Hello Everybody, Have you seen any butterflies this month ? I haven't today, not even a White over the Middle Road allotments. Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List...
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Bernard
gordon887077
Nov 3, 2008 5:38 pm
Hi Andy, I'm not much help as the two I saw at Hayle on Saturday 1st. Nov. were flying too high up to ID , may have been Peacocks, they were very dark, and I...
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Martin Harvey
haematocephalus
Nov 5, 2008 2:16 pm
Gordon, I think this is the larva of the beetle Drilus flavescens. It's a nationally scarce species. I encountered a few times when I lived in Hampshire, and...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Nov 5, 2008 3:36 pm
Thank you very much Martin. I'll keep my eye open in that area. Regards Gordon 2008/11/5 Martin Harvey <kitenetter@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis ...
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Mike Williams
mykie_williams
Jan 6, 2009 12:50 am
Hi Group I have quite a number of large Helophorus sp. which I caught in pitfall traps in a wheat field close to a drainage ditch and would be grateful if...
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Bart van Herk
evanherk
Jan 6, 2009 6:33 am
... hopefully the photos are clear enough to confirm the ID. < the pictures are quite good, but would be a lot better if you used 'white balance' before taking...
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Matt Smith
matsmith60
Jan 6, 2009 2:36 pm
Hi Mike  H.grandis looks good to me, genatalia look right and the size is right. The teeth on the edge of the last sternite are sometimes easier to see if...
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Mike Williams
mykie_williams
Jan 7, 2009 9:55 am
Hi Matt Thanks for ID confirmation and tip about viewing the teeth on the last sternite, much clearer now. I've now checked all of my larger Helophorus...
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revrobertmounce
Jan 8, 2009 7:41 pm
Hello, its a pleasure to be here so I would like to make a contribution by saying I just read a most wonderful book called- The Life Cycles of Butterflies by:...
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Malcolm Ogilvie
malcolmogi2000
Jan 9, 2009 8:26 am
Thanks for the advert. The book may indeed be everything you say it is, but this mailing list is called *British* Insects! I would also advise anyone visiting...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Feb 27, 2009 5:30 pm
Hello I don't expect an ID but on 26/02 I saw a number of insects in a woodland pond. They appeared to be using leaves to camouflage themselves. I have ...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Feb 28, 2009 12:19 pm
Looks like Nepa cinerea, Water Scorpion. Think the family is Nepidae. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nepa_cinerea01.jpg HTH Malcolm From:...
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Matt Smith
matsmith60
Feb 28, 2009 4:12 pm
Caddisfly larvae in their leaf cases. If they are in a pond at this time of year then they are almost certainly from the family Limnephilidae. ...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
Mar 1, 2009 11:02 am
Yes, agreed. Was trying to make the leaf into part of the insect! Malcolm From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On...
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Craig Macadam
macadac1
Mar 1, 2009 8:04 pm
Hi Gordon, Your mystery insect is most likely Glyphotaelius pellucidus. This species creates its case out of dead leaves and often has other bits and pieces...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Mar 1, 2009 8:53 pm
Hi Craig It was one of about 6 which I found in a shallow swampy woodland pond. They were at the point where the water flows out over a low gate, the water at ...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
Mar 16, 2009 1:19 pm
Hello, 15 March 2009 The first Comma, Peacock and Brimstone Butterflies and a Red Admiral were all seen on the outskirts of Shoreham. A further five Peacock...
Hello, 30 March 2009 The first Grizzled Skipper of the year seen on the lower slopes of Mill Hill was a great surprise and the first one recorded in March. I...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
Apr 6, 2009 5:49 pm
Hello, 6 April 2009 Two further butterflies put in their first appearances of the year: a single Speckled Wood in the copse on top of Mill Hill, and a male...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Apr 17, 2009 5:53 pm
I have uploaded a couple of photos into Gordons photos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/album/2008021749/pic/1703993529/view?picmode=&mo ...
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Martin Harvey
haematocephalus
Apr 21, 2009 6:44 pm
Gordon, Great photos of a fascinating insect. It looks very much like the delphacid bug Asiraca clavicornis - see the British Bugs website for more info: ...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
Apr 21, 2009 7:26 pm
Martin Many thanks. It certainly does look like it. I will be reporting it. Gordon 2009/4/21 Martin Harvey <kitenetter@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis ...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
May 3, 2009 3:29 pm
Hello, 3 May 2009 Two species of butterfly were seen for the first time on the lower slopes of Mill Hill. Just before midday the first male Adonis Blue was...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
May 4, 2009 2:06 pm
Hello I photographed the attached today (04/05) In South East England on the side of a country road. I'd be grateful for help to bring to a family or even...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
May 4, 2009 2:50 pm
Hi Gordon, Attached files are removed by Yahoo to prevent the spread of viruses. You need to visit the group's webpage and upload them. HTH Malcolm From:...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
May 4, 2009 3:36 pm
Thanks Malcolm I forgot. Gordon 2009/5/4 Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh (VC14) [Non-text portions of this message...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
May 4, 2009 3:38 pm
Hello Try again I have uploaded a photo into Gordons photos http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/album/2008021749/pic/list It was taken today...
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Malcolm Storey
bioimages2000
May 4, 2009 8:40 pm
Brown lacewing - Hemerobiidae. Malcolm From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:british_insects@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Gordon Jarvis Sent: 04 May...
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Gordon Jarvis
gordon1127
May 5, 2009 6:36 am
Thankyou Malcolm Regards Gordon 2009/5/4 Malcolm Storey <malcolm.storey@...> ... -- Gordon Jarvis Peasmarsh (VC14) [Non-text portions of this message...
