Hello, I am curious about a creature that I have seen a few times in my area. I live in Placerville, California. It is about 50 miles east of Sacramento in...
Can someone identify these hawkmoths ? I have identified them as Psilogramma menephron and P.increta. Is it correct? Regards Ms. V. Shubhalaxmi Education...
These moths can now be viewed at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub/files/Identity4/M2 and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bugclub/files/Identity4/M3...
... don;t ... There are alot of different kinds of little black ants... It depends on what part of the country you live in but they're probably pavement ants....
... today. ... and ... out ... It might be a carpenter bee. Male carpenter bees don't have stingers and are very large bees. While the female is laying eggs...
I believe what you have found is a scutigerid. They are fairly short centipedes with paler brown markings. They have 15 pairs of very long legs and at the...
I just joined the club. I have catalogued all or most of Long Island, New York's Crane-flies. The mosquitoe-like flies. that have long legs. They are sometimes...
... with ... of ... called Biological Pest Control,it is a fairly old publication.It lists all those biological control insects. Some of them are wasps....
Does anyone know of a good book available in the US on stick insects? Thanks, Gwen Gwendolyn Hooks EDITORS NOTE: Hi Gwen Yes there are two books published by...
I meant to include details of BioQuips web site which lists the AES books. See:- http://www.bioquip.com/html/other_insect_orders.htm and you can find details...
Hi all, Its gone very cold here in south-east England today. Yesterday there were a lot of queen Bumblebees flying around looking for holes in the ground to ...
Does anyone know the Order for flour bugs? I live in TX,USA EDITORS NOTE: There are invertebrates in several orders that feed on flour. These include the...
Derek, Further to my last posting regarding this manidble; is it possible it is not from an invertebrate at all, but from a small mammal? As I mentioned it...
Hello Mr. Fry, I am from Mumbai (India) and here the temperatures are soaring 35 degrees centigrade but I had happen to our nearest hill station which is...
This is from Buglife ... From: Matt Shardlow Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 11:22 AM Subject: Chocolate, comes from flies Happy Easter from Buglife! Exposing...
In south worcestershire - Few Brimstones, peacocks, small tortoiseshell and a red admiral. Also male orange-tip. Angle shades moth. Lots of bumblebees! Tim B...
I`m so excited! I`ve now got TWO chrysalises!!! The little green caterpillar is STILL in it`s chrysalis on the kitchen window sill (he`s quite tiny): He liked...
Such assignments are usually given to students to encourage them to research, speculate, and experiment to test their own ideas. Doing their research for them...
I built a terrarium to keep insects for a while before photographing them. I used a fish tank and a new top made of folded over lace to let air in. Here some...
THANK YOU Reg, It`s very kind of you to take the trouble in answering my email and giving me the breeding butterfly group tip ~ I`ll check it out : ) Thanks...
on sunday i was walking in deciduous woodland in essex uk and saw something weird!! it was about 3/4 to 1 inch long (not counting antennae) the body was slim...
Probably a moth of the family Incurvariidae. Perhaps a Nemophora species - got here: http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/ and do a moth search, e.g., for Nemophora...
Thanks Martin, If you start at the species suggested below on the ukmoths web site and then click on 'Previous species' and then 'Next species' you will find...
My son recently found a caterpillar, he is taking good care of it, but we don't know what kinds of leaves to give it for food. Have any suggestions? We live...
There are thousands of different caterpillars and some will eat a wide variety of plants or trees and other as little as one species. If it was found on a...
thanks martin,but the antennae in the pictures looked right but the wings on the thing i saw lay completely flat. good website you linked me to i'm going to ...