Thanks all for replies which David has identified as a female Eristalis (Eoseristalis) intricarius, a common and variable bumblebee mimic. Best wishes Alison ...
This is Greg (Rhons's husband) I forgot to load the photos of Aeshna Grandis - hatched from our pond - last week. Now uploaded, and visible on Yahoo site. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
It looks like Steatoda bipunctata (Theridiidae - tangle-web spiders) to me but as with most spiders a preserved specimen is usually required to confirm...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Dear Malcolm Riddler, Your offer to stand as Chairman of the Ecology & Entomology Section unfortunately arrived after our recent committee meeting, so what I...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Probably Nematopogon swammerdamella but I'd not be confident IDing it just from a photo. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)...
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...
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