Scarlett No worries. We'll get there. So many questions and so little time. I'll answer your specific question. Caste determination is not fully understood....
Thankyou Duncan, it is the concept of the superorganism and how it is effected (and how it in turn effects it's surroundings i.e predation) that I am ...
... Maybe they were talking about termites? Termites are completely unrelated to ants (well, as unrelated as butterflies, say) but have evolved similar ...
I have posted a picture of what I think is the plant bug Lygus rugulipennis here: http://flickr.com/photos/77142690@N00/204308248/ The insect, which is...
Hi All, I have uploaded a photo of an insect that I took back at the end of March this year to the photos/Chas album. It was approx 3-5mm long and seemed to...
Thanks Malcolm, I found a reference to a record for Bath as well. -- In british_insects@yahoogroups.com, "Malcolm Storey" ... hyoscyami in ... (ours are ... ...
I've uploaded a photo of a huge fly that was observed ovipositing on a rush stem a few cm above a sphagnum bog in mid Wales, on 21st July. Photo is in my files...
Hello George, Try the Hornet Robber Fly, Asilus crabroniformis This may be the species. Don't quote me on it, I have not had time to look at the details. Good...
Thanks Andy, but that isn't it - A.crabroniformis is a more slender beast than my specimen, and also more hairy. I'm pretty sure it's a member of the...
On Sunday night I had a large ladybird in my moth trap in Portsmouth, Hants. It was confirmed as a Harlequin, from size and presence of a keel at the back of...
That massive fly is very probably Tabanus sudeticus - cracking photo. A friend handed me a very squashed one from a neighbour's kitchen the other day. It's a...
Ian, From what I can gather it is very prone to coming to moth lights. I have had 9 in the last 2 garden outings. The larvae are quite distinct too. I've had ...
Thanks Nigel, that looks like it, there's an almost identical photo from Skye on the web at: http://www.nature-diary.co.uk/2004-07-21.htm It really is a...
Hi George The larvae are predatory and are usually found in damp mud or other wet habitats around the edges of ponds or bogs. Males don't bite, but females...
Hi Folks Whilst playing candle lit scrabble in the garden last week (nr Romsey Hampshire) a male glow worm crawled across the board. Females dont fly ...so how...
Hi group. Newbie here. Towards the end of last year I took on my first allotment, and being organically-minded, I'm aiming for it become as insect-friendly as ...
Thanks Matt, interesting information. I'll keep an eye out for it around cattle in the future. Cheers George ... other wet habitats around the edges of ponds...
Hi Tim, Your fly is one of the Simulium spp. Not the same as Scottish midge, but the same group of insects as Blandford Fly. (Google for Blandford Fly for more...
Hi, i have collection of couple of Acanthosomatids, Dynastids, Aphodius spp, Cetoniids, Geotrupus Spp,Lampyrus spp, Glowworm, if somebody interested of...
There has been a recent patch of records (predominantly from moth traps) suggesting that H. axyridis, the 'harlequin' or multivariate ladybird, is flying out...
Hi Craig You might like to post your Shield Bug images on the following forum http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hets/ All Het bugs are covered in the forum and you...
Hi all, I've had specimens of Corizus hyoscyami at both my work, Newton Park (just W. of Bath(2004,2006)), and in the garden (Corsham, N. Wilts.(2006)). I sent...
Hello Craig, Yahoo won't show me the first and last pictures - second is rely Elasmosthetus interstinctus; redder in places than the average but that's...
i Folks It would appear to be the season of insects with all this sunshine !! Here are a few that have stumped me !! Anyone recognise an ID or Genus , Species...
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