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Updates and revisions

The following list provides a useful reference guide to any notable update or revision, primarily associated with new species and/or additional photos, but also acting as a record of the development of the site from the date of publication. Each entry will be formatted in a consistent manner starting with the ORDER, which provides a quick link, followed by the family and current update version. Any changes affecting species that are already featured will be noted in the text, whereas the addition of any new species will always be shown bulleted and indented on a separate line.  

 

 

March 2024

  (now at v.3 with 140+ species)

Numerous updates including completion of the Montane, Coastal and Urban linked 'species accounts' and various

new Cladonia species added to the Heathland collection. The Woodland section is quite involved, but will follow asap.

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February 2024

  > Heathland Lichens (20 species)

This particular collection is now live and linking to the individual Cladonia 'species accounts'.​

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  (new section - v.1)

First stage completed; introduction and thumbnail images, currently separated into five collections:

Montane, Woodland, Heathland, Coastal and Urban - associated 'species accounts' to follow over the next few weeks. ​

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January 2024

  > Bugs and Hoppers (updated to v.4)

Various minor revisions, a few additional photos and three new species added:

  • Aradus depressus (Pale-shouldered Flatbug) - with new Aradidae 'family account' page

  • Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug)

  • Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug)

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Some tidying up and corrections on the Corixidae - Water-boatmen 'family account' page, adding:

  • Sigara cf.distincta

  • Sigara cf.semistrata

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  > Beetles (updated to v.4)

An interim update to include three new species:

  • Pterostichus minor (Lesser Blackclock - Ground beetle)

  • Phloeonomus punctipennis (Rove beetle)

  • Atreus affinis (Rove beetle)

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  > Centipedes (updated to v.3)

A few additional photos added, together with one new lithobiomorph with its own 'species account' page:

  • Lithobius melanops

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  > Springtails (updated to v.5)

Hot on the heels of the major update that I completed a couple of weeks ago, I've now added a further three species that I've found since the beginning of the year, each with their own dynamic 'species account' pages:

  • Protaphorura armata

  • Hemisotoma thermophila (syn. Cryptopygus thermophilus)

  • Tomocerus vulgaris

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  > Harvestmen (updated to v.3)

A few new photos added, together with two new 'species account' pages for:

  • Mitostoma chrysomeles (Nemastomatidae)

  • Odiellus spinosus (Phalangiidae > Oligolophinae)

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  > Moths (updated to v.3)

One new moth added with linked dynamic 'species account' page:

  • Jersey Tiger (Euplagia quadripunctaria)

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December 2023

Something I've been wanting to create for a while - a flow-chart of sorts, that shows the evolutionary relationship of the insect orders that are featured and/or mentioned on the website, and how the systematic hierarchy compares with the home page layout. Opens in a separate browser window for ease of reference when viewing other pages.

 

  > Parasitic Wasps (updated to v.3)

Various changes, including a new page providing an overview of the Eulophidae (Chalcid Wasps) family, featuring one new species:

  • Symbiosis dolichogaster

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And, on the Cynipoidae (Gall Wasps) page, photos of some new oak galls produced by three new species:

  • Andricus lignicola (Cola Nut Gall Wasp)

  • Biohiza pallida (Oak Apple Gall Wasp)

  • Neuroterus quercusbbaccarum (Common Spangle Gall Wasp)

also, at the bottom of that page, some general information regarding oaks in general.

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Lastly, there are two new ichneumons wasps, each with their own dynamic 'species account' page:

  • Ichneumon bucculentus

  • Option variegatus

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  > Springtails (50+ new photos added - updated to v.4)

Numerous revisions including many new photos of existing species, plus a number of new species that were found

earlier in the year, all of which have been added together with their own dynamic 'species account' pages:

  • Monobella grassei

  • Kalophorura burmeisteri

  • Entomobrya multifasciata

  • Entomobrya nivalis

  • Dicyrtomina minuta

  • Sminthurinus lawrencei, coupled with Sminthurinus niger

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  > Craneflies, Gnats, Midges (updated to v.4)

Photos of two new short-palped craneflies added, the second slightly tentative:

  • Achyrolimonia decemmaculata (Limoniidae)

  • Ormosia cf.lineata (Limoniidae)

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Also, a dark-winged fungus gnat; wingless female (you don't see many photos of these):​

  • Epidapus sp.

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  > Flies (updated to v.4)

A couple more photos added of existing species, plus three new flies:

  • Trypetoptera punctulata (Sciomyzidae - Marsh Flies)

  • Norellisoma spinimanum (Scathophagidae - Dungflies)

  • Miltogramma germari (Sarcophagidae - Flesh Flies) (NS)

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  > Beetles (19 new photos added - updated to v.3)

A bit of restructuring to include a few additional photos of existing species, plus three new beetles added,

the last of which required another weevil's dynamic 'family account' page:

  • Carabus arvensis (Moorland Ground Beetle)

  • Grammoptera ruficornis (Longhorn beetle)

  • Platystomos albinus (Fungus beetle) (NS)

The section now includes photos of 160 beetle species.​

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  > Stinging Wasps (updated to v.3)

An additional photo of the rare Pseudoepipona herrichii (Purbeck Mason Wasp) added, plus a further new

nationally scarce species with its own separate dynamic 'species account' page:

  • Eumenes coarctatus (Heath Potter Wasp) (NS)

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  > Spider-hunting Wasps (updated to v.3)

A couple of better images of Episyron rufipes (Red-legged Spider Wasp) included to replace previous photos. 

  > Bees (updated to v.3)

A further photo of Sphecodes pellucidus (Sandpit Blood Bee) added; previously only one image.

  > Caddisflies (updated to v.2)

Photo of one new species added:

  • Goera pilosa (Medium Sedge)

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  > Grasshoppers & Crickets (updated to v.2)

Minor amendments, plus one new species added including associated dynamic 'species account' page:

  • Nemobius sylvestris (Wood-cricket) (NS)

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November 2023

  > Cockroaches (updated to v.2)

Photo of a new species added, which is the last of the three native wood cockroaches:

  • Ectobius lapponicus (Dusky Cockroach) (NS)

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  > Woodlice (28 new photos added - updated to v.3)

Various amendments including a few photos from earlier in the year, and two new species

added, both requiring dynamic 'species account' pages:

  • Asellus aquaticus (Two-spotted Waterlouse or Slater)

  • Porcellionides pruinosus (Plum Woodlouse)

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  > Spiders (41 new photos added - updated to v.4)

Significant update with a number of additional photos of existing species, plus seven new spiders featured,

two of which (Purseweb and Woodlouse)* needing new dynamic 'family account' pages:

  • Atypus affinis (Atypidae)* (NS)

  • Harpactea hombergi (Dyseridae)*

  • Metellina merianae (Tetragnathidae)

  • Amaurobius fenestralis (Amaurobiidae)

  • Philodromus margaritatus (Philodromidae) (NR)

  • Xysticus cf.kochi (Thomisidae)

  • Salticus scenicus (Salticidae)

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November 2023

After two years and hundreds of hours of work, the website was finally published on 18th November 2023.

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October 2021

Domain registered as www.tickspics-macro.com

Website officially named Small World Discoveries

Signed up to a new hosting plan with WiX

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August 2021

First outline and contents list.

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