Hello, Squires Tools http://www.squirestools.com/ Has anybody got any other sources for precision tools please? These are needed for various natural history...
Hi We the members of Highland Biological Recording Group (HBRG) would like to invite you to view/browse our new web site. It will probably be of most interest...
Hi, Can any listmate tell me what this species of moth is? I photographed it in about early june feeding on Thyme in a rather acidic habitat in the Mendips. ...
Hi Nigel, I'd say perhaps Pyrausta despicata. The time and habitat seem to correspond, but the species is rather variable in color, so... ? Philippe ...
I'd also go with Pyrausta despicata (previously known as P. cespitalis). You can also get moths identified on the ukmoths Yahoo group, or ukmicromoths for the,...
Apologies for cross-posting. We are undoubtedly all fed up with shopping at the moment but there may be something of interest in your local supermarket - the...
I would say it almost certainly is the species you suggest. The correct name for Phaonia viarum is now Phaonia valida (Chandler's check list, 1999). Patrick...
Hello Patrick, Thanks for the confirmation and new scientific name. I assume this is a common species. It was found on a bramble leaf near scrub (unruly...
Yes, very common across nearly all months of the year. Patrick ... From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
I have put 3 Grasshoppers and a Bug for ID in the Files section in a folder called Hoppers if any one could help I would be very grateful Regards Colin D ...
Dear Patrick, Many thanks for your helpful response and the web site link. Regards Robert ... There is ... menuentry=soorten&selected=beschr ... is, ... (?) ...
Your 'Bug' is in fact a fly a member of the family Empididae, there are several with the characteristic short fork in the long vein that ends near the wing...
I have uploaded a couple of photos to Gordons in the file section. I would be gratful for any suggestions as to their ID. They were all photographed in East...
Hi, i've posted two photos in the files section in the folder 'Richard Thomas'. One is of the larval leaf mine of Phytomyza ilicis, the Holly leaf miner. The...
Hi Malcolm, thanks i'll have a search - do they cause galls on holly? It does seem to be laying something. Richard Message: 3 Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 10:59:51...
Hi Richard, According to the AIDGAP galls book, there are no galls on Holly. Maybe it isn't a cynipid. It could equally be a braconid. They're parasitic and...
Strictly, cynipids are parasitoids - of plants rather than of animals. What would set it apart from (e.g.) a braconid parasitoid of the leaf miner? I think...
Malcolm, as a matter if interest do you know where the BPGS web site is now? The address I had is on btinternet but that gets redirected to btopenworld but not...
Hello, No Flies on U (Quiz) http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Flies2.html This will test your arthropod mettle of a collection of terrestrial flies. Your mission if...
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