Portland Bird Observatory and Field Centre http://www.portlandbirdobs.btinternet.co.uk/wildlife_diary_1and2_2001.htm Wildlife Diary An interesting web site...
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British Marine Life S...
glaucus25
Aug 3, 2003 7:05 am
Hello, What wasp, found on Hogweed in Aldwick, Sussex? Any ideas? I was sent this. I do NOT think this is an easy one. I have a few ideas, but I do not think I...
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British Marine Life S...
glaucus25
Aug 3, 2003 7:16 am
Hello, Can anybody identify this caterpillar discovered feeding on Borage at Aldwick, Sussex? The image can be found at: ...
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Sarah Patton
sarah1965patton
Aug 3, 2003 7:26 am
Can't get either of your links to work Andy! (Or the wasp) Sarah...
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glaucus25
Aug 3, 2003 7:27 am
Hello Sarah, You are up early. Isn't it marine week at Pagham today? The picture showed at first and then disappeared: ...
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Sarah Patton
sarah1965patton
Aug 3, 2003 7:36 am
Hi Andy Still no luck with the pictures I'm afraid:-( We moth-ers are always up at the crack of dawn - it's mid-morning now! Yes, there is something going on...
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glaucus25
Aug 3, 2003 8:05 am
Hello, The pictures are not appearing. Just another fault. They should be now found in the following album: http://www.smartgroups.com/pictures/openalbum.cfm? ...
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British Marine Life S...
glaucus25
Aug 3, 2003 4:32 pm
Hello, 3 August 2003 Guided Butterfly Walk Friends of Lancing Ring arranged for expert Brianne Reeve of the Butterfly Conservation group to lead a walk over...
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happy_hippy2002
Aug 4, 2003 6:52 am
Hello Yesterday I noticed a lovely insect that reminded me of a hummingbird - it was about 1.5 - 2 inches long, half its body was an orange colour the other...
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Sarah Patton
sarah1965patton
Aug 4, 2003 7:38 am
This would have been a Humming-bird Hawk Moth, which is a migrant. There have been a good number seen this year and there should be a noticeable 'home-bred'...
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happy_hippy2002
Aug 4, 2003 10:36 am
Thank you Sarah, I'll look out for more - where do they come from? Many thanks, best wishes, Katherine ... There ... noticeable ... just had ... an ... like ...
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javajaneo
Aug 4, 2003 8:26 pm
Hi all :-) Just found your group and am reading past messages to catch up :-) Butterflies and moths are my hobby, and I have a caterpillar ID website (which...
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brianhstone@...
brianhstone
Aug 5, 2003 10:33 am
Insects recorded at Farcet Fen, near Peterborough, Cambs Saturday morning (2/8). Butterflies Painted Lady, 220, (virtually all very fresh) Peacock, 100, ...
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Sarah Patton
sarah1965patton
Aug 5, 2003 8:43 pm
Hi Katherine They migrate across from mainland Europe. There are many different migrant moths arriving at the moment! Sarah...
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Chris Court
ccourtuk
Aug 6, 2003 9:39 am
Last week I saw what I originally thought was a cranefly buzzing round the lamp, on closer inspection in had a black & yellow striped abdomen & black tips to...
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bripriuk
Aug 6, 2003 11:09 am
Hi Chris I had a quick look through my books, and did not find any wasps with long legs. However, I did find the Tiger Crane-flies ( Nephrotoma species) see...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Aug 6, 2003 11:27 am
Hi Chris, Sounds like a tiger cranefly: Nephrotoma spp. Some of these (eg N. flavipalpis) are tiger-striped. http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P29672.HTM ...
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Andy Banthorpe
andybanthorpe
Aug 7, 2003 1:02 pm
Hi all, Can someone please have a go at identifying the following pic of a fly taken today in Md-Bedfordshire. It was sitting on Typha minima by our garden ...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Aug 7, 2003 1:09 pm
Hi Andy, It's Eriothrix rufomaculata (DeGeer, 1776) (a parasitic fly - family Tachinidae) Here's my picture (but your is much better!!) ...
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Andy Banthorpe
andybanthorpe
Aug 7, 2003 6:02 pm
Malcolm, Excellent! - thanks for such a swift reply - I have looked it up on the net, found the tachinid website and sent in the record Rgds Andy ... From:...
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Ken
kenupglen2003
Aug 8, 2003 11:43 am
I have just captured (and released) a VERY large, wasp or hornet. I didn't have a macro camera and didn't want to kill it, so it's still at large, although I...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Aug 8, 2003 11:48 am
Hi Ken, How about: Urocerus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758) (greater horntail wasp)? http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/P61459.HTM It's the right time of year. HTH ...
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Ken
kenupglen2003
Aug 8, 2003 11:51 am
Malcolm, This definitely looks like the beast. Could it be 65mm long ? And is that an ovipoistor ? Thanks ! I'm impressed !...
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Storey, M.W.
bioimages2000
Aug 8, 2003 12:27 pm
Ken, It's big, yes. 4 web-sites say 40mm, but maybe that doesn't include the ovipositor. Don't think we have anything similar that's bigger. Yes, an...
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wes_matson
Aug 9, 2003 2:18 am
BRITISH INSECTS A suite of packages for interactive information retrieval and identification, with illustrations from classic works (L. Watson and M. J....
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Chris Webster
ecf82
Aug 9, 2003 10:38 pm
I'm listening to a couple of singing crickets, here in Reading. They start up at about 2200, and carry on continuously for a couple of hours, except when...
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British Marine Life S...
glaucus25
Aug 10, 2003 8:39 am
Hello, We went up to Lancing Ring (West Sussex) to discuss the cow grazing plan on Mill Hill and Lancing Ring with the SDCB. The Mill Hill plan seems more...
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bripriuk
Aug 10, 2003 10:39 am
Hi all Could someone help me out with this strange beetle I photographed in North London on Saturday. Body length without antennae about 12mm - it scarpered...
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Keith Edkins
keithedkins
Aug 10, 2003 11:18 am
... in ... Not beetle, Bug nymph. I think it's the squash bug Coreus marginatus. See (my photos): http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/insects/coreoidea.htm#coreus ...
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Steve Covey
od0man
Aug 10, 2003 7:29 pm
Hi All, got very excited this afternoon! I thought I had a rare hoverfly species Doros profuges on my marjorum but after consulting the literature I've...
