Graeme Lyons
@graemelyons.bsky.social
Freelance entomologist specialising in reserve management, conservation grazing, rewilding & farming. 2nd place pan-species listing. Spiders. Bugs. Grew up below poverty line. AuDHD. Writing this https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/pan-species-listing
2/2 I have 10 records.
November 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
2/2 I have 10 records.
1/2 #speciesaday no. 676 is Megalinus glabratus. A large, shiny, local rove beetle with red eltyra and a big head that I see in open habitats, usually on the Downs. I have two records in June but most of my records come from August and September.
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 676 is Megalinus glabratus. A large, shiny, local rove beetle with red eltyra and a big head that I see in open habitats, usually on the Downs. I have two records in June but most of my records come from August and September.
2/2 I have 52 records, all unsurprisingly from chalk grassland!
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
2/2 I have 52 records, all unsurprisingly from chalk grassland!
1/2 #speciesaday no. 676 is Common Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium). Vulnerable as of the latest status review! It's certainly not in every parcel of chalk grassland but is often really common where it occurs and there are loads of inverts that use it (as well as oddly, mycorrhizal fungi).
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 676 is Common Rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium). Vulnerable as of the latest status review! It's certainly not in every parcel of chalk grassland but is often really common where it occurs and there are loads of inverts that use it (as well as oddly, mycorrhizal fungi).
#speciesaday no. 675 is Silky Rosegill (Volvariella bombycina). I have only seen this once at Ebernoe Common in 2016, growing out of a hole in a Beech tree. It really reminded me of some sort of coconut dessert! www.panspecieslisting.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
#speciesaday no. 675 is Silky Rosegill (Volvariella bombycina). I have only seen this once at Ebernoe Common in 2016, growing out of a hole in a Beech tree. It really reminded me of some sort of coconut dessert! www.panspecieslisting.com
#speciesaday no. 674 is Montagu's Sea Snail (Liparis montagui). Not a snail, but a fish! Considering it is not meant to be that scarce, I only have one record - from 2013 at St Mary's Lighthouse in the north east. I'm sure I've seen it once more though, but not in the last decade. Cut little thing!
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
#speciesaday no. 674 is Montagu's Sea Snail (Liparis montagui). Not a snail, but a fish! Considering it is not meant to be that scarce, I only have one record - from 2013 at St Mary's Lighthouse in the north east. I'm sure I've seen it once more though, but not in the last decade. Cut little thing!
2/2 I have 24 records from three sites. Most are from Graffham Common (where it seems to be lost) and Iping Common where in both places it is/was dependant on the creation of bare ground to keep it going. I have seen huge numbers of plants in the New Forest though.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
2/2 I have 24 records from three sites. Most are from Graffham Common (where it seems to be lost) and Iping Common where in both places it is/was dependant on the creation of bare ground to keep it going. I have seen huge numbers of plants in the New Forest though.
1/2 #speciesaday no. 673 is Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata) is a Nationally Scarce & Section 41 (although it has come off the Red List in the 2025 status review, this is stil a plant that's struggling in places). Found only on damp, black, peaty mud (M16), in places where you'll see sundews.
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 673 is Marsh Clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata) is a Nationally Scarce & Section 41 (although it has come off the Red List in the 2025 status review, this is stil a plant that's struggling in places). Found only on damp, black, peaty mud (M16), in places where you'll see sundews.
2/2 I thought I had more records than I do ( I am sure I have seen it at the Warren at Burton Pond) but I only have two records in my database in 2014 and 2016.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
2/2 I thought I had more records than I do ( I am sure I have seen it at the Warren at Burton Pond) but I only have two records in my database in 2014 and 2016.
1/2 #speciesaday no. 672 is the obscene Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) growing from its host Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum). Around 10 years ago I was seeing this all around the West Weald. I guess it will come round again.
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 672 is the obscene Parasitic Bolete (Pseudoboletus parasiticus) growing from its host Common Earthball (Scleroderma citrinum). Around 10 years ago I was seeing this all around the West Weald. I guess it will come round again.
2/2 I have 138 records, with more in the Weald because there is generally more woodland there.
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
2/2 I have 138 records, with more in the Weald because there is generally more woodland there.
1/2 #speceisaday no. 671 is Abax parallelepipedus. A large & common carabid typically found under logs in woodland. I just sent off all my 8,200 carabid records to Mark Telfer for him to include in the status review he is doing. Surprised there are not more (as I make 10,000 spider records A YEAR).
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
1/2 #speceisaday no. 671 is Abax parallelepipedus. A large & common carabid typically found under logs in woodland. I just sent off all my 8,200 carabid records to Mark Telfer for him to include in the status review he is doing. Surprised there are not more (as I make 10,000 spider records A YEAR).
A mind-blowingly cool few days rock-pooling down at Falmouth last weekend concluded with a session at Helford Passage. We found a cockle new to Cornwall! Plus a load of other cool stuff. Full story in my blog...
analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A mind-blowingly cool few days rock-pooling down at Falmouth last weekend concluded with a session at Helford Passage. We found a cockle new to Cornwall! Plus a load of other cool stuff. Full story in my blog...
analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
2/2 I have 72 records (222 records of B. lampros). Most on the Downs but clearly can be found anywhere.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
2/2 I have 72 records (222 records of B. lampros). Most on the Downs but clearly can be found anywhere.
1/2 #speciesaday no. 671 is Bembidion properans. A common and ubiquitous carabid of open spaces. I have 3.1 times as many records of the closely related B. lampros as I do this species (on the NBN there are 3.5 times as many - fairly comparable). Mostly recorded by suction sampler. Year-round.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 671 is Bembidion properans. A common and ubiquitous carabid of open spaces. I have 3.1 times as many records of the closely related B. lampros as I do this species (on the NBN there are 3.5 times as many - fairly comparable). Mostly recorded by suction sampler. Year-round.
2/2 I have just 8 records. All from VC14 (East Sussex) and Cambridgeshire. It's a widespread but local species as you would expect from it being a 'patch habitat' specialist.
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
2/2 I have just 8 records. All from VC14 (East Sussex) and Cambridgeshire. It's a widespread but local species as you would expect from it being a 'patch habitat' specialist.
1/2 #speciesaday no. 670 is Silometopus reussi. A small money spider associated with dung & grass heaps and old hay. Fairly frequent where it occurs but I have never seen it away from farms. I have records in Mar, Apr & Sep. This was from a farm to the east of Brighton in Sep.
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 670 is Silometopus reussi. A small money spider associated with dung & grass heaps and old hay. Fairly frequent where it occurs but I have never seen it away from farms. I have records in Mar, Apr & Sep. This was from a farm to the east of Brighton in Sep.
#speciesaday no. 669 is Trapania tartanella. Another recent colonist and I found this at Seaview on the I of W the day after finding Aulonia. It's only the 2nd record for the island. I knew it was different straight away as the yellow patches grade into orange at the tips - like little flames!
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#speciesaday no. 669 is Trapania tartanella. Another recent colonist and I found this at Seaview on the I of W the day after finding Aulonia. It's only the 2nd record for the island. I knew it was different straight away as the yellow patches grade into orange at the tips - like little flames!
#speciesaday no. 668 is the Orange-clubbed Sea Slug (Limacia clavigera). This fairly common nudi was one I had not connected with until Thursday. I saw 2 at Silver Steps and at least another 2 at Gylly Reef (both Falmouth). This one feeds on bryozoans. I love the white ones with yellow accessories!
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
#speciesaday no. 668 is the Orange-clubbed Sea Slug (Limacia clavigera). This fairly common nudi was one I had not connected with until Thursday. I saw 2 at Silver Steps and at least another 2 at Gylly Reef (both Falmouth). This one feeds on bryozoans. I love the white ones with yellow accessories!
2/2 I have three records in my database (although it is int here as 'nudibranch' until the UKSI is updated). Here are my records mapped in Recorder6. Three records of four individuals (seemingly all adult) from three 2 km squares and two hectads. It's already been spotted on the north coast too!
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
2/2 I have three records in my database (although it is int here as 'nudibranch' until the UKSI is updated). Here are my records mapped in Recorder6. Three records of four individuals (seemingly all adult) from three 2 km squares and two hectads. It's already been spotted on the north coast too!
1/2 #speciedsaday no. 667 is Hair-curler Sea Slug (Spurilla neapolitana). Found only new to the UK just over two months ago, this thing is spreading and FAST. I had it three days in a row in Cornwall (four individuals). It is quite an outstanding looking nudi, big too. There is a lot going on here.
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
1/2 #speciedsaday no. 667 is Hair-curler Sea Slug (Spurilla neapolitana). Found only new to the UK just over two months ago, this thing is spreading and FAST. I had it three days in a row in Cornwall (four individuals). It is quite an outstanding looking nudi, big too. There is a lot going on here.
Wow, we found an even bigger and brighter one!!! analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Wow, we found an even bigger and brighter one!!! analternativenaturalhistoryofsussex.blogspot.com/2025/11/how-...
Only just this morning entered all of my field data from the summer, 38,879 records entered in 2025. I still have a lot of casual, garden moth trap and Jersey records (and most of my specimens) to add to this. You can see the big study on inverts in arable margins on the Norfolk & Wiston Estates.
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Only just this morning entered all of my field data from the summer, 38,879 records entered in 2025. I still have a lot of casual, garden moth trap and Jersey records (and most of my specimens) to add to this. You can see the big study on inverts in arable margins on the Norfolk & Wiston Estates.
2/2 I have just one record (hopefully that will change today). I have already entered it into my database and mapped it here.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
2/2 I have just one record (hopefully that will change today). I have already entered it into my database and mapped it here.
1/2 #speciesaday no. 666 (weirdly also my 9,666th species in the BI) is Rainbow Sea Slug (Babakina anadoni). A pair found under a rock at Silver Steps, Falmouth yesterday! Utterly mind blowing, easily a contender for the highlight of the year. My 35th nudibranch and 258th mollusc.
November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1/2 #speciesaday no. 666 (weirdly also my 9,666th species in the BI) is Rainbow Sea Slug (Babakina anadoni). A pair found under a rock at Silver Steps, Falmouth yesterday! Utterly mind blowing, easily a contender for the highlight of the year. My 35th nudibranch and 258th mollusc.