See http://danielmorgan.blogspot.com/2006/04/circus-of-spineless-8.html As you can see, this is number 8. A different site hosts successive editions. Enjoy! GT...
The spider looks like Dysdera sp. but there are two closely related species , D.crocata and D erythrina, and you could only distinguish them under the...
edward milner wrote: Thanks for the response. From the Collins field guide to spiders there is a size difference between D crocota and D erythrina with female...
Dear David, Yes I agree. I hadn't noticed you'd indicated the size in your message! It's spelt crocata normally, though I see Roberts gives both spellings. ...
The size is only applicable to adults, and the difference is not reliable identification feature. However your spider is almost certainly Dysdera crocata. D....
Interesting. But I am musing on the implicationds of 'but' in 'Dragonflies and damselflies look beautiful, but they are predators. . . I see no conflict...
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Latest edition of 'The Coleopterist' has a piece by Richard Jones noting the find of a bombardier beetle, Brachinus sclopeta, confirming it as a British...
From Greg Tingey. I've just found two dead bumblebees in my conservatory. One was a B. lucorum, but the other is a ruderatus/ruderarius (different nomenclature...
Your picture is of the 'joined spot' form of the 14-spot as illustrated on plate 6 of 'Ladybirds of Surrey' The ground colour may be cream or yellow. David ...
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Thanks. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version:...
I'm confused. My copy of "Bumblebees of Essex" has re-surfaced, and I've been using it and the O. Prys-Jones / S. Corbet booklet to try to identify the two...
Dear G. Tingey I am quite happy to take a look at your bumblebee. I am the Essex County Recorder for aculeate Hymenoptera. My address is 32 Lodge Lane, Grays, ...
Probably humilis then. My postcode is: E17 9SB Try that in "Multimap" or similar, to show location. I'll forward - tonight if I can, otherwise I'll have to...
After checking the Essex Naturalists' website ( http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/rosemary_beetle_survey.htm ) I'm certain I've now got: Chrysolina Americana ...
Following the earlier post, we had a handful of this beetle last year in October in our garden at TQ209783 on rosemary, but haven't seen it yet this year. ...
Does anyone know of a suitable source of supply of small, sealable, preferably plastic containers, suitable for sending specimens in the post? The sort of...
I'll second that, Greg. Yes, the days of 35mm film pots are numbered - luckily I have a few hundred which should last me out but what are we going to do? ...
You could mistake it for nothing other than C. cerealis which is a rare, smaller chrysomelid of grassland. i would point out that people wishing to record this...
The website of Watkins & Doncaster, the long-standing supplier of entomological equipment (at www.watdon.com), would be one place you could try. From their...
Just a reminder that I am leading an LNHS (Ecology & Entomology section) field meeting at Bricket Wood Common in Hertfordshire this Saturday (May 20th). The...
A reminder for anyone needing a lift to Thursley on Sunday, just post a request on his board. We had a really enjoyable visit to Thursley last year and the car...
Hello, I've uploaded a photo sent to me of what I think is an early Eurydema oleracea - ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/London-nhs-invertebrates/photos/view/f704?b=3...
Two pictures from the Thursley field trip last weekend. http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/thur_cat.jpg shows the caterpillar found amongst the Heather....
Hi Dave I'm not certain of these ids either but have you thought about the following as possibilities: cat.jpg Heath Rustic Xestia agathina? pug.jpg...
