Insect Checklists
None of these lists can be
reproduced without written permission from
SEG
or SBRC.
These lists of Insects
(accessed from the menu on the left) initially
appeared in Johnston (1999) A Naturalists Shetland T. & A.D.
Poyser but they have been updated with additional information.
For some
species where enough data exists, a status code is given following Lorimer
(unpub.) and Kaaber (1997).
R - Resident – a species
which breeds in the islands and can successfully overwinter
RN – Naturalised Resident –
a species which has definitely or probably been brought to Shetland by
man, but which has since established a viable self-sustaining population
RS – Synanthropous Resident
– a species which has definitely or probably been brought to Shetland by
man, but which is dependant on man or buildings for survival
M - Immigrant – a species
which regularly arrives in the islands from elsewhere, but which cannot
overwinter, even if it may occasionally breed
V - Vagrant - a rare
immigrant with fewer than 20 records
U - Uncertain – species for
which there is not enough data to decide if it is resident or immigrant
X - Errors and presumed
errors - placed in square brackets.
AI - Accidental Imports -
species only known to have been imported accidentally by man, placed in
square brackets as they do not merit a place on the full list
For
some species a short statement on distribution and abundance (scarce,
frequent, common or abundant) is also given. If a species is recorded from
either Foula or Fair Isle this is specifically mentioned, unless the
phrase ‘throughout the islands’ is used. This means that the species has
been found wherever it has been looked for (including Foula and Fair Isle)
but usually excluding Yell, which is very poorly covered. The months in
which the adults are most likely to be seen are given at the end of the
account.
sources
referred to in the lists
Nature in Shetland
