I recently went to Low Moor Banks to do some survey work.
The main work was to count butterfly/moth species as well as trying to find new species for the site.
It was whilst I was using a sweep net in the grassland that I found this instar (young) Long-winged or Short -winged Conehead which belongs the the Cricket family.
This is an exciting find for the site as it appears the species is breeding at the site. Because it is very difficult to separate the young Short and Long Coneheads I will submit the record to IRecord for clarification.
Eleven species of Butterfly were recorded with the Gatekeeper been most abundant. Two male Common Blue were observed feeding.
Ladybirds are having a good year with the sunny weather with an excellent count of 33, 7 spots noted and a minimum count of 6, 14 spot ladybird also noted.
The Dittander opposite ( Which is probably an escape ) is flourishing and expanding near the entrance to the site from Dealburn Road
