The subscription form for the LNHS E&E Reading Circle 2010 will be in
the next edition of the newsletter.  People on this list get a chance to
sign-up early (and so get towards the top of the list and receive the
journals more quickly).  A form is in the folder at:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/files/Reading%20Circ\
le/

http://tinyurl.com/LNHS2010EE

--
David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)

Hello Mick,
Yes, join me up for Flickr please!
Hope you're well.
Cheers,    Paul

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mick" <mick.massie@...>
To: <London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 05 November 2009 22:24
Subject: [London-nhs-invertebrates] LNHS Newsletter and E&E photo gallery


>I haven't seen any 'official' announcement, but Mark Burgess has taken over
>the LNHS Newsletter and has asked for any contributions to the next
>(December) edition. If you have any field trip reports, photos or topical
>items of interest please send them to Mark at edlnhsnews@... or his
>address at fwalgae@...
> Mark will do an excellent job I know, but he needs our help. The
> Newsletter should be a vital part of the society, and is a great showcase.
>
> As we now have a very busy programme of field trips, we have started a
> photo gallery for all E&E field trips and indoor meetings(and Bookham
> Common meetings) on Flickr. Anyone can contribute, although you'll need a
> Flickr account. Anyone can view it, but contributions are allowed from
> approved members only.
>
> The idea is that it forms a record and a showcase of the E&E field trips
> and will supplement the Newsletter and this message board. It is not for
> holiday snaps and id queries, but of course you can use Flickr for that
> too.
>
> It is a 'Group Pool' in Flickr terms, nattily entitled 'LNHS Ecology &
> Entomology'. Send me a pm email if you want to join, or send me a Flickr
> mail if you are aready on Flickr. My Flickr account is cunningly disguised
> as 'mickmassie'.
>
> I hope to see many of you at the AGM next week.
>
> Cheers, Mick.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


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19:52:00

Hi Dave & Mick

Thanks Guys for pointing me in the right direction.


Malcolm

--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, "Mick" <mick.massie@...> wrote:
>
> As David says, there is a limit to what you can do from photos. However
> ......
>
> There is a brilliant book now available 'British Moths and Butterflies -
> a photographic guide' by Chris Manley. It has superb, natural
> photographs of 500 micro moths and 850 macro moths. There are 8 species
> of Longhorn (Adelidae) micro moths in there, including Nematopogon.
>
> The UK Moths website ukmoths.org.uk is also very useful.
>
> Mick.
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

As David says, there is a limit to what you can do from photos. However
......

There is a brilliant book now available 'British Moths and Butterflies -
a photographic guide' by Chris Manley. It has superb, natural
photographs of 500 micro moths and 850 macro moths. There are 8 species
of Longhorn (Adelidae) micro moths in there, including Nematopogon.

The UK Moths website ukmoths.org.uk is also very useful.

Mick.



[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Probably Nematopogon swammerdamella but I'd not be confident IDing it
just from a photo.

Malcolm Riddler wrote:
> I have been having trouble with the ID  of a micro mouth. So I have uploaded
it on to the groups page....Could I ask a big favour .. any chance of ID ing it
for me...
>
> It is pretty distinctive exceptionally long Antenna. I have had this picture
for two years and surprisingly I am no where near ID -ing it  now as I was then.
So I would be a real help. This is the only one of these I have ever seen like
this. Absolutely amazing it is : )
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
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>
>
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David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)

I have been having trouble with the ID  of a micro mouth. So I have uploaded it
on to the groups page....Could I ask a big favour .. any chance of ID ing it for
me...

It is pretty distinctive exceptionally long Antenna. I have had this picture for
two years and surprisingly I am no where near ID -ing it  now as I was then. So
I would be a real help. This is the only one of these I have ever seen like
this. Absolutely amazing it is : )

This is just a reminder that the Ecology and Entomology AGM is next
Wednesday (11th November).



We have a new format for the AGM this year, with a guest speaker  Lucy
Carter giving a talk on the OPAL (Open Air Laboratory) Project, a Lottery
funded initiative to bring amateur natural historians and professional
scientists together and get  more people actively involved in recording,
learning about and helping to conserve wildlife. So far this year it has had
thousands of people across the country out looking for earthworms and
examining sycamore leaves for tar spot



The room details are not in the printed programme, so please take note that
it will be in Room 7 of the Seminar and Learning Centre on the 5th floor of
the Sherfield Building at Imperial College.



The Sherfield Building is no. 20 on the map here:



https://www8.imperial.ac.uk/content/dav/ad/workspaces/campusinfo/sthkencampu
s.pdf



Hope to see you there.



Claudia







[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Dear Catherine

.....[We have never had a situation like this....]

Well.....Thanks very much for your reply...I really don't know what to say...

I was merely showing an interest...So firstly before altering the AGM agenda on
my behalf, which I understand is on Nov 11th.

Is there anybody who would be happy and willing to nominate me and indeed second
my nomination?

I believe that's the question I need to ask before I can progress. Nevertheless
I am more than pleased with your reply and look forward very much to attending
the AGM.

Best Regards Malcolm



--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, Catherine M Schmitt
<catherine@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Malcolm Riddler,
>
> Your offer to stand as Chairman of the Ecology & Entomology Section
> unfortunately arrived after our recent committee meeting, so what I am
> proposing is provisional. We have never had a situation like this.
>
> At the meeting I suggest you have someone nominate you and someone to
> second the nomination.  There seems to be no time requirement for
> receiving nominations.  I will have to see where this can be inserted in
> the Agenda.
>
> The AGM will be in Room 7of  the Seminar and Learning Centre, 5th Floor,
> Sherfield Building of Imperial College (to the right of the Library),
> Exhibition Road.
>
> Catherine Schmitt, Secretary
> Ecology & Entomology Section
>
> In message <hbrv0k+u3vb@...>, Malcolm
> <malcolm.riddler@...> writes
> > 
> >
> >
> >Hi Catherine
> >
> >I would be interested in taking on the Chair of the E & E commitee. Can
> >any member apply and is there any special abilities you need?
> >
> >i.e - Do you need you be a wizz at Insect ID ?
> >
> >Best Regards Malcolm
> >
> >--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, Catherine M Schmitt
> ><catherine@> wrote:
> >>
> >> Colin Bowlt who has been Chairman of Ecology and Entomology for the
> >past
> >> 6 years will be standing down at the Section's AGM in November.
> >>
> >> We have 2 committee meetings a year and 4 or 5 indoor meetings.
> >>
> >> Could any member who might wish to replace Colin please contact
> >> Catherine Schmitt, Sectional Secretary.
> >> --
> >> Catherine M Schmitt
> >>
> >
> >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Catherine M Schmitt
>

I intended to post the group pool address in my earlier note, it is:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1236066@N21/

Fauna and flora shots taken on field trips are welcome as are photos of people
and the places we visit. As you will see, some members are particularly keen on
photos of members taking photos.

M.

I haven't seen any 'official' announcement, but Mark Burgess has taken over the
LNHS Newsletter and has asked for any contributions to the next (December)
edition. If you have any field trip reports, photos or topical items of interest
please send them to Mark at edlnhsnews@... or his address at
fwalgae@...
Mark will do an excellent job I know, but he needs our help. The Newsletter
should be a vital part of the society, and is a great showcase.

As we now have a very busy programme of field trips, we have started a photo
gallery for all E&E field trips and indoor meetings(and Bookham Common meetings)
on Flickr. Anyone can contribute, although you'll need a Flickr account. Anyone
can view it, but contributions are allowed from approved members only.

The idea is that it forms a record and a showcase of the E&E field trips and
will supplement the Newsletter and this message board. It is not for holiday
snaps and id queries, but of course you can use Flickr for that too.

It is a 'Group Pool' in Flickr terms, nattily entitled 'LNHS Ecology &
Entomology'. Send me a pm email if you want to join, or send me a Flickr mail if
you are aready on Flickr. My Flickr account is cunningly disguised as
'mickmassie'.

I hope to see many of you at the AGM next week.

Cheers, Mick.

Dear Malcolm Riddler,

Your offer to stand as Chairman of the Ecology & Entomology Section
unfortunately arrived after our recent committee meeting, so what I am
proposing is provisional. We have never had a situation like this.

At the meeting I suggest you have someone nominate you and someone to
second the nomination.  There seems to be no time requirement for
receiving nominations.  I will have to see where this can be inserted in
the Agenda.

The AGM will be in Room 7of  the Seminar and Learning Centre, 5th Floor,
Sherfield Building of Imperial College (to the right of the Library),
Exhibition Road.

Catherine Schmitt, Secretary
Ecology & Entomology Section

In message <hbrv0k+u3vb@eGroups.com>, Malcolm
<malcolm.riddler@...> writes
> 
>
>
>Hi Catherine
>
>I would be interested in taking on the Chair of the E & E commitee. Can
>any member apply and is there any special abilities you need?
>
>i.e - Do you need you be a wizz at Insect ID ?
>
>Best Regards Malcolm
>
>--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, Catherine M Schmitt
><catherine@...> wrote:
>>
>> Colin Bowlt who has been Chairman of Ecology and Entomology for the
>past
>> 6 years will be standing down at the Section's AGM in November.
>>
>> We have 2 committee meetings a year and 4 or 5 indoor meetings.
>>
>> Could any member who might wish to replace Colin please contact
>> Catherine Schmitt, Sectional Secretary.
>> --
>> Catherine M Schmitt
>>
>
>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

--
Catherine M Schmitt

Hi Dave

Beetle are not really my thing but can I refer you to the following
link....



Geotrupes spiniger



Watford Coleoptera Group.

http://www.thewcg.org.uk/Geotrupidae/0224G.htm
<http://www.thewcg.org.uk/Geotrupidae/0224G.htm>



An autumn species  - Text: (Cooter. J & Barcley M.V.L ed Coleopterist's
Handbook 2006, p54).

I am not saying this is your species but the photo's on this page are
top notch.....

Nevertheless looking at your Pics it certainly looks like a Geotrupid..

Best regards Malcolm.

References.



Cooter. J & Barcley M.V.L 2006 ed Coleopterist's Handbook 4th edition

Jessop 1986 -  Identification key

Watford Coleoptera Group. (Very Good Website)

http://www.thewcg.org.uk <http://www.thewcg.org.uk/>


--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, David Howdon
<davidhowdon@...> wrote:
>
> A beetle which came to MV light on Friday night in Perivale - TQ18 -
in
> Middlesex. I think it could be Geotrupes stercorarius but can anyone
> confirm or give me the correct ID. Thanks.
>
> http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_1.JPG
> http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_2.JPG
> http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_3.JPG
>
>
> --
> David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)
>




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Hi Catherine

I would be interested in taking on the Chair of  the E & E commitee. Can
any member apply and is there any special abilities you need?

i.e - Do you need you be a wizz at Insect ID ?

Best Regards Malcolm




--- In London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com, Catherine M Schmitt
<catherine@...> wrote:
>
> Colin Bowlt who has been Chairman of Ecology and Entomology for the
past
> 6 years will be standing down at the Section's AGM in November.
>
> We have 2 committee meetings a year and 4 or 5 indoor meetings.
>
> Could any member who might wish to replace Colin please contact
> Catherine Schmitt, Sectional Secretary.
> --
> Catherine M Schmitt
>




[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

A beetle which came to MV light on Friday night in Perivale - TQ18 - in
Middlesex. I think it could be Geotrupes stercorarius but can anyone
confirm or give me the correct ID.  Thanks.

http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_1.JPG
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_2.JPG
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_3.JPG


--
David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)

Andy Culshaw and I ran a National Moth Night event last night for
members of the Selborne Society, LNHS, London Moth Group and AES.  The
results are now up on my website at
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/lepido.html#RCDS

Still a couple of micros to do.

A couple of the prettier species we got were
Frosted Orange -
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/2364_Frosted%20Orange_D_2.JPG

Brindled Green -
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/2248_Brindled%20Green_D_2.JPG

Amongst the non-lepidoptera we got a hornet (
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/0240_Hornet_D_8.JPG )  and a
beetle which I still have to identify but I think is Geotrupes
stercorarius (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_1.JPG ,
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_2.JPG ,
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_3.JPG ).


--
David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)

Colin Bowlt who has been Chairman of Ecology and Entomology for the past
6 years will be standing down at the Section's AGM in November.

We have 2 committee meetings a year and 4 or 5 indoor meetings.

Could any member who might wish to replace Colin please contact
Catherine Schmitt, Sectional Secretary.
--
Catherine M Schmitt

If any of you are interested in learning how to identify woodlice, centipedes
and millipedes, Ian McLean from the BENHS has told me that there are still
places available on their workshop on 3rd October at their Society headquarters
at Dinton Pastures near Reading. It is actually quite an easy journey from
London, as there is a direct train to Winnersh from Waterloo and the building is
only 15 mins walk from the station. Workshops are open to both members and
visitors.

Woodlice, millipedes and centipedes are an accessible group of invertebrates to
start identifying and this is an excellent opportunity to learn with an expert!
Steve Gregory runs the Woodlouse recording scheme and wrote the Field Studies
Council book  "Woodlice and Waterlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea & Asellota) in Britain
and Ireland" .


Workshop:  An introduction to woodlice, millipedes and centipedes
Leader:        Steve Gregory
Date/Time:   Saturday 3rd October 10:30 am - 4 pm
To book, contact Ian McLean, email ianmcleanATwaitrose,com (replace AT with@)
Details on BENHS workshops are available here:
http://www.benhs.org.uk/portal/node/17

Claudia


Claudia Watts
GiGL Royal Parks Officer

Holly Lodge
Richmond Park
Richmond-upon-Thames
TW10 5HS

GiGL website: www.gigl.org.uk

The Royal Parks are Bushy Park, The Green Park, Greenwich Park, Hyde Park,
Kensington Gardens, Regent's Park with Primrose Hill, Richmond Park and St
James's Park.


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It looks like Steatoda bipunctata (Theridiidae - tangle-web spiders)
to me but as with most spiders a preserved specimen is usually
required to confirm identification by examination of palps or
epigyne. S bipunctata is fairly common but under-recorded in the London area.

Please can you let me have location (with OS Map Ref) so I can
include it in London records?

Thanks

Best wishes,

Edward Milner

Recorder for Spiders

eAt 12:00 06/09/2009, you wrote:
>This is what I (Rhona's husband, Greg)... found in our conservatory
>5 minutes ago .......
>A purplish spider - The photos are on our
>subdirectory:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/album/1424481532/\
pic/1467197067/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
>and
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/album/1424481532/\
pic/1921571906/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
>
>Do we: kill it?
>Bottle it up, and send it to someone?
>Turn it out?
>
>
>
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>
>Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Claudia et al

This should be very interesting, I have heard Keith before.

I could not open the link, but the campus map is available on
https://www8.imperial.ac.uk/content/dav/ad/workspaces/campusinfo/sthkencampu
s.pdf

The Sherfield Building is in the middle of the S Kensington site,
immediately north of the prominent Queens Tower

Jeremy

Jeremy Wright
17 Croftdown Road, London, NW5 1EL, UK
Tel: 020-7485-7903.  Mobile:  07845 900 499

Jeremy.Wright@...

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Catherine M
Schmitt
Sent: 09 September 2009 14:48
To: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [London-nhs-invertebrates] Talk on wildlife & conservation of
Ancient trees 15th September




Dear Claudia.

rates news.

Suggest you put it on the members' board too.

Catherine
In message
<152EE0C927402848A73
<mailto:152EE0C927402848A73F419252E7EA625CFF8CE9%40spw2k3102.RP.Local>
F419252E7EA625CFF8CE9@...>, Claudia
Watts <cmwatts@bultitude. <mailto:cmwatts%40bultitude.com> com> writes
>
>
>Dear all,
>
>As the programme has not yet gone out to members, here's a reminder of
>the E&E talk on 15th September:
>
>For all you Londoners interested in the conservation of ancient trees and
>the importance of dead wood, Keith Alexander is giving a talk next week at
>Imperial College, South Kensington. We're lucky to have plenty of
>excellent veteran tree sites within easy travelling distance of London
>(Richmond Park, Greenwich Park, Windsor Great Park, Epping Forest,
>Burnham Beeches to name but a few), so here's your chance to discover
>more about just how special they are! Keith is an excellent speaker and
>an expert on dead wood invertebrates.
>
>Title: Ancient and Veteran Trees: their very special wildlife and the
>conservation implications
>Speaker: Keith Alexander, Hon. Director, Ancient Tree Forum
>Date/time: Tuesday 15th September, 6:30 pm
>Place: Room 5, Seminar and Learning Centre, 5th floor Sherfield Building,
>Imperial College, South Kensington SW7 2AZ
>
>Building 20 on map: https://www8. <https://www8.imperial.ac.uk/content/>
imperial.ac.uk/content/
>dav/ad/workspaces/campusinfo/sthkencampus.pdf
>
>This is our annual joint meeting with the BENHS (Brad Ashby Memorial
>lecture) and we'd like to see the society well represented this year.
>
>Claudia
>
>(E&E Indoor meetings secretary)
>
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Dear Claudia.

rates news.

Suggest you put it on the members' board too.

Catherine
In message
<152EE0C927402848A73F419252E7EA625CFF8CE9@...>, Claudia
Watts <cmwatts@...> writes
> 
>
>Dear all,
>
>As the programme has not yet gone out to members, here's a reminder of
>the E&E talk on 15th September:
>
>For all you Londoners interested in the conservation of ancient trees and
>the importance of dead wood, Keith Alexander is giving a talk next week at
>Imperial College, South Kensington. We're lucky to have plenty of
>excellent veteran tree sites within easy travelling distance of London
>(Richmond Park, Greenwich Park, Windsor Great Park, Epping Forest,
>Burnham Beeches to name but a few), so here's your chance to discover
>more about just how special they are! Keith is an excellent speaker and
>an expert on dead wood invertebrates.
>
>Title: Ancient and Veteran Trees: their very special wildlife and the
>conservation implications
>Speaker: Keith Alexander, Hon. Director, Ancient Tree Forum
>Date/time: Tuesday 15th September, 6:30 pm
>Place: Room 5, Seminar and Learning Centre, 5th floor Sherfield Building,
>Imperial College, South Kensington SW7 2AZ
>
>Building 20 on map: https://www8.imperial.ac.uk/content/
>dav/ad/workspaces/campusinfo/sthkencampus.pdf
>
>This is our annual joint meeting with the BENHS (Brad Ashby Memorial
>lecture) and we'd like to see the society well represented this year.
>
>Claudia
>
>(E&E Indoor meetings secretary)
>
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Dear all,

As the programme has not yet gone out to members, here's a reminder of the E&E
talk on 15th September:

For all you Londoners interested in the conservation of ancient trees and the
importance of dead wood, Keith Alexander is giving a talk next week at Imperial
College, South Kensington.  We're lucky to have plenty of excellent veteran tree
sites within easy travelling distance of London (Richmond Park, Greenwich Park,
Windsor Great Park, Epping Forest, Burnham Beeches to name but a few), so here's
your chance to discover more about just how special they are! Keith is an
excellent speaker and an expert on dead wood invertebrates.

Title: Ancient and Veteran Trees: their very special wildlife and the
conservation implications
Speaker: Keith Alexander, Hon. Director, Ancient Tree Forum
Date/time: Tuesday 15th September, 6:30 pm
Place: Room 5, Seminar and Learning Centre, 5th floor Sherfield Building,
Imperial College, South Kensington SW7 2AZ

  Building 20 on map: 
https://www8.imperial.ac.uk/content/dav/ad/workspaces/campusinfo/sthkencampus.pd\
f

This is our annual joint meeting with the BENHS (Brad Ashby Memorial lecture)
and we'd like to see the society well represented this year.

Claudia

(E&E Indoor meetings secretary)


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Hello Greg, this is a *Steatoda* spider, and you can't be sure of the
species from photos but it could be *Steatoda grossa.* Edward Milner would
be glad to have the specimen in a film canister, I am sure. Or, you could
relocate it to an upturned flower pot in the garden or in the conservatory -
you can then show your friends when they come round - a great conversation
piece. They hang upside down in a messy web so are the 'right' way up when
you turn the pot over. They stay in their web and don't wander around much,
so no fear of it turning up in the bathtub. It will keep your conservatory
relatively fly free.
Regards, Mick.


2009/9/6 rhona_neil <fledermaus@...>

>
>
> This is what I (Rhona's husband, Greg)... found in our conservatory 5
> minutes ago .......
> A purplish spider - The photos are on our
> subdirectory:
>
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/album/1424481532/p\
ic/1467197067/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
> and
>
>
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/album/1424481532/p\
ic/1921571906/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
>
> Do we: kill it?
> Bottle it up, and send it to someone?
> Turn it out?
>
>
>


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This is what I (Rhona's husband, Greg)... found in our conservatory 5 minutes
ago .......
A purplish spider - The photos are on our
subdirectory:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/album/1424481532/p\
ic/1467197067/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc
and
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/album/1424481532/p\
ic/1921571906/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc

Do we: kill it?
Bottle it up, and send it to someone?
Turn it out?

National Moth Night this year is on 18th September.  As in previous
years Andy Culshaw and I will be running a moth trap or three at
Perivale Wood.  Members of the LNHS are welcome to join us  although I
suspect many people on this list will have their own sites to trap that
night.

Details-
Date: Friday 18th September 2009
Time: 19:15 onwards
Location: Perivale Wood
(http://www.perivalewood.purplecloud.net/access.htm) in LB Ealing
Cost: free - although numbers are restricted so booking is essential
please contact me by email.

Additional traps welcome but please let me know what you will be
bringing so I can plan accordingly.


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Thanks.

Peter Harvey wrote:
> This would appear to be Prionus coriarius (Sawyer Beetle),  a Nationally
> Scarce (Na) longhorn of broad leaved or mixed woodland. A nice thing to
> find.
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> Peter Harvey
>
> David Howdon wrote:
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>> Any chance of IDing this beetle
>> http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle.jpg
>> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle.jpg>
>>
>> Found in Black Park (Buckinghamshire, TQ08) on Friday evening. Looks
>> like some sort of longhorn beetle to me but I'm rubbish at beetles.
>>
>> The divisions on the rulers are 1mm.
>>
>> --
>> David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/
>> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/>)
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This would appear to be Prionus coriarius (Sawyer Beetle),  a Nationally
Scarce (Na) longhorn of broad leaved or mixed woodland. A nice thing to
find.

Peter Harvey

David Howdon wrote:
>
>
> Any chance of IDing this beetle
> http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle.jpg
> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle.jpg>
>
> Found in Black Park (Buckinghamshire, TQ08) on Friday evening. Looks
> like some sort of longhorn beetle to me but I'm rubbish at beetles.
>
> The divisions on the rulers are 1mm.
>
> --
> David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/
> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/>)
>
>

Any chance of IDing this beetle
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle.jpg

Found in Black Park (Buckinghamshire, TQ08) on Friday evening.  Looks
like some sort of longhorn beetle to me but I'm rubbish at beetles.

The divisions on the rulers are 1mm.


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David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)

The AES Exhibition at Kempton Park will be on Saturday 17 October this year. As
usual LNHS E&E will have a recruiting/bookselling stand. We like to embellish
the stand with members' entomological photographs, so please let me know if you
can help out here with some prints suitable for display.

The months of September and October are packed with E&E field trips, right the
way through to Halloween. As you probably know the printed programme is delayed,
but the calendar for Sept/Oct is on the lnhs website.
http://www.lnhs.org.uk/program.htm

Mick.

Looks to me like a subadult, probably long winged conehead (now abundant
in many grassy places in southeast).

Peter

David Howdon wrote:
>
>
> Is this ( http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper.jpg
> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper.jpg> and
> http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper_2.jpg
> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper_2.jpg> ) a Short Winged
> Conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis ). Found on Saturday in Perivale Wood
> (Middlesex).
>
> The one book I have on Grasshoppers etc (Marshall and Haes, 1988) is a
> bit out of date but has them not recorded from Middlesex (although
> looking at the distribution pattern I suspect this may be due to
> under-recording)
>
> --
> David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/
> <http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/>)
>
>

Is this ( http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper.jpg and
http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper_2.jpg ) a Short Winged
Conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis ).  Found on Saturday in Perivale Wood
(Middlesex).

The one book I have on Grasshoppers etc (Marshall and Haes, 1988) is a
bit out of date but has them not recorded from Middlesex (although
looking at the distribution pattern I suspect this may be due to
under-recording)


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