Hi guys, There has been a bit of publicity recently about these tube web spiders
that have invaded British ports from abroad. Not really sure why, seeing as...
Hi Graeme, Haven't seen the news items, but assume it's Segestria florentina (up to 22mm). We have two other spp in family Segestriidae, both in Segestria: S....
Thanks Malcolm, I've looked up all three species now, and I'm still not sure.
I suppose my childhood chums were mostly senoculata, but I think this
one's too...
HI all My 9 year old is doing a project for school on bugs and I found this in a market. I admit to knowing nothing about inects. I did try and figure it out...
Hi, I have posted 3 pictures of a bug we are having a problem with. They are in our daughter's bedroom. We live in the North East of the UK. They are about...
Hey, my name is Jason, let me know if this is an anti-collecting group because that's what I do. I collect leps of Texas and North America. Is the majority...
It is a stag beetle of some kind. You do not say where you are so identification to species level may be difficult. If you were in the UK I would suggest...
Hello David, I picked up the "bug" in Shanghai China. I could not tell you any closer than that. So I assume it is from that area, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand...
Hi Gordon, I assume from your email address you're in California. I know nothing about US beetles but this looks (almost certainly is) a member of the...
It looks to be incased in Lucite, so its a commercially reared species, most probally from Thailand a similar specimen proported to be Lucanus hermani is on...
Variegated carpet beetles? <http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/coldwaterjohn/2009_05_04?authkey=Gv1sRgCN\ mLvMKyraLIMQ#> A few weeks ago we had new carpeting fitted...
Ah i didnt see there was a photo!, i would agree looks a bit like a pollen beetle On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@... ...
I was in the woods hiking yesterday when i came to and up rooted tree upon closer investigation i noticed tiny brite red bugs really brite red has six legs was...
yes that is a Variegated carpet beetle, the adults are pollen feeders, you only really need to worry if your carpets are natural fibres (particularly wool) On...
Looking at the larger pictures on Yahoo group site I would say Anobium spp. 3 elongate terminal antennal segments and the pronotal shape. Cheers Dave Hodges ...
Hello. I live in the southern United States, southeast Texas, Harris County (near Houston). A few weeks ago I turned over a a concrete paver, and found a most...
Hi all, Many thanks for your help. I got a live one last night and took some more pictures. Sorry they are not too good but I didn't have a tripod to hand so...
Hi, I've posted three photos in the '000 Experts to ID' album (images 22-24)in the hope that someone can tell me what these critters are which are littering my...
Hi, I'm so happy to have found this club. Our yard and home are overrun with bugs. Most I know, but there are three I don't. One is either a centipede or...
The Amateur Entomologists' Society is running a drawing competition. The prize is two free entry tickets to the Butterfly Jungle exhibition at London's Natural...
Hello, The photo you suplied is a springtail, order Collembola. Harmless to all but algae and moulds AFAIK. If they're in your bathroom, then you may have a...
Hi does anyone know if there is a more recent checklist that the RES small orders checklist to the Diplurans and the Silverfish/allied order Thanks Andy...
Hi all, I'm writing from a television company near Bristol - we are currently filming a documentary series on the wildlife of China's bamboo forests and are...
Hi guys, I was in Meopham, North Kent, on Bank Holiday Monday and it was the time
of the annual swarming of St. Mark's flies.
They were hanging around in the...
I parked my car under a tree in san jose, ca overnight. in the morning i walked up to it and it was speckled with sap and tiny white insects. I'm guessing...
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