2023 Beetle records

This table comprises the beetle records for 2023.

The contents of this table may be sorted using the arrows in the header row and filtered by entering text in the boxes at the head of each column.

Species nameScientific nameQuantitySite nameDateRecorder name
Black Oil BeetleMeloe proscarabaeus1Beach Road2023-02-23A Powell Chandler
beetleDytiscidae12Brambles Pond2023-03-20Alan Rowland
beetleHydroporus1Brambles Pond2023-03-20Alan Rowland
Minotaur beetleTyphaeus typhoeus 1Lundy2023-03-24anon
Oil beetleMeloe1Montague Steps2023-04-10Shaun Barnes
Earth-boring Dung beetleAnoplotrupes stercorosus1Lundy2023-04-13Harry
Devils Coach HorseOcypus olens 1Hanmers2023-04-14Chris & Mandy Dee
Minotaur beetleTyphaeus typhoeus 1Old Light2023-04-14Chris & Mandy Dee
Dor beetleGeotrupidae2Millcombe2023-04-15Peter Heslip
A rove beetleStaphylinius caesareus1Battery2023-04-16C Laine
Oil beetleMeloe1Castle2023-04-17Ann & Tony Taylor
Dor beetleGeotrupes spiniger1Lundy2023-05-03Skinner, Rob
Dor beetleGeotrupidae1Lundy2023-05-03Eleanor & Mark
Minotaur BeetleTyphaeus typhoeus1Lundy2023-05-03Duncan Greenhill
Dor beetleGeotrupidae1Lundy2023-05-05Eleanor & Mark
Willow Leaf beetleLochmaea caprea2Millcombe2023-05-13Alan & Sandra Rowland
Heather BeetleLochmaea suturalis1Millcombe2023-05-13Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Terrace2023-05-15Paul Dean
Lundy Cabbage Leaf WeevilCeutorhynchus contractus var. pallipes1Millcombe2023-05-15Alan & Sandra Rowland
Minotaur beetleTyphaeus typhoeus 1Jennys Cove2023-05-15Alan & Sandra Rowland
Bronze Carabid beetleCarabus nemoralis1Village2023-05-16Alan & Sandra Rowland
Ground beetlePterostichus cupreus/madigus3Old Hospital2023-05-19Alan & Sandra Rowland
A lined click beetl3Agrioles lineata1Rocket Pole2023-05-21Alan & Sandra Rowland
A click beetleAthous haemorrhoidalis1Rocket Pole2023-05-21Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata6Lundy2023-05-21Tim Davis, Tim Jones, Ella Berry, Joe Parker
RosechaferCetonia aurata12West Side2023-05-21Tim Davis, Tim Jones, Ella Berry, Joe Parker
Green Tiger BeetleCicindela campestris 1North End2023-05-21Tim Davis, Tim Jones, Ella Berry, Joe Parker
RosechaferCetonia aurata6Lundy2023-05-22Tim Davis, Tim Jones, Ella Berry, Joe Parker
RosechaferCetonia aurata3Lundy2023-05-24Tim Davis, Tim Jones
RosechaferCetonia aurata2Millcombe2023-06-01Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Middle Park2023-06-03Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Lundy2023-06-04Nick Taylor
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Rocket Pole2023-06-04Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata2Lundy2023-06-06Jane & Nick Taylor
a leaf beetleChrysolina banksi2Village2023-06-18Roger & Matt White
RosechaferCetonia aurata2Millcombe2023-06-19Tim Davis & Tim Jones
RosechaferCetonia aurata2Lower East Side Path2023-06-19Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Dor beetleGeotrupidae2Beach Road2023-06-19Mike & Helen Jackson
RosechaferCetonia aurata1West Side2023-06-20Tim Davis & Tim Jones
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus1Lundy2023-06-20roundways
RosechaferCetonia aurata3Lundy2023-06-21Tim Davis & Tim Jones
RosechaferCetonia aurata7Lundy2023-06-22anon
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Millcombe2023-06-24Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1East Side2023-06-24Sally Wadsworth
Sulphur BeetleCtenopius sulphureus1Government House2023-06-24Alan & Sandra Rowland
Dor beetleGeotrupidae1Battery2023-06-24Mike & Helen Jackson
Earth-boring Dung beetleAnoploptrupes stercorosus2Upper East Side Path2023-06-25Alan & Sandra Rowland
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva8Upper East Side Path2023-06-25Alan & Sandra Rowland
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva13Upper East Side Path2023-06-26Alan & Sandra Rowland
Earth-boring Dung beetleAnoploptrupes stercorosus1Upper East Side Path2023-06-29Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata2Quarries2023-06-29Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Quarter Wall2023-06-29Alan & Sandra Rowland
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva20Upper East Side Path2023-06-29Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Upper East Side Path2023-07-01Alan & Sandra Rowland
Sulphur BeetleCtenopius sulphureus1Upper East Side Path2023-07-01Alan & Sandra Rowland
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva24Upper East Side Path2023-07-01Alan & Sandra Rowland
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva56Upper East Side Path2023-07-02Alan & Sandra Rowland
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva92Upper East Side Path2023-07-05Alan & Sandra Rowland
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Lundy2023-07-06crypticww
Sulphur BeetleCteniopus sulphureus1Lundy2023-07-08crypticww
Common Red Soldier BeetleRhagonycha fulva1Lundy2023-07-08crypticww
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Lower East Side Path2023-07-12Carol Lee
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Lundy2023-07-19Luke
Heiroglyphic LadbybirdCoccinella hieroglyphica1Pondsbury2023-07-21Neil Barnes
A carrion beetleSilpha tristis1Upper East Side Path2023-07-21Neil Barnes
Earth-boring Dung beetleAnoplotrupes stercorosus1Lundy2023-08-12jackac
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Lundy2023-08-12jackac
RosechaferCetonia aurata1Terrace2023-08-13Rebecca & Richard Taylor
Short sexton beetleNecrodes litoralis1Jenny's Cove2023-08-19Sam Bosanquet
Earth-boring Dung beetleAnoplotrupes stercorosus1Lundy2023-08-22Dave Richardson
Dor beetleGeotrupidae1Brambles2023-08-23Elinor Kersman
Dor beetleGeotrupidae1Old Light2023-08-26Elinor Kersman
Lundy Cabbage Flea BeetlePsylliodes luridipennis1Lundy2023-09-04Gray, Samuel
Dor beetleGeotrupidae3Lundy2023-10-06AC
Devils Coach HorseOcypus olens 1Lower East Side Path2023-11-06John Hedger
Devils Coach HorseOcypus olens 1Hanmers2023-11-12Karen Cole & Alan Henshaw
Dor beetleGeotrupidae3Lundy2023-11-23Isobel Bender & Connie Evans

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Building on the two previous successful DISCOVER LUNDY weeks in 2012 and 2016, and the 2021 week which was cancelled due to the pandemic, we are organising a follow up event in May 2026. The Discover Lundy week will give you the opportunity to learn much more about the island’s history, archaeology and natural history with expert members of the LFS sharing their knowledge through a series of talks, walks and activities.

2026 is the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Lundy Field Society so we plan to commemorate the anniversary with special events during the week, including a number of social gatherings which were very popular last time.

YouTube videos of the business meeting and the talks given at the 2025 AGM are now available to view online here.

You are invited to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Society at The Boniface Centre, Crediton, EX17 2AH on Saturday 8th March 2025 from 12 noon. See here for directions, but please note that a rail replacement bus service will be running between Exeter, Barnstaple, Okehampton and Crediton on the day. We hope you will be able to join us to renew friendships and meet other members of the Society.

 

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