It looks rather like a Buff-tip caterpillar that's lacking some pigment! They eat willow. Malcolm In message <ga8koh+lg3i@eGroups.com>, Keith Edkins ...
I photographed the attached in south east England today 15/09. The caterpillar although still alive is being entered by a maggot. They are both on what appears...
Hi Gordon, Am afraid this group is set up to remove attachments (to prevent the spread of viruses etc). You have to visit the group and then upload the image. ...
Gordon, It'll probably be a Large White caterpillar with Apanteles ichneumon maggots leaving the body and spinning cocoons. See this link (just past halfway ...
Malcolm Quite fascinating. I am sure you are onto the right explanation. It is very similar circumstances but I think mine may be a small white caterpillar....
At last I have been able to upload the photo into Gordon's photos. http://pets.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/view/5c9f?b=2 I don't know if...
Don't forget that the husk of the catterpillar will get smaller as the larvae leave to pupate, there is very little of its internal organs left. Alan ... From:...
Thank you all. First time I have seen it. Regards Gordon 2008/9/18 Matt Smith <matsmith60@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh [Non-text portions of this...
Hello Everybody, Have you seen any butterflies this month ? I haven't today, not even a White over the Middle Road allotments. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List...
Hi Andy, I'm not much help as the two I saw at Hayle on Saturday 1st. Nov. were flying too high up to ID , may have been Peacocks, they were very dark, and I...
Gordon, I think this is the larva of the beetle Drilus flavescens. It's a nationally scarce species. I encountered a few times when I lived in Hampshire, and...
Hi Group I have quite a number of large Helophorus sp. which I caught in pitfall traps in a wheat field close to a drainage ditch and would be grateful if...
... hopefully the photos are clear enough to confirm the ID. < the pictures are quite good, but would be a lot better if you used 'white balance' before taking...
Hi Mike  H.grandis looks good to me, genatalia look right and the size is right. The teeth on the edge of the last sternite are sometimes easier to see if...
Hi Matt Thanks for ID confirmation and tip about viewing the teeth on the last sternite, much clearer now. I've now checked all of my larger Helophorus...
Hello, its a pleasure to be here so I would like to make a contribution by saying I just read a most wonderful book called- The Life Cycles of Butterflies by:...
Thanks for the advert. The book may indeed be everything you say it is, but this mailing list is called *British* Insects! I would also advise anyone visiting...
Hello I don't expect an ID but on 26/02 I saw a number of insects in a woodland pond. They appeared to be using leaves to camouflage themselves. I have ...
Yes, agreed. Was trying to make the leaf into part of the insect! Malcolm From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On...
Hi Gordon, Your mystery insect is most likely Glyphotaelius pellucidus. This species creates its case out of dead leaves and often has other bits and pieces...
Hi Craig It was one of about 6 which I found in a shallow swampy woodland pond. They were at the point where the water flows out over a low gate, the water at ...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
