Dear Mick,

Have you got Marc Charlton's email? I want him to check a
bumblebee picture for me.

Thanks,

Cheers,

Edward


At 20:24 20/01/2009, you wrote:
>This has got to be an overwinrlton's tering adult disturbed from hibernation.
>They are certainly around as adults in early spring, and I have found
>them commonly as ex-hibernation adults up in Durham in March/April, so
>they are a hardy species. I seem to recall they are found these days
>in Northern Scotland too. I think they hibernate in dense evergreen
>shrubs and then emerge in time to mate and lay eggs on the spring
>hawthorn growth. That said, I didn't see many last year at all.
>M.
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>2009/1/20 David Howdon <davidhowdon@...>:
> > I was slightly surprised to see an adult Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma
> > haemorrhoidale) this afternoon. The limited literature I have one them
> > suggests this is rather early.
> > Is it unusual to see one in January?
> >
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> > David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)
> >
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