Worcestershire Record Articles from No. 54 Winter 2024-25

Averill, Mike – Worcestershire Dragonfly roundup 2024 p.27-30

Averill, Mike – Worcestershire gets a UK first for an exotic dragonfly – the Slender Skimmer Orthetrum sabina p.34-35

Bingham, John – Arched Earthstar Geastrum fornicatum (Huds.) Hook, Funga, Geastraceae in Martley, Worcestershire p.57-58.

Bingham, John – Giant Oak Aphid Stomaphis quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) Hemiptera, Aphididae found at Devil’s Spittleful NR, p.42

Bingham, John – Some invertebrate records of note from 2024 p.35-37

Falconer, Keith – An abundance of Red-tipped Clearwing Moths Synanthedon formicaeformis at Bransford Bridge p.41

Farmer, Gary – A few notes on Mistletoe Viscum album with particular reference to the Vale of Evesham and surrounding area p.17-21

Farrmer, Gary – Scarce Snakefly Subilla confinis at Naunton Court Orchard, Worcestershire. A county first? p.45-46

Farmer, Gary & Farmer, Nicki – Was there a beaver Castor sp. at large in the river Salwerpe, Woprcestershire in December 2024? p.23-25

Green, Harry – Remembering Martin Skirrow p.4

Green, G.H. & Whitehead, P.F. – Do Rose Chafers Cetonia aurata (L., 1758) (Coleoptea, Scarabaeidae) eat lettuce? and a suburban population p.43-44

Holmes, Peter & Tavener, Jane – Redpolls (Acanthis spp) on migration across Castlemorton Common – origins and destinations p.12-13

Jennings, Des – Some more scarce insects encountered in north-eastern VC37  p.37-39

Mansi, Simone -Black Poplars Populus nigra subsp. betulifolia in Hanley Swan p.16

Martin, Graham – A Red Kite roost p.10-11

Martin, Graham – Coral Tooth Hericium coralloides, a first record for Worcestersire? p.56-57

Martin, Graham – Spatulate Oysterling Arrhenia spathulata, a present from the birds p.55-56

Martin, Graham – Yellow Bird’s-nest Hypopitys monotropa nearly in Worcestershire p. 14-15

McGee, Kevin – Lasioglossum malachurum (Kirby, 1802) (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) recorded at the Shakenhurst Estate for the first time p.54-55

Muggleton, Wade – Are big cats really at large in Worcestershire? p.22

Muggleton, Wade – Boxing Clever 2024 p.9-10

Muggleton, Wade – Trail cmeras, a window into wildlife’s unseen lives p.25-26

Plant, Roger – A comma butterfly Polygonia c-album and a crab spider Misumena vatia p.40-41

Plant, Roger – Captured in time, a piece of old England p.5

Pumphrey, Richard – Tudor attitudes to birds p.8-9

Reast, Eleanor – Rugged Oil Beetle Meloe rugosus at the Knapp and Papermill reserve p.39-40

Taylor, Carol – Worcestershire Recorders recording days, 2024 Part 2 p.59-61

Warr, Andy – Occurence of Southern Migrant Hawker Aeshna affinis at Ryall Pits in 2024 p.30-34

Westwood, Brett – Cut-leaved Teasel Dipsacus laciniatus at Rhydd, second vice-county record p.13-14

Westwood, Brett – Orange-belted Spineleg hoverfly Myolepta dubia at Blackhouse Wood June 2024 p.39

Whitehead, Paul F. – A larva of the Pearly Underwing Moth Peridroma saucia (Hubner, 1808) (Lepidoptera,Noctuidae) imported to Worcestershire in Spansh celery (Apium graveolens Dulce group) p.46-47

Whitehead, Paul F. – A modern Worcestershire record of the wetland ground beetle Pterostichus gracilis (Dejean, 1828) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) p.49-50

Whitehead, Paul – A recent Worcestershire record of Helophorus rufipes (Bose d’Antic, 1791) (Coleoptera, Helophoridae) p.47-49

Whitehead, Paul F. – Brood chambers of a Mud Dauber Wasp Sceliphron cf. curvatum (Smith, 1870) (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae), a potential regional colonist, introduced into Wiltshire during 2024 p.50-52.

Whitehead, Paul F. – Sarcophaga nigriventris Meigen, 1826 (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) in the graveyard of snails p.52-53

Whitehead, Paul F.- Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus L., 1758) reacting to orchestral ice sounds in the Worcestershire Avon Valley p.3

Winnall, Rosemary – Ants, Plants and Elaiosomes p.53-54

Winnall, Rosemary – Churches and Nature p.6-8

Winnall, Rosemary – Sandy Stiltballs Battarrea phalloides in Berrow Churchyard p 58