The Cairngorms Up-Close: Statistics



Plant associations

Kinds* of plant with associated species recorded: 128

Recorded species associated with birches: 84

Recorded species associated with Scots pine: 83

Recorded species associated with oaks: 53

Recorded species associated with willows: 48

Recorded species associated with hazel: 36

Recorded species associated with spruces: 34

Recorded species associated with alder: 31

Recorded species associated with nettles: 31

Recorded species associated with heather: 29

Recorded species associated with beech: 28

Recorded species associated with hawthorns: 26

Recorded species associated with aspen: 25

Recorded species associated with blaeberry: 21

Recorded species associated with broom: 19

Recorded species associated with larches: 18

Recorded species associated with bramble: 17

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: 3057

Total species recorded:* 1060

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 1002

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 58

*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: 2524

Total species recorded: 564

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 528

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 36

Additional species recorded through galls: 59 (taking total to 623)
 


Beetles

Records in database: 935

Total species recorded: 167

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 153

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 14

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: 572

Total species recorded:* 116

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 112

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 4

Shieldbug species recorded: 9

Plant bug species recorded: 46

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: 217

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: 258

Total species recorded:* 97

Species recorded with a high level of confidence:* 92

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence:* 5

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


Dragonflies

Records in database: 132

Total species recorded: 14

Species recorded with a high level of confidence: 14

Species recorded with a lower level of confidence: 0