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50. 15th May 1940. A rather poor day after two glorius sunny ones, wind changing from NNW to SE at 2 p.m. produced a jam with slight drip & chilly wind till 5 p.m. when again fair & sunny. In afternoon went to Glenasmole, but hymenoptera very rare indeed & 3 hours sweeping produced only a meagre catch. Glenasmole, DU. 2.30-5.30 1 = flat between Moores house & garden & the river up to the ford 2 = under trees S. of ford on right bank of river up to footbridge 3 = under trees from footbridge to Moore's on the left bank of river. [No aculeates seen where I was!] except ants & 1 ♂ Anteon at 3 [15 specimens mostly Ephedrus, from 3 labelled 31.1.41. AWS.] [18 from 1 & 9 from 3 also mounted & these labelled 11/11/42 et seq. AWS.] Swaflies 3 at 3 = Empria alector ♀? Allantus carpini? ♀. Blennocampa tennuicornis ♀ Anteon 1 ♀ at 1. Anteon 1 ♂ at 3: labelled 18/3/41. Cratichneumon ♂♂ frequent. 1 ♂ from 1 mounted = C. magus? 51. 15.5.40, cont. Glenasmole, DU. cont. Cryptids: about a dozen 1 ♂ from 1 = Atractodes Exolytus ♂ at 1. Leptocryptus Hemiteles ♀, black, near bicolorinus?, at 3. Phytodictus 2 ♀♀ at 1 Pimpla turinellae group 1 ♂. P. brevicornis 1 small ♂ Stenomacrus ventralis ♀♀ abundant at 2 & 3, none kept. Picrostigeus recticauda? 1 ♀ at 3. Stenomacrus 1 ♂ at 1. Polyblastus 1 red abd., at 1.
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