Hi there. I would be grateful if somebody could take a look at the pics on this page please: http://thenaturalstone.blogspot.com/2005/05/bank-holiday-bugs.html...
The bee (it is a bee) belongs to the genus Nomada. Those are parasitic bees. Their host is usually a species of Andrena (mining bees). There are many ...
Hi All I've uploaded three images of Caddis flies into the wirralbirder album of the photo section. Is it possible to i.d any of the three caddis flies.The...
Hi All I've uploaded two images of ground beetles found at Eyarth Rock denbighshire on April 30th.The larger bulhier species was about 20mm - 25mm long,the...
Harry your broader 'Ground Beetle' actually looks like a Silphidae buerrying or carrion beetle. I have not had chance to look it up yet. Alan ... i.d.The...
... Hello, But surely a Nomada shortlist could be drawn up? I am seeing bees or wasps with the same distinctive black and yellow abdomens skulking around...
Hi Just after I posted the email my wife wanted to use the phone.whilst waiting I had a look through some literature on beetles and found a perfect match. The...
Harry have you checked the shape of the club at the tip of this beetles antennae, in Nicrophorus its bulky and almost round, in Necrodes it's longer and...
I agree with Alan. Unfortunately, excellent photo as this is, two interesting features (hind femora/head) are not well shown. Also the pronotum is bending...
... parasitic ... are many ... ID from a ... yellow ... could not ... digger ... Yes indeed, but one might argue about the use of it, since it would remain...
Hi, I found this Orange Ladybird (files area: ladybird.jpg) in my garden in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde today. I think it is the Orange L (sedecimgutatta), but my...
Yes Neil, H. 16-g. Harde is somewhat out of date. This species used to be fairly rare and confined to old oak woods mainly but became more numerous in the...
Hi there, Caddisfly B looks like Philopotamus montanus The other two look like Limnephilus or Potamophylax spp. Hope this helps, Craig. ... Ephemeroptera...
Hello all, Can anyone tell me what the insect that I've uploaded to Photos > Mystery > iced fly is and why it's pretending to be a fairy cake? Cheers, Paul ...
Paul, The mystery fly looks like a dung fly (Scatophaga spp) and it is infected with the fungus Entomophthora scatophagae. The story goes that the fungus...
Hi Guys I live in Inverness and we get the Orange Ladybird in low numbers. A few years ago I noticed they have a tendency to turn up on the hair of red-heads....
Paul, Thanks for the information. I have sycamores and beech out of my back garden so this would figure. Interesting species! Thanks, Neil G. ... used to ... ...
Neil, I'm not too sure of the significance of actual tree species since the orange ladybird is a mildew-feeder (although observations are always potentially...
Hi Paul & alan I've uploaded several more images of the beetles found at eyarth rock.as you will see there are two types of beetle plus the smaller ...
I decided to accept the inevitable and start trying to get to grips with beetles. Perhaps weevils weren't the best choice, but it sort of chose me (got caught...
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