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 ...
Hello, 15 March 2009 The first Comma, Peacock and Brimstone Butterflies and a Red Admiral were all seen on the outskirts of Shoreham. A further five Peacock...
Hello, 30 March 2009 The first Grizzled Skipper of the year seen on the lower slopes of Mill Hill was a great surprise and the first one recorded in March. I...
Hello, 6 April 2009 Two further butterflies put in their first appearances of the year: a single Speckled Wood in the copse on top of Mill Hill, and a male...
I have uploaded a couple of photos into Gordons photos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/album/2008021749/pic/1703993529/view?picmode=&mo ...
Gordon, Great photos of a fascinating insect. It looks very much like the delphacid bug Asiraca clavicornis - see the British Bugs website for more info: ...
Hello, 3 May 2009 Two species of butterfly were seen for the first time on the lower slopes of Mill Hill. Just before midday the first male Adonis Blue was...
Hello I photographed the attached today (04/05) In South East England on the side of a country road. I'd be grateful for help to bring to a family or even...
Hi Gordon, Attached files are removed by Yahoo to prevent the spread of viruses. You need to visit the group's webpage and upload them. HTH Malcolm From:...
Thanks Malcolm I forgot. Gordon 2009/5/4 Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh (VC14) [Non-text portions of this message...
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