Hi Paul Thank you for letting me join your group i used to be a member of the L.N.H.S and now a work as a Park Ranger for London Brough of Croydon as Gavin...
Welcome, Ernie. I'll send you contact numbers off-line (Roger Hawkins is not on- line). I have a few insignificant carabid records but my files suggest that...
Hello Ann and all, No luck (or good luck ..) in Hillingdon? There has been a recent outburst of records from the outer suburbs - Harrow, Walthamstow &c) so...
Hello Paul and all, we are still covered in Haxys in my part of Chiswick. On my morning dog walk, every lime tree, suitable car park post, and now birch trees...
Hey ho Mick, Clarifying one point - I'm not after ladybird adults/imagines (have enough, thanks!) - I'm looking for pupae and patently inactive imagines. As I...
Hi Everyone, I like the idea of the Guy Fawkes ladybird! I have not seen any in Hillingdon and local enquiries have not revealed any. I'll keep asking and ...
Dear Paul, Rather than searching for Harmonia axydiris this weekend (I shall see them anyway on my way to work tomorrow) I thought that I would squeeze in a...
David Element
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Nov 13, 2005 7:36 pm
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Nice page, David. The "19-spots" even when they have zero or twenty-five spots are succinea; the four- (or 6-) spot melanics are spectabilis and the 2-spot...
Going through old emails. Thanks for the response Neil. Photo 2 did seem most likely to be LW Conehead but could still possibly be SW (the habitat was right -...
Many thanks Paul, You might spot some modifications to the captions the next time you look! All the best, David ... From: "Paul Mabbott"...
David P Element
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Nov 13, 2005 9:38 pm
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Dear Paul, Still one Harmonia axyridis fully grown larva, about half a dozen adults (mainly typical) and plenty of pupae seen at High Street Collier's Wood ...
David Element
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Nov 14, 2005 7:47 pm
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Most of you will be aware of this, but there is now a Yahoo group dealing with heteroptera Hemiptera - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hets/ - worth joining for...
David, The most obvious way is to use a bat detector suitably modified (if necessary) to record cricket/gropper stridulation. Long-winged Coneheads stridulate...
Gavin, I think you may be exaggerating my hearing skills a little, and it rather depends on how many Roesel's Bush crickets are around as they drown out...
I know it was gloriously sunny today, but it was cold with it and some frost and ice lingered into late afternoon at Rye Meads RSPB reserve. This didn't stop...
Dear Paul, I am still seeing Harlequins daily. At least 8 adults today, including one which had only just emerged seen at 5:35PM. Several larvae earlier this...
David Element
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Nov 18, 2005 6:23 pm
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Dear Paul, Over 30 adults in Wandle Park (Collier's Wood) today of all colour forms plus still some pupae and a few larvae. Don't seem to mind the cold...
David Element
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Nov 19, 2005 8:03 pm
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No, but their home range extends some distance north in to Siberia so we would expect them to be quite hardy! Paul ... cold weather much, do they!...
Not in London but I'm sure you're seeing similar things. We've had seriously heavy frosts but still had wasps flying arouns and ladybirds trying to mate .......
Dear Paul, I should have mentioned that there were also three (unmolested!) 2-spot ladybirds with the Harlequins yesterday, plus a German Wasp and two species ...
David Element
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Nov 20, 2005 10:56 pm
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Hello David, There is considerable literature on Haxy biochemistry/physiology which I've not yet read. Many ladybirds - certainly the most common north...
Thanks for this Paul - I found another adult emerging on my way home this evening (5:30pm) - wonder whether they will still be visible in December? David ... ...
David P Element
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Nov 22, 2005 5:58 pm
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Good question, David. The follow on is, will people be looking? There are plenty of surveys/observations on 'first' dates but few on 'last seen'. Obviously,...
Hello Paul, One puzzling aspect of ladybird habits that you may able to shed light on is when some species -7-spots at least - seek out especially cold places...
Hello Paul, One puzzling aspect of ladybird habits that you may able to shed light on is when some species -7-spots at least - seek out especially cold places...
Hello Stuart, Interesting observation. I've read of such aggregations in the Pyrenees but didn't know it happened on Cyprus. It is also notable in the North...
With the recent discussion on winter insects, I thought I'd take the chance to remind you that we are going into some public and non-public areas in Hampton...
Dear Paul, This evening 3 newly emerged Harlequin adults hanging out to dry despite freezing cold weather, heavy driving rain and near gale-force gusts of...
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