The Cairngorms Up-Close: Statistics



Plant associations

Kinds* of plant with associated species recorded: 146

Recorded species associated with birches: 94

Recorded species associated with Scots pine: 91

Recorded species associated with oaks: 56

Recorded species associated with willows: 56

Recorded species associated with alder: 42

Recorded species associated with hazel: 41

Recorded species associated with spruces: 37

Recorded species associated with nettles: 32

Recorded species associated with heather: 31

Recorded species associated with beech: 29

Recorded species associated with hawthorns: 29

Recorded species associated with aspen: 27

Recorded species associated with blaeberry: 23

Recorded species associated with broom: 20

Recorded species associated with larches: 20

Recorded species associated with bramble: 18

Recorded species associated with elms: 18

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: 3545

Total species recorded:* 1170

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 1110

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 60

*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: 2934

Total species recorded: 607

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 568

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 39

Additional species recorded through galls or leaf-mines: 70 (taking total to 677)
 


Beetles

Records in database: 1007

Total species recorded: 170

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 155

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 15

Longhorn beetle species recorded: 10

Ladybird species recorded: 14

Soldier beetle species recorded: 11

Leaf beetle species recorded: 24

Click beetle species recorded: 14

True weevil species recorded: 35

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: 756

Total species recorded:* 131

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 125

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 6

Shieldbug species recorded: 10

Plant bug species recorded: 53

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: 12*

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


Butterflies

Records in database: 248

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: 308

Total species recorded:* 112

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 109

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 3

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


Dragonflies

Records in database: 154

Total species recorded: 14

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 14

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 0