Hello, I wondered if anyone is interested in joining me going to the Wye Valley in Kent next Saturday 13th June. I haven't been to this area before but it...
Hi all, I know it's a bit out of town (the old road sign in the village says 'London 37 miles'), and with it being a re-introduction some people may regard...
Just a quick message about an interesting and rather striking non-native plant bug which has been found on Hypericum bushes (Rose of Sharon) in north London....
There is a photograph of this species on the following link: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/i1wozBenomDpt0XVp9FiEw On another subject, Bombus hypnorum is...
David Element
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Jun 19, 2009 12:56 am
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A quick report from the London Natural History Society / Butterfly Conservation / Amateur Entomologists Society walk around Horsenden earlier today (27th June...
Hi, There was an Adonis Ladybird at Kew today on the Lavender outside the Palm House. It seems an unusual place for it to be. Here are a couple of pictures. ...
The Adonis Ladybird seems to turn up fairly randomly on rough ground in London (perhaps as a consequence of the 'heat island' effect) and these beetles are...
David Element
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Jul 3, 2009 8:57 pm
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I got one at Dukes Meadow today on a newly created wildflower plot (not far from Kew). First for me for a long time, took me a while to work it out. Mick....
I didn't have my camera yesterday (my day off) so I went back to see the Adonis Ladybird at Dukes Meadow again. There were a few, all on Wild Carrot, Daucus...
I clocked one this afternoon at Stepping Stones Farm down here in Stepney, in amongst the mugwort, nettles, Hirschfeldia, thistles, etc. on a lump of waste...
I'm keen to do some recording of bugs on Tamarisk in London this year and would be very interested to know the locations of any large bushes, particularly if...
... Two large bushes in Church Hill Walthamstow. OPne overhanging the fence of the Girls School, on the South side of the road, and a lage on, opposite (of a...
hi all, I'm posting on behalf of the LNHS's organisational legend Mike Trier, who would like an ID on the photos attached. Taken 2nd July. Photos in the...
hi all just wondered if anyone can confirm the ID of a day-flying bat we were watching along the Lea Navigation at Amwell yesterday. It fed happily along the...
Hard to tell as I am no expert but it looks like a Pipistrelle - impossible to say which frequency though. I have seen bats flying in bright sunshine on a...
David Element
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Jul 10, 2009 10:49 pm
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These are good photo's Its a Nyctalus bat species. Due to the shaggy fur I would think it most likely a Leisler's bat rather than a noctule a colleague thought...
Only too happy to acknowledge the superior identification skills of an expert! According to David Macdonald in 'Mammals of Britain & Europe' Leisler's does...
David Element
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Jul 13, 2009 5:33 pm
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....and also lives in trees and buildings unlike the noctule which only uses trees. The noctule also flys by day especially over reservoirs on sunny winter...
Bat detector surveys could confirm the ID although you may have both species present at that location. Without seeing the tragus (the organ in the ear) anyone...
The hoverfly is in the album curiosities of sw London and has todays date on it Alison ... From: mark pearson To: London-nhs-invertebrates@yahoogroups.com ...
A friend asked me about a cricket he had just seen on the entrance to a shop on Henrietta Street (TQ38A) at midday 14th July 2009. The nearest green space is...
Hi Alison Just a guess as I'm no expert but possibly Volucella bombylans var. plumata See: http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/volucella_bombylans.htm...
... Unfortunately, we don't have an Orthoptera Recorder in LNHS, Martin. I think it is safe to say that they are in just about every bit of damp(ish) unmown...
Thanks all for replies which David has identified as a female Eristalis (Eoseristalis) intricarius, a common and variable bumblebee mimic. Best wishes Alison ...
This is Greg (Rhons's husband) I forgot to load the photos of Aeshna Grandis - hatched from our pond - last week. Now uploaded, and visible on Yahoo site. ...
Is this ( http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper.jpg and http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/hopper_2.jpg ) a Short Winged Conehead (Conocephalus...
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