Christian Owen
My total:
5389
Last updated on:
21st September, 2023
About me:
Strong interest in the natural world from a very young age, but never really got into recording until around 2002 and then it was only casual...things are little different now though. The vast majority of my list comes from what I've found and identified myself in South Wales.
My beetles and bugs list is a restart from Feb 2021.
Since becoming a PSL, i have been involved with finding three species new to science and a number new for Britain - some are listed below.
Heterocordylus parvulus
Age:
My most wanted:
Chirocephalus diaphanus (Fairy Shrimp) and Snow Flea (now seen Snow Flea).
My grippers:
Daudebardia rufa (Semi-slug), Metatrichoniscoides celticus.
Latest addition:
Stenus incanus (02/09/23), Carmarthenshire / Mordellistena acuticollis (new for Wales) - (24/08/23), Merthyr / Laboulbenia calathi (possible new for Britain?) on Calathus melanocephalus (09/08/23), Swansea / Dicyphus tamaninii (new for Wales), Sibianor aurocinctus & Meligethes rotundicollis (04/08/23), Caerwent. / Polydesmus barberii (new for Wales) (26/07/23), Miskin / Ceropales maculata & Orius laticollis (01/08/23), Merthyr. / Epeolus variegatus (26/07/23), Hendy Quarry. / Rhytistylus proceps (17/07/23), Merthyr. / Finally found Panorpa cognata (02/07/23), Swansea. / Heterocordylus parvulus (new for Britain) (04/06/23) - Clydach Vale / Meligethes gagathinus & Nomada obtusifrons (29/06/23) - Beddau / Colobaea bifasciella (07/06/23) - Caerwent / Xysticus bifasciatus (09/06/23) / Meligethes persicus, Stenus guynemeri and Theridiosoma gemmosum (06/07/23) - Carmarthenshire. / Antherophagus silaceus, Tachyporus formosus & Pycnomerus fuliginosus (01/06/23) - Kilvey Hill. / Henia vesuviana, Tachys bistriatus & Meta bourneti (15/05/23) - Dyffryn Gardens. / Stenus kiesenwetteri & Ophyiulus germanicus (12/05/23), both new for Wales - Carmarthenshire. / Testacella sp. 'tenuipenis' (18/03/23) - Newport. / Rounding up my fungal records - still more to go / Zonitoides arboreus and Hawaiia minuscula (17/02/23) - Dyffryn Gardens / Oritoniscus flavus (03/02/23) - Llanelli / 3 x Snow Flea (14/01/23) - Quakers Yard.
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