Hi I took these photos at Rainham Marshes RSPB reserve on Saturday, and need the usual help with confirmation and ID. Pic1: Is thia a Field Grasshopper nymph?...
Hi Brian, Pic 1 is the nymph of a cricket rather than a grasshopper (crickets have v. long antennae; grasshoppers have much shorter ones) Pic 2: Yes, Looks...
Does anyone know anything about /Leucophora /species? I observed the individual shown at http://sifolinia.blogspot.com/2008/06/satellite-fly.html last month...
Thanks for the confidence, Mick. I really don't like doing larvae because the patterns vary with instar .... *but* this is surely a 7- spot, Coccinella...
Mike, I don't know anything about them but I was out today and saw the attached which seems similar to your Leucophora Sp. If that is so I often see them in my...
Thanks Gordon, I was starting to think that I wasn't going to get a response! No images or links came through I'm afraid. You might be right though: they may...
Hello, 23 June 2008 My first half a dozen Ringlet Butterflies of 2008 were discovered on a long grass verge on the Coastal Link Cyclepath south of the Cement...
Hello The attached was photographed in South East England on 26/03/08. I'd appreciate sopme help to ID it even if only to Family. Thankyou Gordon -- Gordon...
there doesnt seem to be an attachment ? Ashe ... From: Gordon Jarvis To: British Insects Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 4:07 PM Subject: [british_insects] ID...
Can any one help out on an ID for this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/2618664009/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/overton_cat/2619486814/ Photographed...
Hi gordon, you will probably find that attachments sent direct to the group are blocked. This is usually to avoid problems of people inadvertantly sending ...
Not an easy family, especially from pictures only, but I should say it is likely to be a Limoniidae, Limonia nigropunctata. You do not give a size (or did I...
Dear All, I am new in this group, if any reaseracher want any type of insects from Pakistan, contect me freely. Regards M.Atique Akhter [Non-text portions...
Hello I am really stuck with this one! A cross between a hopper and a woodlouse? Found yesterday crawling over moss and lichen encrusted bark at the base of a...
Hello Robert It is a nymph of Ledra aurita, a very distinctive homopteran found indeed on bark. Regards Philippe ... From: "rh_chelt" <theapiary@...> ...
Hi All I photographed this a few weeks ago at Rye Meads RSPB reserve in Hertfordshire. Sorry, no dimensions, I don't seem to have made a note of them. Any...
Not quite an insect! It's a spider! I believe (I'm no expert) that several species sit in this position so maybe someone will be able to give you a name. Sarah...
It is a spider. It looks similar to *LONG JAWED ORB WEAVER (Tetragnatha extensa) *Regards Gordon ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh [Non-text portions of this...