Hi I study birds in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). I am currently trying to write a paper on birds following swarms of army ants to eat the arthropods that...
http://tech.ph.groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub/photos/browse/305f?c= Can anyone help me identify this insect. I discovered a whole swarm of them in my ivy on...
We have found an insect in our house which seems to have covered itself with small bits of debris from our woodpile. We thought it was a bit of muck but it...
Hi i just found that the field Studies council has published some of their old offprints and articles as pdfs on their website, one of particular interest is...
Hi All One of our most popular books, The Lepidopterist's Handbook, is currently being revised. We're looking for authors to help on this important project,...
There are also moth larvae (usually microlepidoptera) that take dust and debris and stick them on themselves (simmilar to a caddisfly larvae which is aquatic)....
This was identified as a lace wing larva. It was on a leaf in a woodland in south east England and was what led me to suggest a lacewing larva. Gordon...
That is really interesting. Thank you for the pictures. I have never seen one like that before. Mahalo! Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@...> wrote: Hi...
Hi all, One interesting moth caterpillar that disguises itself by sticking bits of leaves and bark to itself is the Blotched Emerald (Comibaena bajularia) -...
This little lot are gathering behind a shutter in our house in Surrey. What is happening? Will they do any harm? Should I move them outside?? Thanks - Cameron...
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Hi Cameron, Read this: http://environment.independent.co.uk/nature/article3073465.ece ... and weep! ;-0) Malcolm...
Hello I would suggest these are Harlequin beetles. I suggest you record them on the Harlequin survey http://www.harlequin-survey.org/ They will certainly do...
Hi! I've been very impressed by the harlequin story, but I have been unable to find any answer to the following: Are there any natural predators of harlequin...
Hi Blanca, A few of their "problems" are listed here: http://www.bioimages.org.uk/html/T797.HTM There's also a fungus (a laboulbeniomycete) that attacks them. ...
I was given the task to look after a neighbours house whilst they went on holiday (lucky for some!). They had mentioned in the past that they were suffering...
Looks more like Bread or Biscuit beetle, Stegobium paniceum (Coleoptera: Anobiidae), with this many emerging adults I would hazard a guess that there is either...
Hello, I'd call them a pest too! From your spelling I take it you're in UK? They don't look quite right for woodworm adults to me (thorax not humped enuf, but...
Hi does anyone have a copy of Ferrar P. 1987. A guide to the Breeding Habits and Immature Stages of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. Entomonograph, part I (text),...
There have been a lot of these beetles in the bramble bushes near where I work in North-West Kent this summer, although I don't recall ever seeing them before...
Hi Graeme Your beetle looks like one of the larger Leaf Beetles - family Chrysomelidae. As a guess I would go for Chrysolina banksi. Regards Matt Graeme...
This was, among other things the year of the MOSQUITOES. That is in addition to the year of the Flood and the year of the Drought, all this Summer. js -- PHOTO...
I live in the Midlands, UK. Three weeks ago I found a Shield Bug in the garden, the like of which I had never seen before. It was the same size as a...
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