This weekend, in two different locations, I encountered a lot of a rather unprepossessing black fly I hadn't seen before. Slow flying, "droopy" like a mosquito...
Hi David, There have been lots of reports of these over the whole country. They are known as St. Marks Flies (Bibio marci) and were around in large numbers in ...
I remember seeing a plague of these in a motorway service station carpark when I was was going on holiday a few years ago. It could have been Herts or Beds, or...
Almost sure to be hawthorn flies - excellent flies for attracting trout as they are slow moving as you say and fall easy prey for rising trout. Brian (Hot Rod)...
Found in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC One very ugly bug. --> 2 1/2" in length and 1" wide --> the entire body and legs are a flat(vs. shiny)dark brown,...
Hi all, last Friday I found a very large wasp on the doorstep of my workplace in Christchurch, Dorset, UK. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a picture, but I...
that sound like the bug. christine_eek <christine_eek@...> wrote:Found in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC One very ugly bug. --> 2 1/2" in length and 1"...
Hi Dev/all An interesting problem... I don't know if you still have a military or similar depot in Christchurch where equipment from abroad may be stored? The...
Hi i am just starting as an amature entomologist and i am having trouble finding alcohol for presivation, i believe 70% ethanol is the standard but i can't...
Hi Andy What groups are you looking to preserve in alcohol, most things dry pretty well? If you want ethanol then the easiest way to get it is to buy...
Hi Andy You can use pretty much any alcohol you can find. If you want to keep them flexible, you might want to put some glycerol (glycerine) to the alcohol. Or...
If you are just looking to preserve the larvae as specimens then Iso-propyl (chemists 'Rubbing Alcohol) will work ok, but it smells somewhat strong and some...
thanks for both of you inputs, the preservation is purly for size reference (its for a forensic aplication), how do i go about geting a customs licence? ...
Hi To purchase IMS you need to get a permit from your local Customs & Excise office first so you can provide a C&E reference number to your supplier. Give you...
Hello, I'm sat at work and have had a number of tiny little red bugs wandering across my paper over the past few weeks. I was just wondering if anyone could...
Hi Malcolm, thanks for replying. I've taken a look at your suggestions and sadly none of them fit the bill. The closest match I have is still the Cryptocheilus...
Hi Reg, good thinking: I work right next to GEC/Siemens/Plessey or whatever it calls itself these days. They work on military communications equipment, so it...
Yes - surgical spirit = rubbing alcohol in my book Matt Andy Chick <andy.chick@...> wrote: hi again thank you very much for your help, i just have 1 last...
sorry, my bad i wanted to get some practise in before i start my thesis work, what killing agent would you recomend? i recently purcehesed some ethyl acetate,...
i'm going to say those are mites. little tiny arachnids from the family acari. they're quite small, but sometimes brilliant red. i feed them to my tiny pets...
Hi Andy, Ethyl acetate is best for diptera. How to use it? Depends on how you work. How many insects at a time, in the field or at home/lab, how far will you...
Hi It depends what you want to take specimens of. If you are wanting to work with only the larvae then you can drop these straight into 70% alcohol. For...
i would perfer to pin at home, but must kill in the feild, the number of insects to be killed will be a repesentative sample from the carrion, again thank you...
hi again, i read (i think in a paper by M L Goff i believe) that blowfly maggots must be fixed in KAAD before transfer to alcohol, where can i get that in the...
Andy I have no problems with keeping aquatic invertebrates (adults & larvae) in 70% without any problems. I'm not sure what KAAD is, but if you are wanting to...
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