Have a look at this page and see if it helps. It is a long link so you may have to paste it together once yahoo rips it apart. ...
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Gary
bow_dude
Oct 10, 2007 12:39 pm
Agree with ID Reg gave. They can gather in large numbers in the fall. GaryNY...
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matt_bassford
Oct 16, 2007 8:33 pm
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...
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Andy Chick
deviant_myotis
Oct 16, 2007 8:33 pm
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...
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Kieren
kierenpitts
Oct 16, 2007 9:50 pm
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,...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Oct 17, 2007 8:15 am
It sounds like a lacewing larva. Regards Gordon...
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michelle montgomery
mpaulimonte
Oct 17, 2007 6:41 pm
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)....
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Oct 17, 2007 7:03 pm
Hi Gordon, With the description of appearing to pull itself along with its jaws, it must be a lacewing larva. Here's a picture: ...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Oct 17, 2007 7:32 pm
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...
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michelle montgomery
mpaulimonte
Oct 18, 2007 8:00 am
That is really interesting. Thank you for the pictures. I have never seen one like that before. Mahalo! Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@...> wrote: Hi...
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Bug Club
bughunteruk
Oct 18, 2007 8:30 am
Hi all, One interesting moth caterpillar that disguises itself by sticking bits of leaves and bark to itself is the Blotched Emerald (Comibaena bajularia) -...
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Cameron Brown
cb@...
Oct 18, 2007 1:12 pm
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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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Oct 18, 2007 2:40 pm
Hi Cameron, Read this: http://environment.independent.co.uk/nature/article3073465.ece ... and weep! ;-0) Malcolm...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Oct 18, 2007 2:42 pm
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...
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Blanca Bolea
blanca_alamanac
Oct 18, 2007 3:51 pm
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. ...
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stalkseh
Oct 20, 2007 2:59 pm
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...
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Martin Waller
mejwaller
Oct 20, 2007 4:44 pm
Reminds me of woodworm adults? Check all wood for little holes and tiny piles of sawdust... HTH Martin...
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Stuart Hine
bombuslucorum0
Oct 20, 2007 9:38 pm
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...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Oct 21, 2007 10:03 am
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...
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Andy Chick
deviant_myotis
Oct 22, 2007 3:30 pm
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),...
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Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Oct 23, 2007 12:09 pm
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...
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Graeme Stroud
graemestroud
Oct 23, 2007 12:13 pm
... Graeme Comma Oil & Chemicals Limited Dering Way, Gravesend, Kent DA12 2QX (Registered in England: Number 2075698. Registered Office as above) (If the...
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Matt Smith
matsmith60
Oct 23, 2007 12:17 pm
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...
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Jack Schmidling
arf60152
Oct 23, 2007 2:33 pm
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...
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Patsy Spiller
patsyspiller@...
Oct 25, 2007 11:26 am
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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Simon Robson
cefn42
Oct 26, 2007 6:55 pm
Hi I have put some pictures of a pupa in a file Simon Robson can any one help with a id please Thanks Simon...
3429
Bug Club
bughunteruk
Oct 26, 2007 7:06 pm
Hi Simon, You need to see a lot more detail and measurements to guess at what it might be. You will also need to remove the old caterpillar skin - which looks...
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Simon Robson
cefn42
Oct 26, 2007 7:30 pm
Hi Reg Thanks for the reply pupa is 18mm long and as I am quite new to entomology I naively thought the pics might be enough (as in very common) I returned the...
