The Cairngorms Up-Close: Statistics



Plant associations

Kinds* of plant with associated species recorded: 120

Recorded species associated with Scots pine: 80

Recorded species associated with birches: 76

Recorded species associated with oaks: 49

Recorded species associated with willows: 43

Recorded species associated with hazel: 34

Recorded species associated with spruces: 33

Recorded species associated with nettles: 31

Recorded species associated with alder: 28

Recorded species associated with heather: 27

Recorded species associated with beech: 26

Recorded species associated with aspen: 25

Recorded species associated with hawthorns: 23

Recorded species associated with blaeberry: 20

Recorded species associated with broom: 17

Recorded species associated with larches: 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: 2779

Total species recorded:* 989

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 922

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 67

*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: 2288

Total species recorded: 530

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 487

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 43

Additional species recorded through galls: 52 (taking total to 582)
 


Beetles

Records in database: 860

Total species recorded: 157

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 140

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 17

Longhorn beetle species recorded: 8

Ladybird species recorded: 14

Soldier beetle species recorded: 10

Families with at least one recorded species: 32*

*Carrion beetles; checkered beetles; click beetles; darkling beetles; dor beetles; false blister beetles; false pollen 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: 522

Total species recorded:* 111

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 104

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 7

Shieldbug species recorded: 9

Plant bug species recorded: 44

Groundbug species recorded: 11

Hopper species recorded: 17

*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: 194

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: 222

Total species recorded:* 87

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 83

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 4

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


Dragonflies

Records in database: 125

Total species recorded: 13

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 13

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 0