Simulium aureum (Fries, 1824), (a blackfly)


6 Nov 2006 at OSGR: SK05 in Staffs, England

Record Summaryin Willow Moss on boulder at side of river bed, currently above water level
Found asPupa
Date6 November 2006
Associated organismFontimalis anitpyretica
OS grid refOSGR: SK05
Lat/Lon53° 10’ N, 1° 50’ W
Vice CountyStaffs, VC no: 39
CountryEngland

Notes:

Gill filaments: 4, upper two on a common stalk, lowest gently curved.

Cocoon: with thickened margin.

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