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Equus caballus (Horse)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Equus caballus Sighting 15 June 2002 Berks England 2

Suggested Literature

Equus caballus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
CHORDATA
(vertebrates)
MAMMALIA
(mammals)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Equus caballus:

Photos dung may contain larva Musca autumnalis - Autumn House-fly (Diptera: Muscidae) d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
dung may contain larva Polietes steinii - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Restricted d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
is ectoparasitised by imago Hippobosca equina - a flat fly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) UK/Ireland Major Hutson, A.M., 1984
dung (absolutely fresh) absolutely fresh dung may house ovum Polietes steinii - a muscid fly (Diptera: Muscidae) Restricted d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968
dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Geotrupes mutator - a dumbledor (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [in burrows]
Photos dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Geotrupes stercorarius - Dor Beetle, Dumble Dor, Clock, Lousy Watchman (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [in burrows]
dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Onthophagus joannae - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [on chalky or sandy soil]
Photos dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Onthophagus similis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [on chalky or sandy soil]
dung (buried) buried dung dung/debris may support larva Onthophagus vacca - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [usually on low-lying green pastures]
dung (decayed, fermenting) decayed, fermenting dung dung may support fruitbody Conocybe candida - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (slightly dry) slightly dry dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius ictericus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung (slightly dry) slightly dry dung may house imago Aphodius ictericus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [on paths and similar open areas]
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may contain fruitbody Tomentellopsis echinospora - a resupinate fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae) Rare Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Conocybe farinacea - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Conocybe fimetaria - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Conocybe lenticulospora - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Conocybe murinacea - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Panaeolus papilionaceus var. parvisporus - a petticoat mottlegill (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Panaeolus semiovatus var. phalaenarum - an egghead mottlegill (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Panaeolus semiovatus var. semiovatus - Egghead Mottlegill (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [esp. upland to montane]
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Panaeolus subfirmus - a mottlegill (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinus ephemeroides - an inkcap (Agaricales: Coprinaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinus radiatus - an inkcap (Agaricales: Coprinaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinus sterquilinus - an inkcap (Agaricales: Coprinaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinus tuberosus - an inkcap (Agaricales: Coprinaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinellus curtus - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis luteocephala - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis nivea - Snowy Inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis trispora - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Coprinopsis vermiculifer - an inkcap (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psathyrella coprophila - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psathyrella hirta - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psathyrella sphaerocystis - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psathyrella stercoraria - a brittlestem (Agaricales: Psathyrellaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psilocybe fimetaria - a brownie (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psilocybe merdicola - a brownie (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) Major Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Psilocybe subcoprophila - a brownie (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung may support fruitbody Cristinia coprophila - a basidiomycete fungus (Polyporales: Atheliaceae) UK/Ireland Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
dung (weathered) weathered dung dung/debris may support fruitbody Conocybe watlingii - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos dung dung may attract imago Typhaeus typhoeus - Minotaur Beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung may support apothecium Peziza bovina - a cup fungus (Pezizales: Pezizaceae) UK/Ireland Robinson, K., 2007
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius conspurcatus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [mainly in woodland, rarely in exposed sites]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius contaminatus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius erraticus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
Photos dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius haemorrhoidalis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius lividus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius luridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in exposed habitats]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius obliteratus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [especially in wooded areas]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius putridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in open, dry, sandy and chalky areas]
dung dung dung/debris may support larva Aphodius scrofa - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [dry, exposed, sandy ground]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius conspurcatus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [mainly in woodland, rarely in exposed sites]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius contaminatus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung may house imago Aphodius erraticus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
Photos dung dung may house imago Aphodius haemorrhoidalis - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung may house imago Aphodius lividus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986
dung dung may house imago Aphodius luridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in exposed habitats]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius obliteratus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [especially in wooded areas]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius putridus - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Jessop, L., 1986 [in open, dry, sandy and chalky areas]
dung dung may house imago Aphodius scrofa - a dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Major Jessop, L., 1986 [dry, exposed, sandy ground]
manure (decayed, strawy) decayed, strawy manure dung may support fruitbody Lysurus cruciatus - Lizard's Claw (Phallales: Phallaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
stable waste (decayed) decayed stable waste dung may support fruitbody Conocybe percincta - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
Photos stable waste (decayed) decayed stable waste dung may support fruitbody Conocybe siennophylla - a conecap (Agaricales: Bolbitiaceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005
wound (superficial) superficial wound may house larva Angiometopa ruralis - a flesh fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Foreign van Emden, F.I., 1954

Equus caballus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
CHORDATA
(vertebrates)
MAMMALIA
(mammals)

References

d’Assis-Fonseca, E.C.M., 1968 Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
Hutson, A.M., 1984 Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)
Jessop, L., 1986 Dung Beetles and Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Robinson, K., 2007 A Mycologist's Diary
van Emden, F.I., 1954 Diptera: Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata (I) Sect (a) Tachinidae and Calliphoridae

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