The great museum move http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8184270.stm By Rebecca Morelle Science reporter, BBC News Nick Higham gets a glimpse behind the...
Hi, my first post here, so hello to all. I'm a keen nature watcher (mostly birds) and would like some help with identification of a couple of insects . I've...
Colin I think no 11 is a Large Skipper butterfly Brian Price ... From: <naughtymoose@...> To: <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 16,...
Hello, 17 August 2009 I was shocked by the unmistakable sighting of a Brown Hairstreak Butterfly on Mill Hill south of the upper car park. It flew of rapidly...
Bonjour Phillipe! Many thanks for your help- I really appreciate it. The Vapourer Moth caterpillar is the most impressive caterpillar I've seen for a long...
I recently saw Rhyparochromus pini at Lordswood nr Southampton.The Uk status is Nb,but I was wandering whether it was being recorded commonly on suitable...
Hello, 20 September 2009 On an energy sapping humid morning, both hoverflies and butterflies were active around one large clump of Ivy on the Pixie Path (near...
I've got a photo of a very handsome looking green cricket-type insect that was on my bedroom ceiling a couple of months ago. Would love to know if its common,...
... From: "sophie" ? ... Sophie Crop or re-size your photo to about 500 pixels (longest side) Log on to http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/ ...
At a guess, without seeing the photo, I'd say it's probably either Oak or Speckled Bush Cricket. I quite often get them indoors at this time of year. They are...
Hello, Doubts have crept in of my sighting of a Brown Hairstreak on Mill Hill on 17 August 2009. The sighting has been downgraded to possible only. Adur...
Hi folks. Last Friday at Hanningfield Reservoir in Essex, a couple of fellow birdwatchers and I saw a strange hornet. No pictures unfortunately, but I'll try...
Philippe, we agreed on-site that it was not a moth. It was also 'buzzing'. Do hornets/wasps/bees (presumably they are of the same order) ever get 'dusty'...
If furry, i think it cannot have been a wasp or other hymenopteran. Some moths are large, hum and may even have clear or partially clear wings Bart van Herk ...
Maybe you did agree that, but now you have added that it made a noise that merely confirms me in my belief that it was a hummingbird hawkmoth. Have a look at...
Two more ideas - hornets are hairy on the thorax though this is not usually obvious; if they are seen against the light (as when the sun is low) they can look...
Thanks for your input chaps. I will be conferring with my pals during mid-week, and will hope to have some further input then. Tim's comment about the pollen...
Hello, October 2009 Life for the declining number of butterflies was beginning to becoming more difficult. The Ivy was still an attractant but everywhere the...
I wanted to ID some Ichneumonids so I searched for a key to the Diplazontinae on the web. I found a key to genera but the asking price for the 10 pages is...
Sounds like an excellent idea. Might be worth contacting the Royal Ent Soc who publish the handbooks for the identification of British Insects. Their...
Hi Group I frequently come across references to small journals and newsletters (e.g. Entomologist's Monthly, Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society,...
BWARS has investigated the possibility of making its newsletters available online, but with a year's delay (so that members get the immediate advantage of...
Hello, 2 November 2009 When the sun emerged from from behind the frequent clouds a Peacock Butterfly emerged from hibernation by the Ivy on the edge of the...
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