Hello, 1 August 2007 The Chalkhill Blue acre count on the lower slopes of Mill Hill is the worst this century for the beginning of August with just 61...
I have uploaded a couple of photos into Gordons album :- http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/browse/5c9f ?c= They were taken in South...
Hi Gordon, Definitely both Cloeon dipterum - one of the most common pond mayflies and also one of the first to appear in new ponds. Best wishes, Craig Macadam ...
Hi I have put a photo in Gordon album. Taken in South East England on 11/08/07. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/spnew I am having trouble...
Not really a parasitic wasp, but it does indeed feed its larvae with paralyzed caterpillars. A species a Ancistrocerus, I believe. Philippe www.entomopix.eu ...
Hi Roy Not parasitic - predatory. This solitary wasp stocks its' burrows with paralysed caterpillars. It is a species of Ancistrocerus. The ID of this small...
Hi Matt and Phillipe Thanks a lot for your replies,I am constantly amazed at the varied insect life in our gardens.It is a bit mind boggling sometimes. Regards...
Hi y'all, I want to tag some pics for imageshack so the more info the better I guess - otherwise they go up as white butterfly!! Here is an example: ...
It looks like '*Pieris rapae' Small white to me. No doubt someone who knows will correct me if wrong.* ** *Gordon* ... [Non-text portions of this message have...
Hello, 4 September 2007 Ten species of butterfly put in an appearance in the weak sunshine including 36 Adonis Blues (33 males and 3 females) on the lower...
Could be Narrow-winged Pug (Eupithecia nanata)? See the photos on: http://www.ukleps.org/Comnames.html (scroll down to find the pug). Martin Martin Harvey ...
Thanks the pictures Martin mentioned match, and the habitat and season match here:- http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1846 I think I will leave it as...
Sorry Joe, can't really see enough detail in these photos to suggest anything definite. Think it might be a leaf beetle (Chrysomelidae), possibly genus...
Hello, 16 September 2007 At the northern end of the lower slopes of Mill Hill, near the Devil's Bit Scabious, I was attacked by a swarm of twenty or so Common...
Hi Andy, Similar thing happened to a group of us, many years ago. A wasps' underground nest in a field had been excavated and largely eaten (presumably by...
You must both have led sheltered childhoods - I remember being stung at least once a year between the ages of about five to thirteen. Or maybe wasps are less...
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