The descriptive text, below the map, is from the Cornish Red Data Book (2009). The map on this web page depicts the organisms distribution and shows the records made pre-2000 and those made since.
Range & Status
Formerly widely recorded across southern Britain, but recently reported from only three vice-counties.
Regional Distribution
Reported from Perranporth Dunes (Tomlin, 1909), and from gull nests on Annet (Joy,
1909; Mackechnie-Jarvis, 1966). W.W. Fowler is credited with the first discovery of the
species on the Isles of Scilly before 1887 (Blair, 1931).
Habitat & Ecology
Known from a variety of situations, most usually in damp places amongst moss and plant litter, but also in ant nests, and nests of cormorants and gulls.
Threats
Loss of semi-natural rough pastures; agricultural intensification.
Conservation
Protection of semi-natural pastures from inappropriate developments.
I.J. Bennallick, S. Board, C.N. French, P.A. Gainey, C. Neil, R. Parslow, A. Spalding and P.E. Tompsett. eds. 2009. Red Data Book for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. 2nd Edition.Croceago Press.
The Cornish Red Data Book Project was led by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Federation for Biological Recorders (CISFBR). The full text and species accounts (minus the maps) are available on the CISFBR website.