Miscellaneous Wildife of Manor Park Cemetery
The cemetery had not been frequently visited, with just cursory visits and observation which related more to birds and higher plants, but a particular interest was taken in the area by local naturalist Rose Stephens, and she realised the importance of the cemetery - including its plants - for a variety of insects, numbers of which had not been recorded locally.
It is hoped that more frequent visits might be made to enhance our knowledge of our local wildlife. The list below is a beginning...
For Plants, click HERE; for Birds, click HERE; for some information about the cemetery itself, click HERE
Insects recorded from the cemetery:
Area numbers and letters relate to those on the "official" plan of the cemetery. RSt = Rose Stephens, who has provided all of the information collected here.
Type | Species | Name | Date, Location and Recorder |
Psocoptera | Valenzuela flavidus | a barklouse | 14/10/2014 RSt |
Collembola | Tomocerus longicornis | a springtail | 25/01/2016 area 104 RSt |
Collembola | Dicyrtomina saundersi | a springtail | 24/01/2016 RSt |
Collembola | Orchesella cincta | a springtail | 29/11/2014 RSt |
Cicadellidae | Euscelis incisus | a leafhopper | 25/01/2016 area 75 RSt |
Cicadellidae | Eupteryx decemnotata | Ligurian Leafhopper | 25/01/2016 area H RSt |
Cicadellidae | Empoasca vitis | a leafhopper | 11/02/2016 area H, RSt |
Cicadellidae | Idiocerus distinguendus | a leafhopper | 11/02/2016 area G, RSt |
Cicadellidae | Empoasca decipiens | a leafhopper | 03/02/2016 area 22, RSt |
Cicadellidae | Zygina nivea | a leafhopper | 30/01/2016 RSt |
Cicadellidae | Mocydiopsis attenuata | a leafhopper | 28/01/2016 area E, RSt |
Beetle | Dorytomus (dejeani ?) | a weevil | 30/01/2016 area G/62 RSt |
Beetle | Phylliodes sp. | a flea beetle | 24/01/2016 RSt |
Beetle | Longitarsus sp. (flavicornis) | Ragwort Flea Beetle | 05/01/2016 RSt |
Beetle | Longitarsus dorsalis | a flea beetle | 10/01/2016 RSt |
Arthropod | Polydesmus angustus | Flat-backed millipede | 25/01/2016 area 103 RSt |
Aphid | Pterocomma pilosum | Hairy Willow Bark Aphid | 24/01/2016 RST |
Bug | Paloma prasina | Common Green Shieldbug | 25/01/2016 area 105 RSt |
Bug | Pentatoma rufipes | Red-legged Shieldbug | 25/01/2016 area H RSt |
Lacewing | Chrysopa perla? | a green lacewing | 14/05/2014 RSt |
Moth | Luffia (ferchaultella?) | Virgin Smoke (female) | 30/01/2016 RSt |
Fly | Lonchoptera lutea/bifurcata | a fly | 28/01/2016 area 129, RSt |
Spider | Pseudeuophrys lanigera | a jumping spider | 29/11/2014 RSt |
Gastropod | Clausilia bidentata | Two-toothed Door Snail | 24/01/2016 RSt |
Gastropod | Deroceras sp. | a slug | 24/01/2016 RSt |