Hi Everyone, Today while at Beddington Sewage farm a Clouded Yellow flew past. Is this a very early migrant or could it be an over wintering one? Thanks...
Dear All, No Clouded Yellows seen yet, although Red Admirals clearly did survive the winter in some numbers. Sightings of single Ischnura elegans (Wandle Park...
David Element
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Apr 15, 2007 3:46 pm
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First wasp of the year to my moth trap.
From the wasp ID pictures I have (some pdf-ed images that have now disappeared from the web plus the few species in...
Almost a dead cert for Vespula vulgaris. It would be very early indeed for Dolichovespula and this would be much less likely in a garden (where I am guessing...
Thanks. Will have to try to get that British Wildlife from a library somewhere.
Peter Harvey wrote:
> Almost a dead cert for Vespula vulgaris. It would be...
Dear All, A Hummingbird Hawk Moth visited one of my local South Norwood patches yesterday morning (Whitehorse Meadow - TQ3368), an unexpected (by me!) inland...
As Hummingbird hawk moths have been reported this year from as early as January and February (according to Buglife colleagues), it would seem probable that...
Masses of Anthophoras and Osmias in the garden this spring - the place is positivly buzzing with them, which is gratifying, but no honeybees. I was alarmed to...
Only encountered the mobile phone theory recently, not sure I am convinced (mobile phones are too obviously one of the 'big bads' of modern times and tend to...
Does anyone know where I can get Industrial Denatured Alcohol from - apart from France? I have a license but finding a supplier is proving more difficult. Or...
If you have the license, you should be able to get Boots to order it - although the pharmacist may initially never have come across someone with your request...
Hi Grant Have you tried VWR (aka BDH). E-mail: uksales@... Tel. 0800 22 33 44 hope this helps Martin ******************************************** Martin...
I only rarely bother with beetles but since this one took the trouble to get into my house I thought I should try and work out what it is.
Best I can do is...
As we all know, it is very dodgy to try to id from photos, you never seem to get all the details that a key would need.. If you want to have a go, one of the...
Hello, David. If >10mms then this is a Poecilus (Pterostichus), most probably P., cupreus. As with all beetle/insect specimens it is *important* and/or...
Thanks Paul. I should perhaps have mentioned that the divisions on the ruler shown in the pictures with the beetle are 1mm divisions.
paul_mabbott wrote:
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Would you (or anyone you know) like to spend some time doing interesting field work in May and June? We ecologists at Rothamsted Research are doing a project...
The upcoming LNHS field meeting at Whippendell Woods will not have Colin Everett in the lead. Colin has been posted off to the Western Isles for the early...
Have been observing B. hypnorum visiting my garden recently for the first time ever. This is a continental species that was first observed in the UK in 2001 in...
Excellent news - I shall look out for this species although I have been searching for bees quite determinedly this year and I haven't found B. hypnorum yet. ...
David Element
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May 16, 2007 9:26 pm
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I recorded my first ever sighting of this species on 7th May in a garden in West Norwood, SE27 (TQ3271 - feeding on Loganberry), I hope I am not breeching any...
To the best of my knowledge, Ray Uffen does not have an e mail address. I don't think he even has a computer. Catherine Schmitt Secretary, Ecology and...
Hi Gavin I recorded my first sighting of Bombus hypnorum at Sydenham Hill Wood Local Nature Reserve (LNR) during a Invertebrate Course run by the London...
Dear Mike, I have been looking out for Bombus hypnorum since I received an e-mail from Marc Carlton via the LNHS invertebrates forum recently. I am now able...
David Element
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May 20, 2007 7:32 pm
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Be grateful if someone could confirm (or correct) my identification of this one as Lesser Stag Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus). Came to my moth trap last...
Looks right to me. The pronotum shape is quite distinctive in Dorcus (parallel sided). Mick. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
To those on today's field trip: As so many people were snapping away today, I have created an album in the Folders section and have uploaded a few photos. Only...
Hi everyone, Could you take a look at this and give me your opinions as to what it could be. Someone at Beddington Sewage Farm found it on the site and ...
... Looks odd doesn't it ? It has some shieldbug nymph resemblance, but no sign of wing buds. Perhaps it is something like a Birch Shieldbug which has just...
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