1997 No. 52 Part 1 - Bedfordshire Natural History Society

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Bedfordshire Naturalist for 1997, No. 52 (Part·1) (1998) Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum TL04TX(2) Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum TL15N Ruddy Dart~r S. sanquineum TL15N *New 10km record Steve Cham is the Society's Recorder for Dragonflies, a position he has held in an honorary capacity since 1987. He is also regional recorder (for the East Anglian region) for the national recording scheme for dragonflies. 46
Bedfordshire Naturalist for 1997, No. 52 (part1},(1998) GRASSHOPPERS AND CRICKETS by Kevin Sharpe 1997 was yet another record breaking year in more than one way. New squares are still being found for all the common species. Roesel's bush-crickets have continued to spread north in the county but, most importantly ofall, there is' a new addition to the county list, the Long-winged Cone-head. Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum ~ecordedin 21 tetrads fromJuly to September, at SP92E/J, SP93F/H/M/N/Q, SP94S, SP9SZ, SP96V/~TL01I,TL03~TL04VIW/X/Z,TL14A/F/K and with one previous unrecorded tetrad oE SP93S - Woburn Park Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera Recorded in 48 tetrads from 18thJune to 4th November at SP92J, SP93N/T, SP94LI M/RIS, SP9SP/Q/U/VIZ, SP96VI~TL01C/D/E,TL02U,TL03U,TL04M/N/RI S/V/W/X/YIZ,TLOSA, TL06C,TL14A/F/K and with 15 previous unrecorded tetrads o:f: SP93E - Stockgrove Park; SP93F - King's Wood, Heath and Reach; SP93G - Lowes and CharleWood; SP93H - Wavenden Heath; SP93K - Potsgrove; SP93L - Woburn; SP93M/S - Woburn Park; SP93T - Ridgmont; SP93Y - Beckerings Park SP94G - Wharley End SP9SW - Stevington Country Park TL01D - Whipsnade Churchyard . TL04L - Great and Little Thickthorn Farm;TL04T - Shortstow1). Roesel's Bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii (for distribution see Fig. 1) Recorded in 38 tetrads from 28thJuly to 30th October at SP92J, SP93M/NIT, TL02N/P/U,TL03F/K/L/N,TL04B/G,TLllI,TL14W and with 23 previous unrecorded tetrads o:f: SP92K - Ouzel Brook; SP92N - Ouzel Brook Bypass, SP92R - Stanbridgeford SP93F - AS; SP93N - Woburn; SP93S - Woburn Park SP94L/R - Cranfield TLO1C - Ravensdell Wood TL04L - A6/Wilstead;TL04M - Elstow Industrial Estate;TL04N - Elstow; TL04Q - Haynes;TL04R - Wilstead;TL04T - Shortstown; TL04X - Cotton End;TL04Y/Z - Cardington TL05F - Bedford;TL05G - ClaphamlAS;TLOSJ - Thurleigh Road verge TL06G - Riseley TL14Q - Stanford Mill Long-winged Cone-head Conocephalus discolor In 1996 I wrote an article "SOYears ofOrthoptera in Bedfordshire" Bedf. Nat. 50(1). I finished the piece by speculating on what the next species would be: "For new species, how about Long-winged Cone-head? They could colonise. the county if they got here. At the moment they are found in Hertfordshire, near the boundary in the Pegsdon area, so could 'hop over' at any time." They are a small bush-cricket usually green with brown dorsal stripe on the head and pronotum withbrown wings. The abdomen underside is reddish-brown and 47
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