Hi Mike, The photos are in album Mike's Photos Don't think it's Silpha. Looks more like Necrodes littoralis. (But they aren't the best photos, if you'll...
Hi Mike, I'd go with Malcolm's suggestion that it might be Necrodes littoralis. It's head looks to wide for Silpha atrata. I get Necrodes littoralis quite...
Thanks Malcom and Darrel Have had confirmation re: the cranefly that it is Limonia nubeculosa with a mite on it. Is there an RES key for the Silphidae or is...
Hi Mike, Don't think there's an RES handbook that covers them. Hodge & Jones "New British Beetles" (which is invaluable if you use Joy) says Joy's key works...
Hello, 10 April 2008 On a mild (>10.5 °C) sunny day there were frequent butterflies on Mill Hill, Old Shoreham, Sussex, and its approaches including my first...
Hi Malcom Thanks for the link, excellent plates. Think I may have to up my efforts to track down a copy of Joy - is it likely to be reprinted in the near...
Hi Mike, You're right - it's a bit small for N. littoralis. (Try photographing it against a dark background) Re Joy: the British Ent Soc (BENHS) is hoping to...
Hi, Can someone put a name to this beetle found plentifully on the trunks of oak trees about three weeks ago in devon, it was probably about 8mm in length. The...
Hello While out in the pm sunshine yesterday I heard what sounded like a swarm of bees. On looking down on the ground (a sunny Sw facing slope with sandy...
Yes, I'd go with Andrena cineraria. The first photo looks like a male, the second a female. I'm sure BWARS (bees wasps & ants recording society) would like the...
Many thanks Claudia for the confirmation and web links. The distribution pattern on the BWARS site is very interesting. In southern England it seems to mirror...
Hello, 2 May 2008 On a mild sunny day, 13.2 °C, the first small Pyrausta purpuralis pyralid moth of 2008, was noted on the lower slopes of Mill Hill, Old...
Phyllobius pomaceus Green eventually rubs off to reveal black. Almost always on nettles. Best Andrew Stagg [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Hi All Took a walk along the ridgeway between the Uffington White Horse and Wayland's Smithy yesterday evening and saw 3 glow worms by the edge of the...
Hello, 9 May 2008 I was two days late on parade to see my first Adonis Blue Butterflies of the year on the lower slopes of Mill Hill. One of the three looked...
This caterpillar was on Yellow Flag. Is it The Drinker, Euthrix potatoria ? Well I don't know but its very fluffy - I expect we shall be seeing a lot of them...
Hi Andy, definitely the Drinker. Dunno if it feeds on Yellow Flag - i did rear one a few years ago on bulrush. Its a nice moth. Richard ... potatoria ?...
Hello, These Painted Lady Butterflies are being sold and they may be hatching about now and be released into the wild. I have not seen any immigrants or any of...
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