Hi All I've uploaded an image of what I take to be a Bee Fly possibly Bombylius major. The picture was taken on Cyprus during September this year. I would like...
-Sorry for wrong file link try this http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/files/hd/2579.jpg Cheers Harry -- In british_insects@yahoogroups.com, "Harold...
Hi Harold It's certainly a bombyliid, and just as certainly, it isn't B. major. B. major is a long-tonged bee-fly and this one appears to have a short...
Hi Harold, Stuart, Not sure I qualify as a fully paid-up bona fide dipterist, but it looks like a female Atylotus (Tabanidae) to me. I think Stuart's comment...
Hi Harry I will go with Stuart and say its a Bombylid - though not B.major, it just doesn't have the right 'jiz' for a Tabanid, particularly round the head....
While in Budapest 2 weeks ago I took this picture of a bug and a wasp on tree branch. http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/view/d4c6? ...
... wasp ... http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/view/d4c6 ? ... Western ... ideas ... Sorry cannot help with the wasp but your spot...
Hello, ... I was extremely disappointed to discover that the extreme southern end of the Downs Link Cyclepath in Shoreham had been trashed for its wildlife ...
Hi all Would somebody care to see if they can put a name to the spider I found this morning. It is 2.1mm from tip of thorax to the end of the abdomen, the...
Hello, I have not recorded are arthropod this year yet. I looked under a rock for some woodlice. Not too hard though. Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... ...
Hello Quite a good pic if I zoom in on it: http://tinyurl.com/2sw8ch cf. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Arachnida.html Although the cross cannot be seen, I am...
Hi All Found in my moth trap the other night.I think it may be Culiseta annulata a common mosquito of the Culicidae family. I would appreciate any help in its...
Panic in the beehive http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7240456.stm By Finlo Rohrer BBC News Magazine If the UK lost its honey bees the countryside would face...
Over the past couple of weeks I've noticed that some umbels of wild carrot still retain their seeds. In several of these I have found a green caterpillar about...
jerry - this is completely awesome - please take pics. Can you explain a bit more clearly about where on the plant the seeds are and how and where these...
Hi All I saw my first Bumblebees of the year at Rye Meads RSPB reserve (Hertfordshire) yesterday. It must be spring - apart from the snow thats on the way! ...
Sorry for cross-posting. I'm apparently not allowed to sign up to the beetles-britishisles group, so these two groups seem likely to be the best option. Is...
Does anyone know if there is a UK forum for beetles, or weevils. I have two tiny coleoptera I would like to know more about. The first is a tiny weevil and...
Hi Nigel There is a Yahoo group for British Beetles at beetles-britishisles@yahoogroups.com, though you might have to contact the list-owner (Andrew Duff)...
Hi Matt, Many thanks for the lead on these two beetles. I've got the Morris key, so I can start right in at Apion. I didn't want to spend ages working right...
One picture of an Apion weevil and two pictures of a ptinid beetle. Paul www.diptera.info PS: Nigel, I'll get back to you later about that other thing. ;) ... ...
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