TL78399456 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Oulema melanopus sens. lat. a beetle None TL78399456 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Agrotis segetum Turnip Moth None TL78399456 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
The southernmost of the two fields bordering Barnhamcross Common to the west (centroid TL 859 811), farmed by the Headings of East Farm, Barnham
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific Species: English Conservation GridRef QuantitySex Date (or Start EndDate Stage Method Comment
name
name
Status
Date)
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Orthoptera Phaneropteridae Leptophyes Speckled Bush- None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
punctatissima cricket
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL860812 6 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed
Seed-eater
RDB2, BAP TL860812 26 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed
Seed-eater
RDB2, BAP TL860812 17 female 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed
Seed-eater
RDB2, BAP TL860812 1 male 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None TL860812 3 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora
vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella
septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific
name
Species: English
name
Conservation
Status
(Nb)
GridRef QuantitySex Date (or Start
Date)
EndDate Stage Method Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Mordellidae Mordellistena a beetle RDBK TL860812 1 female 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept from Mugwort (Chenopodium
acuticollis
also present). From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida nebulosa a tortoise beetle RDBi TL860812 1 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf-beetle None TL860812 Present 18-Aug-09 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2327 to 0023.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus ambiguus a ground beetle Nationally Scarce TL860812 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
(Nb)
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL860812 2 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara similata a ground beetle None TL860812 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL860812 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Demetrias atricapillus a ground beetle None TL860812 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
The Boudicca site (a.k.a. The Runway Field) (centroid TL 866 851), part of the Goucher's Croxton Hall Farm
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English Conservation GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
name
Status
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Chorthippus brunneus Common Field
Grasshopper
None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Coreidae Coreus marginatus a bug None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Dolycoris baccarum a shield-bug None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Trechus quadristriatus a ground beetle None TL866849 1 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL866849 2 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL866849 2 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Curtonotus aulicus a ground beetle None TL866849 1 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seedeater
RDB2, BAP TL8665384924 1 female 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2211. From 2157 to a little
after 2258.
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English Conservation GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
name
Status
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed- RDB2, BAP TL8669684950 1 female 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2258. From 2157 to a little
eater
after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed- RDB2, BAP TL866849 1 female 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2252. From 2157 to a little
eater
after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None TL866849 3 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus harpalinus a ground beetle None TL866849 1 male 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL866849 1 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea
quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata 16-spot Ladybird None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Subcoccinella
vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Oedemeridae Oedemera lurida a beetle None TL866849 1 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping Several.
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida nebulosa a tortoise beetle RDBi TL866849 3 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida nebulosa a tortoise beetle RDBi TL866849 4 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf-beetle None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf-beetle None TL866849 2 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping
Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Eristalis tenax a hoverfly None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Diptera Syrphidae Syritta pipiens a hoverfly None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell None TL866849 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult Sweeping Very common.
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew
Character
None TL866849 1 18-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search From 2157 to a little after 2258.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus affinis a ground beetle None TL866849 1 19-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
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The field SE of the Boudicca site and S of Lodge Farm (known as The Bungalow Field) (centroid TL 869 849), part of the Goucher's Croxton Hall Farm
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation
Status
GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Metrioptera roeselii Roesel's Bush-cricket Nationally Scarce TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
(Nb)
Methods
Insecta Orthoptera Conocephalidae Conocephalus discolor Long-winged Conehead Nationally Scarce TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
(Na)
Methods
Insecta Orthoptera Phaneropteridae Leptophyes punctatissima Speckled Bush-cricket None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Aelia acuminata a shield-bug None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Heteroptera
Methods
Insecta Hemiptera: Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Heteroptera
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Phalacridae Olibrus millefolii a beetle Nationally Scarce TL868848 1 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
(Nb)
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Scymnus frontalis a beetle None TL868848 1 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 22-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea quattuordecimpunctata 14-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Harmonia quadripunctata Cream-streaked Ladybird None TL868848 1 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce TL868848 5 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
(Nb)
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata 16-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Subcoccinella
24-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
vigintiquattuorpunctata
Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL868848 Present 18-Aug-09 Adult General Recording
Methods
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Chorthippus brunneus Common Field
Grasshopper
None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Rhopalidae Rhopalus subrufus a bug None TL868849 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Palomena prasina a shield-bug None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Pentatomidae Eurydema oleracea a shield-bug None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation
Status
GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL868849 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL868848 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus fuscipes a ground beetle None TL868849 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara consularis a ground beetle Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL868849 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP TL8681384955 2 female 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Swept at 2216.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bradycellus verbasci a ground beetle None TL868848 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Demetrias atricapillus a ground beetle None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Paradromius linearis a ground beetle None TL868848 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Astenus lyonessius a rove-beetle None TL868848 1 female 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Astenus lyonessius a rove-beetle None TL868848 1 male 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Phalacridae Stilbus testaceus a beetle None TL868848 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 22-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea quattuordecimpunctata 14-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Subcoccinella
vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Latridiidae Cortinicara gibbosa a beetle None TL868848 1 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL868848 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Gastrophysa polygoni a leaf-beetle None TL868849 Present 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Neocrepidodera ferruginea a flea-beetle None TL868848 5 19-Aug-09 Adult Torchlight search Off Viper'sbugloss?
Maidscross Hill
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation GridRef QuantitySex Date (or EndDate Stage Comment
Status
Start Date)
Malacostraca Isopoda Porcellionidae Porcellio scaber Common rough
woodlouse
None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation GridRef QuantitySex Date (or EndDate Stage Comment
Status
Start Date)
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Pholidoptera griseoaptera Dark Bush-cricket None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Metrioptera roeselii Roesel's Bush-cricket Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping of Artemisia vulgaris.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Leistus ferrugineus a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Notiophilus biguttatus a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Notiophilus palustris a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Teneral. Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 -
1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Loricera pilicornis a ground beetle None TL726828 5 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion lampros a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion lampros a ground beetle None TL726828 2 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion femoratum a ground beetle None TL726828 6 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion femoratum a ground beetle None TL726828 3 17-Aug-09 Adult Including 1 teneral. Diurnal ground-searching:
1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion quadrimaculatum a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Bembidion quadrimaculatum a ground beetle None TL726828 2 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus ambiguus a ground beetle Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus fuscipes a ground beetle None TL726828 3 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus fuscipes a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus melanocephalus a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus melanocephalus a ground beetle None TL726828 5 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Anchomenus dorsalis a ground beetle None TL726828 3 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL726828 2 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping of Artemisia vulgaris.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara fulva a ground beetle Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL726828 5 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seedeater
RDB2, BAP TL726828 6 female 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seedeater
RDB2, BAP TL726828 6 female 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seedeater
RDB2, BAP TL726828 3 female 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed- RDB2, BAP TL726828 2 male 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation
Status
eater
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GridRef QuantitySex Date (or
Start Date)
EndDate Stage Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seedeater
RDB2, BAP TL726828 1 male 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seedeater
RDB2, BAP TL726828 4 male 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus affinis a ground beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None TL726828 8 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal ground-searching.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus rufipes a ground beetle None TL726828 7 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Staphylinidae Drusilla canaliculata a rove-beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata 22-spot Ladybird None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea
quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Propylea
quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult Common. Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 -
1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella undecimpunctata 11-spot Ladybird None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL726828 2 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping of Artemisia vulgaris.
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Subcoccinella
vigintiquattuorpunctata
24-spot Ladybird None TL726828 Present 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL726828 2 17-Aug-09 Adult 1 dead. Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 -
1820.
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida nebulosa a tortoise beetle RDBi TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cassida nebulosa a tortoise beetle RDBi TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping of Artemisia vulgaris.
Insecta Hymenoptera: Apidae Bombus lapidarius Large Red Tailed None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Dead Dead queen. Nocturnal ground-searching.
Aculeata
Bumble Bee
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Noctua pronuba Large Yellow Underwing None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Adult Nocturnal sweeping.
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Xestia c-nigrum Setaceous Hebrew
Character
None TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 Adult Diurnal ground-searching: 1720 - 1820.

Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation
Status
Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Cucullia absinthii Wormwood moth Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
GridRef QuantitySex Date (or
Start Date)
EndDate Stage Comment
TL726828 1 17-Aug-09 18-Aug-09 Larval Nocturnal sweeping of Artemisia vulgaris.
Wangford, roadside
Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Malacostraca Isopoda Armadillidiidae Armadillidium vulgare Common pill woodlouse None TL756836 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Malacostraca Isopoda Porcellionidae Porcellio scaber Common rough woodlouse None TL756836 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Dermaptera Forficulidae Forficula auricularia Common Earwig None TL756836 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Orthoptera Acrididae Chorthippus brunneus Common Field
Grasshopper
None TL756836 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Hemiptera:
Heteroptera
Cydnidae Sehirus luctuosus a shield-bug None TL756836 4 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods At roots of Ragwort.
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus ambiguus a ground beetle Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Calathus cinctus a ground beetle None TL756836 3 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Amara bifrons a ground beetle None TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus froelichii Brush-thighed Seed-eater RDB2, BAP TL756836 1 female 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Harpalus tardus a ground beetle None TL756836 2 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Ophonus rufibarbis a ground beetle None TL756836 1 male 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Paradromius linearis a ground beetle None TL756836 2 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Carabidae Syntomus foveatus a ground beetle None TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Silphidae Silpha tristis a beetle None TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Rhyzobius litura a beetle None TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Psyllobora
vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird None TL756836 3 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Coccinella septempunctata 7-spot Ladybird None TL756836 2 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Hippodamia variegata Adonis' Ladybird Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Coccinellidae Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata 16-spot Ladybird None TL756836 2 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Anthicidae Notoxus monoceros Monoceros Beetle None TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Galeruca tanaceti a leaf-beetle None TL756836 1 male 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods Mugwort and
Ragwort adjacent.
Insecta Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalus fulvus a leaf-beetle None TL756836 2 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
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Classification1 Classification2 Family Species: scientific name Species: English name Conservation Status GridRef QuantitySex Date Stage Method Comment
Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae Hypera dauci a weevil Nationally Scarce
(Nb)
TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
Insecta Coleoptera Curculionidae Mogulones geographicus a weevil Nationally Scarce TL756836 1 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods Near Viper's-bugloss
(Nb)
rosette.
Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell None TL756836 Present 17-Aug-09 Adult General Recording Methods
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