I didn't find huge amounts of beetles but there were three weevil species, five ground beetles, five staphs and a silphid.
Calathus melanocephalus |
Anthobium atrocephalum |
I also found an overwintering Cychrus caraboides that had dug out a little earthern cell under a log. I took a few pics before returning it and as always was amazed to see the sizable paddle-shaped palp end segments that I guess must be one of the final things a snail sees...
Also came across this pseudoscorpion which spent most of its time walking purposefully backwards.
It was quite large for a pseudoscorpion but no idea as to what species it is. EDIT: it's Neobisium sp. Apparently N. 'carpenteri agg' is also known from coastal Suffolk and Essex. It differs from carcinoides in having a triangular epistome.
I think the pseudoscorpion is Neobisium carcinoides - https://ajcarthropoda.blogspot.com/2019/11/scorpions-at-charnwood-lodge.html
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