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...
I'd definitely go with young shieldbug - just not so sure about pinning it down to species. How about an early instar of the Pied shieldbug Schirus bicolor?...
Hi, We definitely have a lot of Brassica bugs at Beddington, I haven't seen any Woundwort bugs but they could well be there (Am I right in thinking they also...
This photograph is of a Pied Shieldbug nymph David ... From: aeshna5 To: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 6:01 PM ...
David Element
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Jun 6, 2007 5:30 pm
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During our excellent and well-attended field trip with Alison Fure to Ham Lands yesterday, Ian McKinnon found the single, battered scrap of gorse there, and...
I have started a photo album for these two field trips and have uploaded a few photos (not all mine). You can find them in the 'Files' section. Wimbledon was...
File started for field trip photos from yesterday, please add any of your best and most interesting photos - I am sure there will be some good ones, sunshine...
The curse of public transport hit us again yesterday, as the Metropolitan line was closed going to Watford. A shame, because it was a beautiful day and...
Hi everyone, Just a warning that there is a rail replacement bus service running to Bookham station on Saturday so journey times will be longer. Thanks, Sarah....
A very big turnout at Bookham yesterday, despite the train problems. We know that members will undertake any hardship for closeup views of Neil Anderson. ...
Fellow workers, you may not be aware that Emma Hinton (Newsletter Editor) and Marc Carlton (Website Manager) are both members of this message board, and ...
Would appreciate confirmation (or contradiction) of this http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/beetle_web.jpg as a larval stage of Devil's Coach-horse...
With apologies for the poor quality of the photo. http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/ladybirds_web.jpg On 26th May at Horsenden Farm (TQ18 - Middlesex) I...
As far as I know, you can't do these for sure from single photos. I have many photos of similar larvae, in places where the adults are found. I'd be interested...
As many of you will no doubt know 11th August is this year's national moth night (and day) - http://www.nationalmothnight.info/ As last year I will be running...
Wouldn't like to swear on what they all are but at least some of them are Harmonia axyridis, the 'harlequin' ladybird - the leftmost and rightmost ones, for...
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