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2. Fine Sand Area: included the gravel pit workings. This area
was covered with sand of fine texture which was not to be
found anywhere else on the reserve.
3. Roman Kitchens Area: this was made up of numerous
mounds of gravel sparsely covered with grass, brambles and
gorse. The soil was coarse sand and gravel.
4. Identical to the Roman Kitchens Area: further inland and
consequently more sheltered. It included a large lake.
5. The Car Park Area: here the quarrying had ceased and was
in the form of rough pasture.
Figure 1. The Fingringhoe Wick Reserve; numbered areas are referred
to in the text.
Due to the fact that insect life on the reserve was so varied, the
author decided to restrict his observations to Hymenoptera. No
specimens were kept for identification, they were identified in the
field and released, consequently errors in identification are possible.
These have been asterisked in the table. Table 1 shows a list of
those hymenoptera which were caught and identified on the
reserve. The author also captured many ichneumons, but being
restricted to a poor key, was unable to identify them.
TABLE 1
IN IS 2 3 4 5
Bumblebees—Bombus
B. lucorum ................................ — — —
B. ruderarius .............................. — — — — — —
B. agrorum ................................ — — — —
B. muscorum............................... — — —
B. lapidarius ................................ — — — — — —
B. lapponicus* .............................. — — —
B. jonellus .................................. — —
B. distinguendus* .......................... —
B. pratorum ................................ — —
B. soroeensis* .............................. — —
B. terrestris ................................ —