The Cairngorms Up-Close: Statistics



Plant associations

Kinds* of plant with associated species recorded: 139

Recorded species associated with Scots pine: 89

Recorded species associated with birches: 89

Recorded species associated with oaks: 55

Recorded species associated with willows: 53

Recorded species associated with hazel: 39

Recorded species associated with spruces: 36

Recorded species associated with alder: 34

Recorded species associated with nettles: 31

Recorded species associated with heather: 30

Recorded species associated with beech: 29

Recorded species associated with hawthorns: 27

Recorded species associated with aspen: 25

Recorded species associated with blaeberry: 23

Recorded species associated with broom: 20

Recorded species associated with bramble: 18

Recorded species associated with larches: 18

Recorded species associated with elms: 17

Recorded species associated with limes: 16

*These are generally at the level of genus, but in the case of Prunus, to give one example, several plant species are considered separately.
 


All species

Records in database: 3297

Total species recorded:* 1118

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 1061

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 57

*Includes several species aggregates and unsplit species pairs, as well as a small number of galling species counted twice for different stages of their life-cycle.
 


All arthropods

Records in database: 2726

Total species recorded: 587

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 551

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 36

Additional species recorded through galls: 63 (taking total to 650)
 


Beetles

Records in database: 965

Total species recorded: 169

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 154

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 15

Longhorn beetle species recorded: 9

Ladybird species recorded: 14

Soldier beetle species recorded: 11

Families with at least one recorded species: 34*

*Carrion beetles; checkered beetles; click beetles; clown beetles; darkling beetles; dor beetles; false blister beetles; false flower beetles; false pollen beetles; flower beetles; grain beetles; ground beetles; ladybirds; larder beetles; leaf beetles; leaf-rolling weevils; longhorn beetles; minute tree-fungus beetles; net-winged beetles; oil beetles; orchid beetles; pill beetles; pine flower weevils; pleasing fungus beetles; raspberry beetles; root-eating beetles; round fungus beetles; rove beetles; sap beetles; scarab beetles; silken fungus beetles; soldier beetles; stag beetles; true weevils.
 


True bugs

Records in database: 669

Total species recorded:* 125

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 120

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 5

Shieldbug species recorded: 9

Plant bug species recorded: 51

Groundbug species recorded: 11

Hopper species recorded: 19

*This includes species recorded only through pre-adult records.

Terrestrial Heteropteran families with at least one recorded species: 11*

*Damsel bugs; flatbugs; flower bugs; groundbugs; lacebugs; plant bugs; shieldbugs (Acanthosomatidae, Cydnidae, and Pentatomidae); shorebugs; stiltbugs;
 


Butterflies

Records in database: 233

Total species recorded: 23

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 23

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 0
 


Moths

Records in database: 285

Total species recorded:* 107

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 104

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 3

*This includes species recorded only through pre-adult records.
 


Dragonflies

Records in database: 144

Total species recorded: 14

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 14

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 0