April on the Isle of Skye
| 1 April 2024 |
Calliphora vomitora |
| 4 April 2024
My first butterfly record of the year. | |
 Peacock |
 Bibio species (B. lanigerus or B. varipes) |
| 7 April 2024
The weather turned much warmer yesterday and despite gale-force winds, three craneflies turned up on the walls of the house this morning. | |
 Tipula lateralis |
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| 10 April 2024
Seven craneflies on the walls of the house yesterday morning and five today. | |
 Tipula rufina |
 Tipula rufina |
| 11 April 2024
The Corry Lodge area continues to deliver! | |
 Phaonia subventa |
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| 12 April 2024
An interesting sawfly appeared on the wall of the house this morning.
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 Euura species |
 Euura species |
 Euura species |
 Euura species |
| 16 April 2024
Two new species from my morning dog walk in Broadford. | |
 Heteromyza commixta |
 Probably Leptocera fontinalis |
| 19 April 2024
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 Hawthorn Shieldbug |
 Pentatoma rufipes nymph |
 Andrena ruficrus |
 Andrena ruficrus |
 Ophion obscuratus agg. |
 Trochosa sp. |
| 20 April 2024
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 Andrena clarkella |
 Fannia mollissima |
| 21 April 2024
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 Probably Bombus bohemicus |
 Probably Gymnocheta viridis,
but there are other options. |
| 22 April 2024
About a week ago, Sue gave me a woodlouse that she'd found in her garden. |
 Porcellio spinicornis |
| 25 April 2024 My daily walk in Broadford continues to yield good results! | |
 Ferdinandea cuprea |
 Portevinia maculata |
 Probably Lonchoptera lutea |
 Bombylius major |
 Pipunculus campestris |
 A Sepsis species |
| 26 April 2024 A trip to Kyleakin yielded two new hoverflies. Mine was apparently the first report of Sericomyia lappona that the Hoverfly Recording Scheme has received this year! | |
 Eristalis intricaria |
 Sericomyia lappona |
| 27 April 2024 The highlight of this morning's outing to Broadford was this cranefly. | |
 Tipula vittata |
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| 28 April 2024 Three new species to finish the month | ||
 Lochmaea suturalis |
 Probably Polydrusus cervinus |
 Orthops basalis |