Are these two (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/lady.jpg) twenty-four spot ladybirds? Found in vegetation in Perivale Wood, Middlesex (VC21) on 5th...
Dear David, Yes they are. Regards, David ... From: David Howdon To: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 10:49 PM Subject:...
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Thanks. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/)...
Hi This lunchtime I was pleased to see my first Banded Demoiselle of the season - a female - flying around in King George's Park, Wandsworth, London (they...
Dear All, I can confirm earliest sightings of 20th April for Large Red Damselfly and 5th May for Banded Demoiselle - both in Wandle Park, Collier's Wood. David...
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In case you hadn't noticed the change of date, the spider hunt will now be on Sunday 18th May, not Saturday as originally planned. 18 Sun. Ecology and...
A first sighting of Bombus hypnorum at Wandle Meadow LNR this evening. David [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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After asking a couple of people, I haven't got near to the identity of a striking micro moth I saw on Hounslow Heath earlier this month. It appears to be...
Possibly a member of the Psychidae (bagworm moths). Can't see its antennae in the photo -they're quite a distinctive shape in the adult male bagworms. Females...
In my local recording area this year (Greenford, Middlesex) I've noticed that so far Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) has been rather scarce (I've only seen...
It could be too early to draw conclusions. At the Fryent Country Park and Beane Hill transects, numbers of butterflies in general appear to be low. Widely...
7th June 2008 is National Moth Night (http://www.nationalmothnight.info/). As in previous years I will be running a light trap or two at Perivale Wood ...
Hi All Recently back in London from two weeks in Mallorca it was nice to see some sun today so I had a short walk in King George's Park, Wandsworth. Saw...
The large bumble bee mimics are always an exciting find I think, and I thought I had a form of Volucella bombylans here ... but it doesn't seem to match up...
It is probably merodon equestris, but I can't see from the photo whther there is a ventral projection on the hind femur (very obvious in a specimen under a...
Thank you Peter, you are no doubt correct. I see that one of the colour forms of Merodon has a black thorax like this one, although it doesn't match up exactly...
In my garden yesterday ( - this is Greg, Rhona's husband, speaking. ) I've just created an album, labelled "GT & RFN's Pictures small wildlife" - so they...
For those who attended and are interested a full list of the moths from the Horsenden Hill trap (ran on 27th June for the LNHS walk at Horsenden on 28th) can...
Do we have any collecting stag beetle records for our area? Dan Hackett used to do it but seems to have retired. For some reason people have started sending...
Hello everyone, Apologies because it's not a great picture - taken on the night (July 4 Tower Hamlets Cemetery), in a pot, artificial light - but I've put a ...
... Hello Russell, I can't make it out from the photos, but I wonder if these might be new queen ants dispersing from a colony in the tree ? I think it is the...
