Far Greenbank Farm is a privately owned remote upland shooting estate. The main habitat interest on the site is upland meadows of various ages. Regular moth trapping at the site in the past few years has produced an impressive 400+ species but no other invertebrate recording had taken place until the recording day.

Recorders: Phil Brighton, Gary Hedges, Richard Gallon, Nicola Garnham, Chris Workman, Rob Zloch

Notable records:

Oryphantes angulatus (Araneae), R. Gallon.

• New to VC60 and Bowland. Nationally Scarce.
• Usually found on high ground where adults occur from late Summer.

Phorbia fumigata (Anthomyiidae), P. Brighton.

• New to VC60
• Appears widespread in the UK.
• Has been associated with wheat shoots.

Dolichopus urbanus (Dolichopodidae), P. Brighton & R. Zloch

• New to VC60.
• Widespread in the UK but appears scarce in the region.

Helina maculipennis (Muscidae), P. Brighton.

• New to VC60.
• 77 NBN Atlas records. Most are from northern and western areas of the UK.

Spilogona contractifrons (Muscidae), P. Brighton.

• New to VC60.
• Most of the 48 UK records on NBN Atlas are from Wales and Scotland.

Spilogona falleni (Muscidae), P. Brighton.

• New to VC60. A northern and western distribution in the UK.
• Global distribution on GBIF is UK and Scandinavia.

Thricops longipes (Muscidae), R. Zloch.

• New to VC60 and the region. On NBN Atlas, most records are from Northern England and Scotland.
• Male found in a field managed as a meadow for the past 3 years.

Ceromya bicolor (Tachinidae), P. Brighton & N. Garnham.

• New to VC60.
• 125 records on NBN Atlas – showing a widespread albeit scattered distribution.

Anapausis soluta (Scatopsidae), R. Zloch.

• New to VC60
• Male found in a field managed as a meadow for the past 3 years.
• Family known as the minute black scavenger flies or “dung midges”.

Download Green Bank Farm Species LIst & Raw Data [Excel spreadsheet] last updated 01/11/2023

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