I wonder if anyone would mind identifying this beetle please. It was in a 15W actinic light trap this morning along with an Ophion type ichneumon and a bunch...
Hello, A colony of red and yellow Brimstones have been discovered at Margaret Down and Old Melchester Hill. These are not aberrations but a new species. The ...
Brian, Can't be 100% certain, but certainly looks like Chironomidae to me. (Bushy antennae, short milky wings, no proboscis) There's a very common large one...
Brian, Looking again, I took the projection to the right to be the shadow of the left foreleg, but now I wonder if it's a proboscis? If so, it's a mosquito....
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Hi jfzeidel, this is the Common Winter Damselfly [Sympecma fusca]. Presumably this picture was taken in France [going by your email address!] as the species...
Is the moth linked below a Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi) ??? http://web.onetel.net.uk/~haggis63/moth1.jpg Flying 27th March Attracted to garden light. ...
... Thanks for the quick reply Martin. I just looked up the Chestnut in my book and it does look a lot more like it. Thanks for helping a beginner. Alan...
Could be a Conistra sp. Certainly not an Orthosia, for these never sit with one wing almost completely covering the other. What date was the picture taken? ...
... sit with ... picture ... Thank you Hans. The photo was taken on 27th March 2003 which fits well with a Chestnut (Conistra vaccinii) which are about...
Just one more request for now. As a relative beginner to moths, I thought this looked a little like a Double Line (Mythimna turca ). However, looking at their...
Hello Alan This moth is a Scalloped Oak. No-one's going to laugh - none of us were born with a copy of Skinner! Sarah As a relative beginner to moths, I...
Hello, What water plants would group members recommend for a small wildlife pond in a small front garden of a suburban street? Initially, it is thought that...
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Dear Stuart, My guess as to the one on the left is that it probably is a saw fly. The beetle to the right is a leaf beetle, perhaps an Altica sp. ... Hans...
Stuart Its a Stonefly - order Plecoptera. Adults have 4 wings, larvae are aquatic. It is just the 'wrong' shape to be a sawfly. It's not an Alderfly...
... Matt...brilliant. Thanks. My first thought was "Sawfly", but as you say it just looked 'wrong'. I had no idea they existed. Another first for me. ...
Hello Stuart I'm still learning that one has to look at the target more carefully. I am lacking a bit of eye - brain co-ordination. My aim will improve ! I am...
Dear Matt, You are absolutely right. It is a Stone Fly. I have never seen one in my garden and thus overlooked the possibility. I thought it could be a swafly,...
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ray.hamblett1/nature/flies.html#Syrphus_ribesii Hello May I ask you to look at the image link above and tell me if my ID is OK ...
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