The Cairngorms Up-Close: Statistics



Plant associations

Kinds* of plant with associated species recorded: 106

Recorded species associated with Scots pine: 78

Recorded species associated with birches: 68

Recorded species associated with oaks: 48

Recorded species associated with willows: 38

Recorded species associated with spruces: 31

Recorded species associated with hazel: 30

Recorded species associated with nettles: 27

Recorded species associated with alder: 26

Recorded species associated with beech: 24

Recorded species associated with heather: 24

Recorded species associated with hawthorns: 21

Recorded species associated with aspen: 20

Recorded species associated with blaeberry: 18

Recorded species associated with larches: 16

Recorded species associated with broom: 15

*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: 2394

Total species recorded:* 893

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 832

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 61

*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: 1955

Total species recorded: 481

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 441

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 40

Additional species recorded through galls: 37 (taking total to 518)
 


Beetles

Records in database: 706

Total species recorded: 139

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 123

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 16

Longhorn beetle species recorded: 8

Ladybird species recorded: 14

Soldier beetle species recorded: 9

Families with at least one recorded species: 30*

*Carrion beetles; checkered beetles; click beetles; dor beetles; false blister beetles; flower beetles; grain beetles; ground beetles; ladybirds; larder beetles; leaf beetles; leaf-rolling weevils; longhorn 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; tree fungus beetles; true weevils.
 


True bugs

Records in database: 472

Total species recorded:* 105

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 99

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 6

Shieldbug species recorded: 9

Plant bug species recorded: 43

Groundbug species recorded: 10

Hopper species recorded: 15

*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: 174

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: 185

Total species recorded:* 77

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 73

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 4

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


Dragonflies

Records in database: 116

Total species recorded: 13

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 13

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 0