... To All - I joined this group a few weeks back, mainly to try and find out the kind of bug that I have in my backyard. I posted a picture of the bug in 'St...
Hi Steve, It's really quite difficult to tell from the photo. It looks like a beetle of some sort but without a closeup even that much isn't certain. Can you...
Dear David Yep, this is almost certainly _Dysdera crocata_. We have two members of the genus in the UK but _Dysdera erythrina_ is less common than D. crocata. ...
Certainly looks like Dysdera crocota, apart from the jaws - Dysdera has long, sharp fangs placed in a pincer shape rather than downward-facing.
I don't know,...
Hello! I have been having trouble finding the answer to my dilemma: A terrible flea infestation has descended upon my domicile. How may I safely rid my home...
Hi Graeme ... It's definitely one of the two Dysdera sp. The colouration is distinctive, as is the lack of hair. The fangs hinge at the end of the chelicerae...
Cheers Kieren, useful stuff for me.
Graeme ... It's definitely one of the two Dysdera sp. The colouration is distinctive, as is the lack of hair.
The fangs...
Hi Debra, If your spiders dont walk on the floor you could apply insecticide to the floor. Fleas are also attracted to light. Place a light source such as a ...
... Thanks for all the comments. From the Collins field guide to spiders there is a size difference between D crocota and D erythrina with female sizes of...
Hi Steve, It looks like one of the "True Bugs" Order Heteroptera to me. However it may take a bit of research to decide which family/species it is. Perhaps we...
Whoops! - sorry, not a Burnett - it is a Cinnabar Moth! If it lays eggs it feeds on Ragwort. James. Steve <stevegwelch@...> wrote: This insect has been...
Hello Steve, (and everyone else too) I believe that the moth in the picture is Moths » Noctuoidea » Tiger Moths (Arctiidae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiinae) »...
Cinnabar Moth (Tiria jacobaeae) with badly expanded wings. HTH, Martin ... ______________________________________________________________________ This email...
Definately a burnet moth ,not sure which one. If it has been like that (with its wings crumpeled) for 2 days it might have not hatched out properly.I will keep...
Does anybody think, like me, that this is a severely damaged cinnabar moth? Graeme Stroud Computer Systems Analyst Telephone 00 44 (0)1474 546288 Fax...
Hi Steve, I think this may be an immature specimen of the plant bug Leptocoris trivittatus (boxelder bug) or at least a related species from the same family...
It certainly looks like a cinnabar moth whose wings have not expanded properly after emerging from the pupa. Dafydd ... cinnabar moth? ... Behalf Of Steve ... ...
Thanks everyone, looking at a few images on the web of Cinnabar Moths it certainly does look like one. Its still there this morning so it must be having...
Hello, Could anyone help me identify a small flying insect that has invaded our home. It is approx 3mm long, has a flattish rear (caused by what I would call...
hi i got two iant african snails last year and they have just had 309 eggs i have took them out of the tank and placed them in to another container is this a...
Hi, Can anybody help identify this bug. I live in the chiltern hills. This flew in thru an open window about 1.00 in the morning. I have it in a glass jar and...
... A cockchafer I think - see http://www.rspb.org.uk/gardens/guide/atoz/c/cockchafer.asp or http://www.uksafari.com/cockchafer.htm ... -- David Howdon...
I agree - I would have said a summer chafer except for those extraordinary antennae, which the summer chafer doesn't have.
The cockchafer is a bit bigger and...
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