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...
Hello Try again I have uploaded a photo into Gordons photos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/album/2008021749/pic/list It was taken today...
Brown lacewing - Hemerobiidae. Malcolm From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Jarvis Sent: 04 May...
Thankyou Malcolm Regards Gordon 2009/5/4 Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh (VC14) [Non-text portions of this message...
Nice picture. Philipe is correct in his I/D, though the current name for this beetle is now Dendroxena quadrimaculata Matt ... From: Philippe Moniotte...
There’s a nice photo in the new Coleopterists Hanbdbook. Malcolm From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of...
Hi all, Many thanks for the fast id. Regards Andy ... From: "Matt Smith" <matsmith60@...> To: <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, May 07,...
Neither one is an asilid. The "fly on blossom" is an empididae fly, perhaps Empis tesselata (but there are many species) and the other one is a bibionidae,...
Hi Andrea, The black one is a male St Mark's Fly - Bibio marci The brown one is a Dance or Dagger fly - family Empididae, perhaps Empis livida HTH Malcolm ...
Thankyou Philippe! Malcolm has made much the same ID, it is great to find out! Andrea ... From: Philippe Moniotte <philippe.moniotte@...> Subject: Re:...
The insect in the groups file below was in the bottom of my mop bucket yesterday morning. It twitched a little and then died! I have looked up pseudoscorpians...
Apologies - I missed an _a_ out of the url - rectified below! Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 3:31 PM Subject: [british_insects] Not really a pseudoscorpian? ... ...
Far too big for a pseudoscorp. Sure you're in UK? Malcolm From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of g4nhl ...
Um, it's not the first day of April you know. If I tilt my head to the left whilst looking at your photograph I see what looks suspiciously like a plastic...
This is my first post here. Enjoy the group and photos. I live in California in the good old USA, and yes, if it's not fake as alluded to below, it looks...