Liophloeus tessulatus (Curculionidae), Alt bridge, VC59, P.Smith Only second record for Sefton coast Previous record also from the same area Diverse habitat from “meadows to mountains”, feeding on a range of common wild plants such… Read more »
Month: May 2023
Eriozona syrphoides: A new hoverfly for Merseyside and the Sefton Coast.
by Pete Kinsella
First recorded in North Wales in 1968 (although an earlier specimen dating from 1957 was later discovered from Lancaster), Eriozona syrphoides is a large hoverfly that similarly to other Syrphids is a good mimic of… Read more »
Potamophylax rotundipennis (Brauer). Large populations of this uncommon caddis have been found recently in the Prescot Brook.
by Dr Ian Wallace
P. rotundipennis is rarely seen or trapped as an adult. Ninety percent of the 700 UK records are as larvae and most from Environment Agency surveys. Permanently flowing medium-sized sandy bottomed streams with a moderate… Read more »
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