I've uploaded a picture of the larva of the multivariate Asian (Harlequin) ladybird into the ladybirds folder of photographs. This picture was taken in...
Me again, trying to be efficient and hoping I'm not trying to impose rigorous rules on people. One of the great things about e-groups is that people can load...
Celebrate the end of this non-existant event with: 19 Sun. ECOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY. Beetles on Ashtead Common. Roger Booth & Libbie Worth (Ranger). Meet Ashtead...
Sorry Mick Off to Isle of Wight for a week tomorrow. All the best. Ken ... From: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com ...
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Not a moth but perhaps it's larva feed on moth larva. Is it possible to tell what sort of (wasp I assume) this critter is from photographs? Came to light in...
Any thoughts on what this creature might be http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/critter.jpg Found in Perivale Wood (Middlesex, UK - TQ18). Approximately...
I should think it is a sphecid: no idea which though! Between them they eat almost anything but tend to be somewhat specific. I don't recall any caterpillar...
I think I am one page ahead of you in the book, David ! As Paul says, this is a Sphecid or Digger Wasp, in this case I think it is Mellenis arvensis the Field...
Following the successful, but very hot, trip to Ashtead Common last weekend, there are three LNHS E & E trips scheduled for the weekend coming: Sat day -...
That I am aware of the first Horsenden Hill records of White-letter Hairstreak for the year were from this morning when Andy Culshaw (who will be one of the...
I think it's often feasible to get some insects down to family and occasionally to genus but then you need to start looking at finer points which won't show...
Thanks Paul. Certainly a weird looking critter at this stage in its life. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/) -- No virus found in...
Thanks Mick. Yes I'll be at the Horsenden Hill walk tomorrow. But looking at the weather at the moment it looks like we will be defaulting to plan B for the...
I've uploaded a photo of the pupa of Harmonia axyridis, the harlequin/multivariate &c ladybird. This looks like many other coccinelline pupae but (1) tends to...
I thought people who attended the event at Horsenden Hill last weekend might appreciate a list of the moths that were caught at Horsenden Farm that night. I've...
We always try to arrange field trips so that they are accessible by public transport, but sometimes this is a problem. Track repairs etc. We have a trip the...
Just to flag up an NMN event with a bit of a difference - it's during the day rather than a nightime thing, concentrating on day-flying moths and particularly...
It would have been helpful if a date had been put into the text! ... From: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com ...
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Hello all, I've received a list from John Archer (Principal Biodiversity Adviser for GLA) that several sites are being reviewed with regard to status, boundary...
Any of you reading the title for the September talk might think that it's Mabbott waffling on about ladybirds again. This would be 50% correct; however...
Hello everyone, I understand that this might be pushing the envelope a little too much, but ... I know of two people from north/east/central London who are...
Don't forget : 7 Sun. ECOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY. Thursley Common NNR. Stuart Cole. Meet The Moat car park (SU900417). 10.30. Bring lunch My car is now full, but if...
If anyone who went to Thursley would like to share your best photos from yesterday, I have created an album called 'Thursley' in the Photos section, and have...
Hello everyone, First of all, many apologies if you weren't at yesterday's field trip to Thursley Common (a marvellous day, I thought, and thanks to everyone...
Hi everyone, I have put a couple of pictures in the Queries folder of a Skipper butterfly I saw today at Boxhill. I think it is a Grizzled Skipper but I would...
Hi Sarah, The photographs are of a Silver-spotted Skipper, a downland butterfly which is very local in distribution but can be fairly common where it occurs...