Following a very 'warm' winter, yesterday seemed almost spring-like (well, at least the wind had dropped) and there was correspondingly a lot of insect...
Hi, i don't know whether this may be useful to people. There is a free site for displaying photos at: http://www.dotphoto.com Thought i'd mention it whilst the...
The beetle was on the trunk of my Birch tree a couple of nights ago. It measured about 6.5mm in length, had a dark brown body with pale edges to the thorax,...
David The larva looks like a hoverfly. Sarah The larva was found this afternoon on the underside of a Red Campion leaf. It is about 10mm in length, plain...
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Feb 5, 2005 9:39 pm
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Hello David, The beetle looks like Agonum obscurum - pale legs, narrow pronotum - the size make this more likely than the slightly larger A. albipes (although...
... pronotum - the ... (although on ... found in ... Thanks Paul, At least I was on the correct page in Chinery! Neither of the species you have named appear...
Hi David, Your larvae is a hoverfly larvae. One of the aphid eating species I would think. From pictures in "Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae" (Rotheray, ...
It's possibly a Pipiza sp., David, looking at the limited no. of illustrations in 'The Colour Guide to Hoverfly Larvae' by Graham Rotheray. You'd need to...
I don't know whether it appears in Chinery but A. albipes used to be A. ruficorne ... It may have changed again, I think some of the Agonum sub-genera have...
Hello, As it is off-season, I will ask the query: what advantage does the Erastalis tenax (the Drone Fly) gain by mimicking a Honey Bee? Cheers Andy Horton ...
On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:32:31 -0000 ... Hi Andy I see you've also posted this on UK-Hoverflies following one of mine. May as well respond here. As there are so...
Hello all, Apologies for cross-posting. I wonder if anyone can help Malcolm Burrows who is searching for specimens of Cercopis vulnerata and other hoppers for...
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Sorry, going to have to re-post as the file was huge!! Sarah ... From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] Sent: 13 March...
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I found several of these galls on alder cones yesterday. They seem similar to one mentioned in the new(ish) FSC AIDGAP key - Taphrina alni - but there seem to...
Hi Sarah, The photographed specimens were dead, so had presumably grown to full size and then died. Normally it is illustrated while still alive (probably...
Malcolm (or anyone else!) how much is known about the distribution of this gall? Thanks, Sarah In the August 2nd one you can see the sporing structures. It's...
... List of records on BMS database here: http://194.203.77.76/fieldmycology/GBCHKLST/gbsyns.asp?intGBNum=2565 Unfortunately the distribution map link doesn't...
A Small Magpie Moth (Eurrhypara hortulata) appeared in my wife's sewing room this morning (Aldershot Hampshire)to become the first moth in the house this year!...
I photographed this creature on my walls today. I think it could be the larva of a Dermestid beetle. Does anyone know anything about this creature, or is...
Dear Martin, Group hopping, the both of us, are we? Thanks a lot. I know these Dermestids can be a pest in insect collections. I only collect pictures....
Hi, I am hoping some group members might be interested in helping me identify mystery insect parts found in bird faecal samples. I am an ornithologist not an...
... From: "Hans Arentsen" > Group hopping, the both of us, are we? Thanks a lot. I know these ... Hans I've come across lots of Bugs that eat bytes, bits, hard...
Today I took two pictures of a cicada resting on the walls. I haven't been able to find it in my books. Could be darker than usual given the fact it probably...
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