Hey I have seen this type of spider before, I think they are very common, i think they also live for a long time, I dont know what they are called, Wicked...
Hi Natasha, It looks like a species of Araneus to me. Ruu is right, the (very similar, possibly identical) species Araneus diadematus is very common on this...
Hi all, Just a reminder about my questionnaire that is on the files forum, if any one who has experience with inscets could fill it in for my project on the...
Greetings! I am a 5th grade Science teacher in South Central Texas and the kiddos in my class have brought me several long (around 4 inches) green, fat larva...
Can anyone tell me if there is a way of knowing whether butterfly and moth eggs are fertile or not? Do fertile eggs have a slightly different appearance to...
... A picture is always very usefull for identifying leps. If it has one spike on its rear end, its very likely to be a type of sphinx moth, if the spikes are...
... A picture is always very usefull for identifying leps. If it has one spike on its rear end, its very likely to be a type of sphinx moth, if the spikes are...
Hello James, Assuming the eggs are due to hatch in a week or two (i.e. not going to hibernate as an egg) you can usually see the caterpillar forming up in the...
The International Butterfly Breeders Association Convention The International Butterfly Breeders Association (IBBA) will hold its 2005/2006 IBBA Convention at...
Hmmm, Yahoo Groups seems to have re-written the URLs in the below email to contain two equals signs (==) instead of one which means they no longer link to the...
Disponible en la web : los Meloidae (Insecta : Coleoptera) de Nicaragua http://www.bio-nica.org/Ento/Coleo/Meloidae/Meloidae.htm Con amistad, JM Disponible sur...
Hi everyone! I'm looking to buy or trade for a few wandering violin mantids (Gongylus Gongylodes). If anyone has any nymphs or oothecaes available please send...
Greetings All...Hoping that someone can ID this caterpillar. See Lynns Lens Location= NE Fla..These guys are approx 4' in length and range from a light green...
Hi Lynn, You should have said you pictures were in a the Photos area in a folder marked Lynns Lens I didn't find it when I first looked for it!. Not an easy...
Hi every one I am new member and i need some information about SCORPIONIDEA . I hope we have good cooperation with each other in the future . Send instant...
There is a new group for Phasmid & Mantid lovers at http://groups.google.com/group/Phasmids-Mantids please pass it it along to those people that you know that...
Dear All I found a tiger striped 'fly' in my conservatory on Sunday morning. It has a yellow band across its abdomen and yellow knees. It is about the size and...
Hi Sean It's not a fly, its an icneumon wasp of some sort. They are almost impossible to identify from photographs - so 'ichneumon' is about as good as it...
I go occasionally to rural Cambodia and on my last trip, I found what appears to be a mantis. It was disguised as old crumpled and crinkled leaves. Straw...
... Would it be of any interest to anyone if I posted it somewhere or is it fairly common..........even in the UK? Sean ... almost impossible to identify from...
Can anyone tell me if the 'ichneumon' is common to the UK?? Ive enver seen one before and wondered if it would be of interest to local entimologists? Sean ... ...
Some empty eggs discovered whilst searching (unsuccessfully) for the eggs of White Letter Hair Streak (Satyrium w-album) on the leaves of Elm earlier in the...
Thanks Reg, im grateful. ... see ... http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_fresh water/Ophion_luteus/ ... with ... I ... the ... ...
Hi David, The paired triangular teeth are characteristic of Shieldbug eggs, but I dunno whether other hemipteran families share the structure. HTH Malcolm ... ...
Thanks. That seems to be the general consensus. ... -- David Howdon (http://freespace.virgin.net/david.howdon/) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. ...
Hi El, An interesting and complex subject - you need to be a lot more specific and decide which group/family of flies (Diptera) you are interested in. There...
That depends. Any fly in particular? El <desertcactus77@...> wrote: Hello, Does anyone have any info/photos/description of fly maggots & their habits...