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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...
Andy Horton
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May 2, 2008
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4669
Hi Good insect weather at last, and two requiring ID help. First this beetle, about 15mm long, at Rye Meads RSPB reserve in Hertfordshire:: ...
Brian
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May 8, 2008
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Phyllobius pomaceus Green eventually rubs off to reveal black. Almost always on nettles. Best Andrew Stagg [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Andrew Stagg
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May 8, 2008
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4671
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...
Mike Williams
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May 8, 2008
12:45 pm
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... From: "Andrew Stagg" ... Thanks, Andrew. There were a lot of them about. Brian...
Brian
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May 8, 2008
1:23 pm
4673
I think the bug maybe Lygus pratensis http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/lygus_pratensis.html Ashe ... From: Brian To:...
ashe
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May 8, 2008
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4674
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...
Andy Horton
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May 9, 2008
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4675
... From: "ashe" Subject: Re: [british_insects] Beetle and bug for ID ... Thank, Ashe, that looks like the one. Brian...
Brian
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May 11, 2008
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4676
Oh what lovely buggy things - I bet there'll be heaps more this summer if we get a good one. Lots of love. Svarlett. X...
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May 13, 2008
2:43 pm
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Hello, This caterpillar was on Yellow Flag. Is it The Drinker, Euthrix potatoria ? http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Caterpillar036.jpg ...
Andy Horton
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May 15, 2008
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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...
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May 16, 2008
12:11 pm
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It's a Drinker caterpillar. Regards Melissa B ... From: "Andy Horton" <Glaucus@...> To: <adur@yahoogroups.com>; <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
Andy Banthorpe
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May 16, 2008
12:17 pm
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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 ?...
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May 16, 2008
7:01 pm
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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...
Andy Horton
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May 20, 2008
10:30 am
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Hello Andy Just seen the one this year that was in the Rother Valley at Peasmarsh on Kent border. Regards Gordon ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh [Non-text...
Gordon Jarvis
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May 20, 2008
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4683
I made an ant farm and want to talk about it. I bought a two gallon glass jar and filled it with boiled agar I bought in a health food store. I diluted it too...
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May 24, 2008
4:25 pm
4684
I have placed two photos of a beetle I think is a Chrysolina Sp. it was found on common nettles in an area of grassland in south east England. Taken on 20/05 ...
Gordon Jarvis
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May 25, 2008
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4685
Hi all, My boyfriend saw this insect in his garden in Portsmouth, UK and was wondering what it is. Sorry the photo is not terribly good. Curiously I saw the...
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May 25, 2008
11:42 am
4686
hello It looks a bit like 'Arge pagana' ( large rose sawfly) but they are difficult to identify. Regards Gordon ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh [Non-text...
Gordon Jarvis
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May 25, 2008
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4687
Ah that fits as it was ovipositing on roses, will have to keep an eye out for caterpillars. Thanks Victoria ... ...
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May 25, 2008
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4688
Hello, I wonder what Beetle this one is? http://www.flickr.com/photos/shoreham/2522234524/ I have had a quick look at Chinery and I have not found and I have...
Andy Horton
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May 25, 2008
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Miris striatus, a miridae bug indeed. Philippe ... From: "Andy Horton" <Glaucus@...> To: <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008...
Philippe Moniotte
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May 25, 2008
7:59 pm
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its a bug, Rhabdomiris striatellus. lots about at the moment. Ashe ... From: Andy Horton To: british_insects@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 8:46 PM...
ashe
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May 25, 2008
8:00 pm
4691
... looked in ... Hello, I think it might be Mirius striatus as Hawthorn was nearby. Andy Horton...
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May 25, 2008
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yes, my mistake. I took a better look this time and your quite correct, Miris striatus Ashe ... From: glaucus25 To: british_insects@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
ashe
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May 26, 2008
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Hello, I found a very nice small wasp black aith a red head. Photos atn anyone make any suggestions for family/genera? ...
Nigel Jones
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May 27, 2008
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4694
My typing - shocking!! Let's try again: I found a very nice small wasp; black with a red head. Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/insectman/2527917522/ Cab...
Nigel Jones
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May 27, 2008
11:55 am
4695
I photographed this a couple of weeks ago in Warwickshire. Thought it was an Empididae when I was taking it, but the upturned abdomen has me confused: ...
walwyn
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May 27, 2008
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4696
Chrysolina banksi perhaps ? M....
Mick Massie
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May 28, 2008
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4697
It does look like it. Thanks Mick ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Gordon Jarvis
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