Miscellaneous insect records
The insects listed below are mainly the result of casual collecting on the burnt and
disturbed area of Lords Bushes in 1979-1982. Only the Odonata and Orthoptera are
anywhere near complete (i.e. the theoretical maximum number of species the habitat
could support). The ponds available in Lords Bushes would appear to be unsuitable for
dragonfly nymphs and all the species recorded are likely to have wandered from the
nearby Knighton Pond. With regard to the number of species of Orthoptera recorded
(just two species despite exhaustive and concentrated search), I think it likely that in-
sufficient time has elapsed since the burnt and disturbed area was created, after the
events of 1976, for other species of Orthoptera to colonise. Prior to 1976 Lords Bushes
had 97% tree cover and was thus an unsuitable habitat for Orthoptera.
Nomenclature for these groups follows Kloet, G. S. & Hincks, W. D. (37-40).
ODONATA
LEPIDOPTERA
COLEOPTERA
Aeshna cyanea
grandis
Enallagma cyathigerum
Ischnura elegans
Lestes sponsa
Sympetrum striolutrum
ORTHOPTERA
Chorthippus brunneus
Meconema thalassinum
DERMAPTERA
Forficula auricularia
HEMIPTERA
Tuberolachnus salignus
NEUROPTERA
Chrysopa carnea
perla
Hemerobius humulinus
micans
Raphidia xanthostigma
Agriphila tristella
Anthophila fabriciana
Blastobasis lignea
Coleophora alticolella
Crambus pascuellus
Cydia splendana
Endotricha flammealis
Epagoge grotiana
Gypsonoma dealbana
Mompha propinquella
raschkiella
subbistrigella
Myelois cribrella
Olethreutes lacunana
Plutella xylostella
HYMENOPTERA
Andricus fecundator
kollari
quercuscalicis
Biorrhiza pallida
Neuroterus numismalis
quercusbaccarum
CARABIDAE
Abax parallelopipedus
Agonum albipes
Amara anthobia
plebeja
Bembidion harpaloides
lampros
lunulatum
quadrimaculatum
tetracolum
Loricera pilicornis
Nebria brevicollis
Notiplutus biguttatus
Pterostichus madidus
nigrita
strenuus
Others
Clytus arietis
Cylindronotus laevioctostriatus
Glischrochilus hortensis
Platypus cylindrus
Pogonocherus hispidus
Strangalia maculata
Xyloterus domesticum
William Cole, founder of the Essex Field Club (who lived at Buckhurst Hill)
provided the first beetle record for Lords Bushes: the rare chafer Gnorimus nobilis taken
in July 1881 (67). He also recorded the huge 'longhorn' beetle Prionus coriarius from the
Buckhurst Hill area (9). The species listed above were all taken on the burnt and
disturbed area of Lords Bushes in 1979 and 1980 with the exception of Xyloterus
domesticus (which I reared in some numbers from Beech logs). Whilst collecting I
concentrated on ground beetles (Carabidae) and these are listed separately.
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