Thanks Robert - I'll see if I can identify it as a sawfly then Rgds Andy ... From: "Robert" <cipeen@...> To: <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Hi Martin, I know I'm a bit slow but I've been away. Lasius brunneus has been found in houses before in the UK, fairly frequently in fact. It is most often ...
OK - many thanks. Should I be worried about their presence in my house - I mean is it possible they can do significant damage? My house is not old - built in...
That's a tough one to answer. Briefly, you probably don't have to worry too much. They are not like termites, though the opinion over whether they excavate...
Hi Mike, Many thanks for you thoughts. My only concern with them in the house is that they might cause structural damage - otherwise I have no problems ...
Dear Stuart, I am afraid you may have a dud here. If you do have a picture in which we can see the veins in the wings, we MIGHT get a step closer to ...
... Yup, tried them. ... <hans@g...> ... And them and Sarcophagidae and Calliphoridae. I just harboured a vague hope that someone would recognise that yellow...
Hello All, I swept a handsome, black and white Lepidoptera larvae from grassland near Shrewsbury today. Lepidoptera is not my expertise, so can anyone suggest...
Hi Nigel Size please ? It could be a micro which gives us around 1500 choices :-(( Paul Talbot www.penninebooks.co.uk [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hi Paul, I cannot see it in Jim Porter's book, so you are probably right. I suppose there are lots of black & white micro caterpillars? Anyway, it's a striking...
Hi Nigel Send me a smallish image via an attachment and I will put in on the UK Micromoths website for comment. A rough estimate of size would help though. I...
Funny thing I got one like it last year about this time:- http://www.hadleyweb.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Lepidoptera/Caterpillar1/cat erpillar1.htm Alan ... UK...
I would say that Oelema melanopus, Apion miniatum, Palomena prasina and Salticus scenicus are correct. Don't know enough about the others. Mind you though that...
Thank's Hans, I spelled Oulema incorrectly once and copied and pasted it, it should be right now. Also remedied the duplicate picture of the the Amara. Alan...
The Bembidion certainly seems to be B. quadrimaculatum. The Amara would fit A. ovata but, if quite large, could be A. eurynota? I suppose there are other...
Hi, i've posted about 8 pictures in my folder 'Richard'. I was wondering whether anybody could take the time to have a go at identification. theres a few...
Hi Paul, I responeded to your address but the ISP could not dliver the e amil to your address. I reproduce it below, so that you can do the job from here: ...
Hello, Are they for sale in Scotland? Not that I have ever been to Scotland, but they are meant to have midges up there. Biting ones? Is this exaggerated? The...
Hi Steve, (and Alan Hadley) Have finally got your email and the RES Handbook together! The following Apion spp are "red': A. frumentarium (=A. minatium) on R....
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