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 ...
Try lookijng at beeflies. They tend to look a bit triangular and when feeding at flowers have a long protruding tongue. There is the dark edged beefly and also...
My friend in coast in S E Englandsent me a photo of an insect we cannot identify. It was found 2 days after the snow. Is there somewhere i can add a photo for...
Hello We have found a number of these bugs in our kindergarten sand pit (please see pics), and not being able to find it on bug id website i thought i would...
Hi Iain I assume from your e-mail address you are in the UK somewhere. Is your kindergarden sandpit one that is sitting on the soil in some way, ie not a...
NEW BOOK: Harvey, C.A. and J.C. Saénz (editors). 2008. Evaluación y conservación de biodiversidad en paisajes fragmentados de Mesoamerica. INBio, Heredia,...
Hi, I found this in E.Sussex The other day on sedge. It looks a bit like an alder fly, but don't think it is, any ideas? It is in the folder section Folder...
... Thanks for the offer but we have a meadow not a lawn. We've let the grass grow for the wildflowers for about 10 years now. First 8 years it was dominated...
VIII Latinoamerican Scarabaeoidology Meeting – RELAS Selva Negra – NICARAGUA 2008 Organized each 2 years, the Latinoamerican Scarabaeoidology Meeting are...
Dear friends, There is a mistake in the URL of Selva Negra Hotel, Nicaragua. The good one is as follow: http://www.selvanegra.com/es/Home-Resort.html ...
Hi everyone, Can anyone tell me what this aquatic larva is please?
It was swimming around in a pond in North-West Kent (UK) and is
currently just over an inch...
Hi Graeme Best guess from the pics - it's a larva of Colymbetes fuscus, a very common species. It is certainly not a Hydrophilius larva - no gills down the...
I am calling this a Wood Tick because it probably is but I do not see the white markings on any of the photos in the references that I have. js -- PHOTO OF THE...
I posted two images in a new folder in the photo section called "Home Spider." It is located on the photo section at 1 - 16 of 125. I get these very tiny...
Helping me clear ivy from a lilac today, my son found a grey-brown stick like caterpillar on the move. It moved by bringing its end right up to its front pair...
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