Hello, I hope that this is not going to be trend with fundemental religious groups infiltrating newsgroups. Alas, it does seem to be the case. This is a great ...
Dear members, Just a quick and short question. I am updating my web site and I am adding Narycia duplicella, a bagworm moth. I looked on the internet, but...
Hi Hans, It appears in Bradley's 2000 Checklist as Narycia monilifera (Geoffroy, 1775). It's number is 175. It was probably given an "English name" by Heslop...
Thanks Paul, just the information I needed. When will scientists stop fighting over names at last :-)) Hans ... Hans Arentsen url: http://www.gardensafari.net ...
<SNIP>It was probably given an "English name" by Heslop in the 1960s Hi Paul / Hans It was indeed given an English or common name by I.R.P. Heslop. It was to...
Yes Paul, there are some wonderful names there. I've just been looking at some of them. I note that in the Stomopteryginae there are Brighton Sobers, Surrey...
Dear Paul & Paul (you have a law firm together? :-) In Dutch the naming of rather obscure moths and other insects is a problem as well. All 400 or so species...
Hello Everyone, Just wanted to ask a couple of questions if I may, the first is to Andy re the subject Serpents: Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 13:22:50 -0000 From:...
hi All today while bringing some wood inside, I found an adult of Clytus arietis (wasp beetle ? in English ) I tought that this insect was wintering as larva...
... Hi Paul, Don't specifically know about the wasp beetle, but many long-horn beetles (the family - Cerambycidae - which includes the wasp beetle) overwinter...
Hello, Any myrmecologists out there? Anyone informed on chalkhill anthills? Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@... Manager "Sussex & the Downs" Smart Group ...
Hi Andy, Most chalkland ant hills are made by Lasius flavus. Occasionally, if the grass is long, they may be made by Lasius niger. Paul ... From: British...
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Hi Guys I have a small technical question for you all: What is the most recent taxonomical (currently correct) use of these two names: Conops quadrifasciatus ...
I had to cut back some ivy yesterday which had overflowed my boundary wall and had been loosened in the winter gales, I trimmed it back just to the top of the...
Dear community members, I am working on my website again and encountered a problem with common names. A Yugoslav professor (Aleksandar Cetkovic) made some ...
Hans In the UK we have no Polistes species, so we have no common or English name for them. Species of Vespula and Dolichovespula are just called 'Wasps'. Most...
... Hi Jimmy, Nobody else has replied, so I'll have a go. You actually raise two questions: author citation and agreement of genus and specific epithet. Author...
Thanks you Malcolm, I think I have opened a can of worms. I confess I have had some difficulty digesting your response. I was rather naively hoping for a...
Hello, L. niger rarely tend to build large mounds; mounds at all are usually the exception rather than the rule. If the hills in question are of the the quite...
... Sorry! In practice I don't think it matters that much. I see other people's lists (and produce my own) which are a mixture of names with and without...
Dear Matthew and George, Thank you very much for your clear answers. I think I now understand the situation. I made a note of this on my website, so I do hope...
... bullfinch ... (Goudvink) in ... same bird. ... Goldfinch is ... Dear Paul, I suppose there's no gold on either species. Or our friends the bird lovers are...
Dear members, I have just uploaded a picture of a bumble bee to the photo directory. At first glance I thought it could be a Brown Bumble Bee and I put its...
Hi all, Last year in my garden in Milton Keynes, I had an infestation of caterpillars on a Berberis, causing almost complete defoliation. For the life of me I...
Hans Male Bombus pratorum. Regards Matt Message text written by INTERNET:british_insects@yahoogroups.com ... Dear members, I have just uploaded a picture of a...
Thank you, Matthew. I found a similar picture on the web, so I am convinced now. Males do really differ from the females. I'll put it on the web in the near...
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