A date for your new 2005 diaries, a great way to spend a Monday morning: You may have noticed in the LNHS programme that there is a chance on 24th January to...
Thanks Mick, shall try to be there, but I go to South London Botanical Institute on Mondays usually, so should leave BM(NH) at about 12.30. Regards. Ken ... ...
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Unlike many terrestrial invertebrates, many spider species are adult and active during the winter and are a very good indicator of habitat quality. If you want...
Sorry Mick, I will not be able to make this visit for Sunday 5/12/2004 All good wishes. Ken ... From: Mick Massie [mailto:mickmassie@...] Sent:...
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National Insect Week 2004 probably passed most of us by - not too well publicised and we didn't organise anything specific for it. NIW is organised by RES with...
Last week Les Wilson sent me a package of willow foliage with aphids of various sizes: couldn't get a photo, my cameras are all non- functioning but they were...
We will end National Insect Week with a classic trip to a classic location with a really good trip leader. 19 June 2005 Sunday. ECOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY. Ashtead...
Excellent planning Mick. I'll publicise these events with RES/AES and, closer the time, London press - is that okay? Paul ... Outgoing mail is certified Virus...
Hello all, Mick has a very interesting list of field meetings lined up which I hope he will load on to this site for future reference. In the meantime, the...
Hello to all Ken Hill sends greetings for this happy season and wishes everybody a happy New Year with lots of exciting finds. Au revoir. ... From:...
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I've just sent a report to Paul to let him know that I found 'the alien' in Chiswick for the first time this morning, resting under a bark flake on a London...
Mine keep fairly well in the freezer! It depends how sensitive you are, I suppose: the original idea was that by sending specimens to an entomologist we might...
I normally appeal for people to join/remember the ladybird survey towards the end of the month but there are plenty of ladybirds active now. So my annual...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the London-nhs-invertebrates group. File...
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Dear All, I have recently taken over as the field meetings secretary for the LNHS Ecology & Entomology section. I have just uploaded a file with the summer...
Dear Invertebratists, perhaps you can help me. I'm planning to start surveying some bee banks which have been dug into sand & gravel areas on a local nature...
Interesting stuff Mick. Michael Archer is a national expert on hymenopteran surveys - he should be on the web. If not, I'll try to find an address and send...
Hello all, yet another 'new' ladybird to add the London list! Calvia 10-guttata has been found indoors in Isleworth - whther it was living outdoors and came...
Apologies to anyone who reckons the following blatant advert is inappropriate to this forum, but I just can't contain my enthusiasm! This book was published in...
Sounds good Keir. Have you sent this message to ukleps, british-insects &c? If not, I'll forward it. Cheers, Paul ... From: "Keir Mottram" <keirm@...>...
I'm new to this group and haven't been able to find any guidelines on what can be posted so hopefully this is in order (if not somebody please tell me). I've...
Welcome, David! We don't have any rules other than to be pleasant! We are, strictly, forbidden to deal with plants and birds unless, of course, they are ...
A few points. David's mention of odd things that are caught in light traps prompts me to remind all trappers that I am very interested in any beetles ...
I've just added some more photos to the 'Ladybird' folder. Two of these (Oenopia and Cynegetis) are not British but are quite common in NW Europe so may well...
Les has sent me more pictures from Wick Woodland including ones of Exochomus quadripustulatus 'Pine Ladybird' apparently eating aphid eggs on oak treelets....
Paul, if people do want to get specimens to you how should they do it. Do you have a postal address (and is it actually legal to send insects through the...
I've uploaded a couple of photos to the queries area of a gall I found on oak in Perivale Wood last Saturday. Looking at the FSC guide to galls (and checking...
Hello again, David, Apologies for the delayed response - I've been away from my computer. In my case we're talking beetles and most of these are fairly ...
Hello all, You may be aware that the Society no longer has a Recorder for true bugs, Heteroptera. A couple of years ago I volunteered to *keep records*, i.e....
Thanks Paul, I'll bear you in mind! Found a two spot scampering around the edge of the bath a couple of days ago, NO it didn't take the plunge, I released it...