Hello, This was written and posted by specific request: Political Correctness (in the UK) Political Correctness in the land managership industry is rife and...
That may be correct, Andy, but what has it to do with 'political correctness'? When the term was coined some decades ago it referred to people in public life,...
Hello, I do not know if I want to bore other readers, but as there are not many insects right now. It came about because I proposed a "grazing plan" on some...
I must have slipped into a nightmare, or some other parallel existence. Andy, you have been moderated on two other forums because of your persistence in...
I came across a larger one of these, and several small ones while sieving leaf litter http://www.micropics.org.uk/Unknown/unknown.htm Could it be an Aphid of...
I am involved in the management of 10 acres of community wood and scrub. The reserve forms a long strip, sloping roughly WSW, from the top of a limestone ...
Thank's for the suggestion Ray, but I can't see any 'wool', though it could have been rubbed off. I've been browsing the net today and searching a few books...
Hi Alan, Psyllid's are Jumping Plant Lice. Don't think these jump. I often see them in leaf litter. Have always called them Coccoidea, but not sure how true...
Thank's Malcolm, I did a web search, and found some pictures in a book I have, and it could well be a Coccoid. The next time I find a big one I'll have a go...
Hi Chris, A recent paper suggests that repeated mowing twice a year is the most effective management for Bracken control. Paper: "Changes in the rhizome system...
hello I took a photo of a pupa today 09/02/06 in my garden in south east England. It was on a pot grown citrus tree. I would be grateful for any suggestions as...
There was some correspondence a while back about this. Does anyone know the web whereabouts of BPGS ? Plant galls that is, not The British Pelargonium and...
I agree Epiphyas postvittana - it is the only thing in my garden that seems to thrive on citrus. I have a lemon in a tub which has a thriving colony on it. ...
Hi Folks Having just spent the morning at this sculptors workshop, discussing a commission for my workplace, he has a great passion for making insects and the...
Hi, i've uploaded a couple of images (files - 'Richard Thomas') - one of a caterpillar that i have no idea what it is - moth, butterfly or sawfly? Taken on a...
The larva looks more dipteran to me - maybe syrphid but perhaps Urophora? The gall looks rather chunky to me but do other organisms cause stem galls? Paul M ...
I am sure the gall is caused by larvae of the Tephritid fly Urophora cardui, as you suggest. They are common enough in the Wilts/Hants/Dorset area Stuart ...
Hello, Do you drink cider? If so, this moth is a foe! 1261 Codling Moth Cydia pomonella http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=2113 But why is it called a Codling?...
Hello, The orange fly in the following photograph has not got a label http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Flies306.jpg It was a picture (and not a very good one) taken...
Hi, thanks for the pointers on the gall, its much appreciated. If anybody can give an indication of the caterpillar i'd be grateful. I thought it may be a...
Hi, thanks for the pointers on the gall, its much appreciated. If anybody can give an indication of the caterpillar i'd be grateful. I thought it may be a...
Thanks Ray, I think this is a different species? http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Insect001.jpg Still a sawfly? A May report. From the levels, not the downs. ...
It looks like Arge cyanocrocea - larvae on bramble. Patrick Roper ... From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf...
Hello, Always decidedly tricky. Even when I think I have got the answer I often need a conformation. But I cannot suggest what I thought it was without...
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