Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) The dragonfly certainly looks like L. depressa. If it was in the UK I don't think there would be any doubt. But I'm not...
Hi All, Local fruit grower had a lot of leaves eaten. I couldn't find any larvae, but there were loads(dozens) of earwigs amongst the most damaged leaves. ...
Hello Angus, I can't really help except that my fruit trees have plenty of earwigs on them and no similar damage. My problem is Apple Twig Cutter, a small...
Hi Martin Plenty of thrips on the outdoor apple trees, but none noted on the plum and peach which are under plastic. I didn't bring the best samples of damage...
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Jun 2, 2004 10:18 pm
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It happens to me very often lately that I can't see any of the imgaes in files. The link in the announcement emails doesn't work and neither does the link in...
Hans this can happen where mail has been delayed and in the meanwhile the question has been answered and the file has been deleted - and yes I get this as well...
Thanks a lot George! I hoped it was an easy species, for I had never seen a very colorful species like this. It will appear on my site in a week or two and of...
Thanks Richard, Mail was delivered well over two days late in my mailbox last weekend, so I regularly check Yahoo Groups again, in stead of waiting for emails....
The opinion on earwigs as herbivores is ambiguous. Much of the lore derives from gardeners of old who found an insect on damaged foliage and immediately blamed...
Cheers Paul, Yes it likely that initial damage was from another source which has probably fed up, and now the hoards of earwigs are taking advantage. The...
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Jun 6, 2004 1:29 pm
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Dear Angus, I imagine that something of the same kind has happened on your peaches - a leaf-curler has provided a home for them. I suppose that one way to...
First link didn't work. Second link worked but no lacewing. I wouldn't bother writing about links that don't work, but thought it worth mentioning that the...
Hello, Sorry there has been an upload malfunction. I am attempting to correct this now. It has been relaible for months so I did not check it out straightaway....
I suggest this is Chrysopa perla. Google will give you lots of good images. Keith ... check ... butterflies ... look ... thought ... (27 ... Blue ... digest" ...
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Jun 8, 2004 4:40 pm
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Orangey coloured fly I cannot locate in my (limited) books. Please could someone id it for me so I can add it to my web site...I will ackowledge the help. ...
... Its a sawfly - Arge cyanocrocea. Patrick Roper...
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Jun 8, 2004 7:34 pm
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Hello Everyone, Just felt I wanted to tell Mike that the statement he made below is wrong <g> I'm sure that we're not the only folk that like things mentioned...
Hello This is off-topic for this group but... You don't say why you think Mike is wrong, Geum urbanum is Wood Avens A.K.A Herb Bennet in my book! RayH...