Showing posts with label invertebrates. Show all posts
Showing posts with label invertebrates. Show all posts

Thursday, 7 October 2010

Snails!

Ian and Margaret have been out and about with their camera. Here's a picture that's sure to be of interest to any French gastronomes out there...


Wednesday, 29 September 2010

White-legged Snake Millipede (Tachypodoiulus niger)

Found this Millipede while I was out feeding the chickens this morning.  There are apparently around 60 species of Millipedes in Britain, with 43 in Scotland (plus a couple which can only survive in glass houses). I think this is probably the white-legged snake millipede Tachypodoiulus niger, which is very common, but millipedes are difficult to identify without a university degreee in millipede ID, a handy electron microscope and an interest in the close examination of the anus areas of Diplopodae.  I have none of those things.

Carl

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Scottish Invertebrate Species Checklists Published

Buglife - The Invertebrate Conservation Trust - has published the first 15 Scottish Invertebrate Species Knowledge Dossiers. These documents provide summaries of existing information for groups of invertebrates known to occur in Scotland.
 
http://www.buglife.org.uk/News/Scottish+Invertebrate+Species+Checklists+Published