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...
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Paul Also excellent new photographic guide to Shieldbugs + Squashbugs of British Isles by Martin Evans +Roger Edmonson which has just come out-£14.95-received...
For some reason this message did not seem to get through to the list but in case the original does sneak through later apologies if you are seeing this twice. ...
Good morning David. No idea! I think it's immature (although some bugs have incomplete wings anyway). I'll think on. Cheers, Paul ... From: "David Howdon"...
I think it may be a Capsid Bug, Daraeocoris ruber. I will post a photo I have of this one, I find them on my car park posts. They are predatory, as I recall....
Just to ease the minds of you having sleepless nights about my *?* Calvia decempunctata. I have consulted widely (with only one photograph to go on) and the...
This site is described by Bill Oddie as one of the seven undiscovered wonders of London, so don't miss out .... 30 April Saturday. ECOLOGY & ENTOMOLOGY Crane...
Ladybirds again. Over the past week I'v had four records from three people of spotless 24-spot (Subcoccinella vigintiquattuorpunctata) ladybirds. I've...
I've uploaded a picture (called what_ladybird.jpg) to the photos area. The following URL should work http://makeashorterlink.com/?I1EA2410B but if it does not...
Well, David ...... If it is an 18-spot, it's unusual but I don't see what else it can be! I can count 16, possibly 18 spots but the pattern around the...
It was found in my light trap on the morning of 1st May. I'm not aware of any pine trees in the immediate vicinity (although I'm not sure what all my...
Yes, that's a better view David: it's Calvia quattuordecimguttata, cream-streaked ladybird. You can let it go now! Best wishes, Paul ... From: "David Howdon"...
Thanks Paul. I've now released it. I've updated the name of the picture in the photos area. I've also uploaded another picture to the photos are of what I...
Yes, I would think Propylea quattuordecimpunctata. A little unusual (for London specimens) in having the spots fairly distinct and not too rectilinear. Most...
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