... I agree with Matt, they're dung flies: Scathophaga species. The jelly fungus is Exidia thuretania - the white spots inside are said to be calcium oxalate. ...
... Thanks Malcolm and Matt, Dung flies they are - and I would never have got near to that ID for the fungus. At the moment it is a case of bad light stops...
I put up a pic of a Bibio, today (well, I'm pretty sure that's what it is). Does anyone know of a key to these? I appear to have half a dozen different species...
Hello, Unidentified Hoverfly http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Hoverfly112e.jpg On the footpath approach to Mill Hill from the Waterworks Road I was buzzed by a few...
Hello, It has just occurred to me that it could be a black colour form of Episyrphus balteatus ? Is this most likely? Cheers Andy Horton. ... was buzzed ... ...
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Hello all, I've uploaded three pictures to Files/Paul M scanned from photos sent to me by Les Wilson, a naturalist, in Hackney. The photos were taken in...
As it hasn't been mentioned already - if you do not have a microscope to take a closer look at the insects etc in your garden and live within reach of a Lild...
Hi Guys I have uploaded a picture to the PHOTOS area under MYSTERY with the file name FINDHORN 8-5-2004. Can anyone give me a hint as to what this might be?...
It looks a little like the 'furry caterpillar' in the Adur Valley album. Don't know if there is a record of it being identified on the messages area? ray...
Ray I hadn't noticed the "furry caterpillar" but now that you have brought it to my attention I think it could be a Muslim Moth or a Buff Ermine. See plate 29...
Hi I am new and was just wondering... what kind of insects come out in winter? I have this shoebox covered in cling-film and put snails and slugs and worms...
... I have this shoebox covered in cling-film and put snails and slugs and worms inside as a little shelter, but I also put holes on the sides of the box for ...
As a general rule of thumb I think it is safe to say that very few invertebrates that fly will be active midwinter. As for the others it rather depends, as...
Hello Sophie, There won't be many insects out and about at this time of year (some small flies have active periods in the winter) but some insects and other...
Thankyou, but there is one thing wrong with that...I am terrified of centipedes and millipedes!!!! Oh well. I like thos tiger beetles because they are big and...
Sophie, absolutely no reason to be afeared of millipedes (they don't even move quickly) and, although they have nasty mandibles, I've never known centipedes to...
... Hi Paul, You do occasionally see aggregations of mites like that (and I've also seen similar fungal growths). Cranefly eggs look like that too. And I don't...
Hello Malcolm, No chance - these are the best scans I could do! However, I've asked Les to send me samples if he finds them this winter (won't be long!). Like...
... True! Nor ants, come to that... ... If you'll excuse a "blonde" answer; those oval shiny ones! Afraid I've never found a book/paper to get into mites. ...
... unlikely in ... Actually, in London Lasius niger is active for most of the year although not usually in massive numbers in the winter. Also, this February...
I've received the 'larvae' and won't trouble you with a picture (there are some on the web). These are the giant willow aphid Tuberolachnus salignus. Quite...
In the summer I came across an unusual insect under a cover on my parents-in-law's narrowboat in Cheshire. Could anyone help me in identifying it. A picture...
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