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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
hello It looks a bit like 'Arge pagana' ( large rose sawfly) but they are difficult to identify. Regards Gordon ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh [Non-text...
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...
Miris striatus, a miridae bug indeed. Philippe ... From: "Andy Horton" <Glaucus@...> To: <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008...
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...
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:...
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...
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: ...