A friend sent me some photos of a curiosity. The photos are of a Silver-spotted Skipper taken in the Kent Downs, and appear to show a fungi (a proper...
Mick, you've surpassed yourself with this one! A quick look at Spooner & Roberts' 'Fungi' New Naturalist, which is a mine of information for offbeat fungal...
Mick and Keir I have had a look at photos I have taken of Silver spotted skipper in Kent (Lydden) and it seems to be a common phenomenon. I suspect that it...
hello, i've just posted a photo of a pink grasshopper i happened across on a cornish coastal walk last week, in the queries section of the photos folder. i...
Many grasshoppers come in a great variety of colours, and so you can't use colour to identify them. I'd say this was Chorthippus brunneus, the Field...
A breeding colony of Nezara viridula found just north of Wandle Meadow Nature Reserve yesterday(21/9/08). No adults but mainly last-instar nymphs (black and...
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A breeding colony of Nezara viridula found just north of Wandle Meadow Nature Reserve yesterday(21/9/08). No adults but mainly last-instar nymphs (black and...
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Please note that his week's Ecology and Entomology indoor meeting will be at Camley Street Natural Park near King's Cross and NOT at the King's Cross Methodist...
Hi all, If anyone can confirm that the two photos (ich1 & ich2, two views of the same thing, scale bar is in centimetres/millimetres I'm told) that I've just...
The easy test is : if it looks like an Ichneumon (it does) and if it has more than 15 segments in the antennae (you can't tell from the photo). As you suggest,...
Dear E&E friends, as part of the AGM this year, rather than just read a report I am planning to put together a short illustrated talk on the year's field...
The subscription form for the E&E Reading Circle 2009 will be in the next edition of the newsletter. People on this list get a chance to sign-up early (and so...
Hello all. My annual call for records which will be much appreciated. I do intend to write a report this year so would appreciate rcords as soon as possible. I...
I suppose that I should make some comment on this. There have been far fewer observations and numbes of ladybirds (most species) than for several years past...
Also, if anyone still has my e-mail address at anywhere than blueyonder.co.uk please could they lose all other addresses, particularly those at supanet which...
Hello everyone, I've got a fine copy of this book and would like to see it given a good home where someone will use it more than I might. Obviously, it'll be...
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I was slightly surprised to see an adult Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) this afternoon. The limited literature I have one them suggests this...
This has got to be an overwintering adult disturbed from hibernation. They are certainly around as adults in early spring, and I have found them commonly as...
I presume you have all learned of the death of Michael Majerus on 27 January. He was only 54. We were fortunate to have him speak to Ecology and Entomology...
I hadn't heard this, so this was a shock to me. Wikipedia says: He died January 27, 2009 after an unexpected and brief struggle with aggressive mesothelioma...
A very sad loss of a great communicator - he will be sorely missed. David ... From: mick massie To: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday,...
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Several here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-michael-majerus- geneticist-who-defended-darwin-in-the-battle-against-creationism- ...
There are also some fitting tributes on the Cambridge University website at: http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/dp/2009020603 and...
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I have posted two new photos in my folder. I think one is a Rose chafer larve (I am finding these fairly regularly at the moment); the other I have no idea. ...
... Russell, I append a guide to big grubs from a leaflet I picked up somewhere. The key factor to sort out Stag from Lesser Stag is that the Stag beetle has...
On Friday, whilst weeding an orchard I planted last year on Daubeney Green, Hackney (adjacent to the Lea Conservancy), I discovered 5 species of hibernating...
I don't know but if you can get hold of a copy of Jim Porter that might be useful Best Wishes Malcolm Ps problem is there are so many Noctuid's its a bit of a...
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