Dear Robert, As you say your picture is not of excellent quality, but the animal in it looks like an Evacanthus species. Measuring 5 to 7 mm Evacanthus...
Hi Stuart, the larva looks like the Lime-speck Pug. It's quite variable according to 'Porter' but is quite a good match to the illustration in his book. Is the...
Whoops! that should read Scabious - blasted spell checker! Steve. This mail is a natural product. The slight variation in spelling and grammar enhance its...
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Hi all, Found this flitting round the garden this evening running over leaves with the antennae twitching and thought it might be an ichneumon? it is about ...
Sorry I have no photos. Its a small fly similar shape to an ant. its about 7mm long. its front end is metallic green and the back end metallic magenta. the...
... leaves with ... Andy, to the best of my ability that is an Ichneumon. I've been investigating them for a few weeks, with the the intention of discovering...
... according to 'Porter' but is quite a good match to the illustration in his book. Is the plant it's on in your photo a Scabrous? Steve, Indeed it does. The...
Hello, This file is the extract of the start of the history of the Shoreham Bank (i.e Mill Hill) for the purposes of review as I do not hold the copyright. It...
Anyone out there who knows his Caddis Flies? Would like to know the species of the one in the picture. Does anyone know a good site or book about caddis flies?...
A hummingbird Hawkmoth spent a short time at my Buddleia yesterday (4 Sept)evening, here in Aldershot, Hampshire - the first time we've seen one in the garden...
I did see one ovipositing on Galium aparine in Gloucestershire earlier this year (July I think). I don't think that this is it's usual foodplant, as I think it...
Dear Brian, I think it is a snail killing fly, quite similar to Coremacera marginata. See: http://www.gardensafari.net/first/remaining_flies.htm chapter 8 ... ...
Hi Hans, It looks like Agrypnia varia (F.) (formerly in Phryganea). There's not a current book on adult caddis flies, the most recent is Macan, TT. 1973. A...
Thank you very much Craig. No pictures of the species available on the web as far as I can see. Species apparently connected to rather acid water. I do hope...
... Hi Brian, I was going to try to identify the above, but you took the pictures down between me reading the message and getting back to answering it! ...
Thanks for looking Malcolm and sorry for the move. The pics can be viewed here: http://brianhstone.fireflyinternet.co.uk/images/sciomyzid_5sep04_420a.jpg ...
Hi Brian, Nearest I can get from the photos is a female Euthycera fumigata http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/R138436.HTM I'll try and check the book tonight. ...
Yesterday afternoon, while I was taking photographs of House Martins feeding their offspring in a nest on the front of our house, a Heather Ladybird...
Yo David, Yes, there is a considerable amount of red on the abdomen of several Chilocorus species. I noticed this year that when the larvae of the kidney-spot...
It's been a moderately interesting year for ladybirds in my garden. In the early summer I rescued an 18-spot (Myrrha octodecimgutta) from the pond - I suspect...
Hi Brian, looks like a female Field Grasshopper to me but I'm no expert. Cheers, Steve. This mail is a natural product. The slight variation in spelling and ...
Dear all, I've been busily spending the summer photographing various insects and wildlife on various jaunts around the countryside. However, despite...
Hello, The folder is at: http://tinyurl.com/66z5h The hoverfly looks like the Drone Fly, Eristalis tenax to me, only because I have only just be helped with my...
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