the treatments avalible start with homiopic TeaTree solutions and work up to full blow OP pesticides, such as Malathion..... if your from the UK avoid the...
My day care class and I just received an ootheca in the mail today. I was concerned about them hatching too soon (it's still very early pre-spring here on...
Definitely the cold will delay their hatching. I would trying placing them in a garage or other covered area. The fridge would not be a bad idea. Check the...
Hi, Can you please help me identify this insect found on the Greek island of Kefalonia? There are two pictures attached. I'm guessing it's a cicada - but is...
Hi Malcolm, It's not a cicada. It's a female bush-cricket. Don't know the Greek species but if it was in Britain it'd be Roesel's Bush Cricket. HTH Malcolm...
Thank you very much, Malcolm. This insect dropped out of a tree at night-time onto a mate's shirt and caused a bit of a stir among the ladies in our group. As...
Some photos of a wasp found under a log in Perivale Wood (Middlesex, VC21 - TQ18) yesterday. I've not get much literature on hymenoptera but from the few...
Dave, Yep, this is a queen D. media. Cheers, Stuart ======================================== Message Received: Mar 18 2008, 05:17 AM From: "David Howdon" To:...
I will agree with Stuart on this one, Davids' pictures are a "classic" D.media and definately not a Hornet. As for the picture on the NHM website, I am still...
My Mom has the same bug as Ed does and I was wondering if you guys found out what kind it is. Thanks for any help!!!!! It's in the photo album under "Ed's...
Myself and my family have recently noticed some strange bugs in the house that we haven't seen before. They seem to enjoy crawling on walls, around doors and...
Hi Anthony, At this time of year (assuming you're in UK!) they'll be Anthrenus beetles. The larvae are the "Woolly Bears" that eat natural fibres: clothing, ...
Hi All Just thought I'd let you know that the new Amateur Entomologists' Society* Web site has now launched. The best way to discover what's there is to visit...
Hi, I would be grateful if you could help me identify these insects which I have seen on various blankets/curtains in my house (London, UK). I will upload a...
Its the variated carpet beetle, they tend to feed on wool, dried skin (dust) and shed hairs, they dont bite, altho some people have a reaction to the hairs of...
Hi I have just found a flying bug in my garden, hovering above the edge of the pond, the like of which I have never seen before. The main body is approximately...
I'm looking to identify a bright red, soft bodied insect: roundish, 4mm 3 pairs of legs, feelers: a kind of indented pattern on its back. Moves quite slowly....
Hi Darrell I assume from your e-mail address you are in the UK somewhere. Your insect is probably a bee fly - most likely Bombylius major. It is a parasite...
Malcolm: thanks! I've never seen one before, but that's it: found an image at www.cirrusimage.com/Arachnid_velvet_mite.htm Interesting! Thanks again ...
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