Hi All Virtually the first insect pic of the year, and the usual help required: Taken at The London Wetland Centre, about 12mm long: ...
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gordonjarvis@...
gordonjarvis...
Apr 10, 2012 6:20 pm
Hello Brian, Not an insect but a woodlouse possibly 'armadillidium vulgare' Common pill woodlouse Gordon...
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Stuart Hine
stuart_hine
Apr 11, 2012 12:36 am
Well not strictly an insect Brian, too many legs - its a crustacean. This is the Pill Woodlouse, Armadillium vulgare. Its a good looking Woodlice as Woodlice...
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morgaston
Apr 11, 2012 12:37 am
It's an Armadillidium vulgare ( Common pill woodlouse ) so, not an insect but a terrestial crustacean, In the group Isopoda. ATB Keith...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Apr 11, 2012 8:11 am
Thank you all for your help. I've been reading up on woodlice, they are certainly interesting creatures. No doubt I'll be back for more help soon. Brian ... ...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Apr 16, 2012 8:13 pm
I can't find this hoverfly in my books, can anyone help? http://www.secalis.co.uk/Files/D1204_C098.jpg Taken today (Monday) at Rye Meads RSPB reserve in...
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Ian Andrews
andrewsi25
Apr 16, 2012 9:08 pm
It's an Anasimyia, but not sure of the species. ian To: british_insects@yahoogroups.com From: brian@... Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:12:58 +0100 ...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Apr 17, 2012 12:50 pm
Thanks, Ian The reason I couldn't find it was that the last two pages of my copy of Stubbs were stuck together - doohh! Brian ... From: "Ian Andrews"...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Apr 19, 2012 3:18 pm
Hi I'm going through my old photos, and I need the usual help with this hoverfly, photographed in August 2010 at The London Wetland Centre. ...
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Philippe Moniotte
pgmoni
Apr 19, 2012 3:25 pm
Volucella inanis seems very likely. Philippe ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hi With all the bad weather I've been going through my old photos. Can anyone help with this one, taken in May 2009 ...
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Alan
tipula_maxima
Apr 28, 2012 12:15 pm
It looks like a Saw Fly. Alan From: Brian Price Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 11:34 AM To: british_insects@yahoogroups.com Subject: [british_insects] One for ID...
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Claudia Watts
cmw_newham
Apr 30, 2012 12:14 pm
For anyone in the Suffolk/Norfolk vicinity (or further afield if you are happy to travel), the BENHS are holding a regional meeting on Brecklands invertebrates...
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Andy Horton
glaucus25
May 14, 2012 12:37 pm
Hello, I used to know what this small moth is called but I have forgotten. Any help appreciated. This photograph is good enough for ID, but the out of focus...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Jun 6, 2012 3:12 pm
Hi Can anyone help me out with this, photographed last week at Rainham Marshes RSPB reserve? http://www.secalis.co.uk/notefiles/D1205_G118.jpg Brian...
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Luker, Sally
sallyluker2
Jun 6, 2012 4:50 pm
Looks like a Drinker moth caterpillar :) ___________________________________ Sally Luker - PhD Researcher Centre for Ecology and Conservation College of Life...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Jun 6, 2012 7:03 pm
Thanks Sally Brian ... From: "Luker, Sally" <sl387@...> To: <british_insects@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 5:50 PM Subject: RE:...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Jun 7, 2012 8:18 am
Hi I'm really puzzled wih this one, photographed at the same time as the moth larva at Rainham Marsh RSPB reserve in Essex. ...
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gordonjarvis@...
gordonjarvis...
Jun 7, 2012 8:46 am
... Hello Brian I would suggest Emerald damsely lestes sponsa regards Gordon...
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Steve Covey
od0man
Jun 7, 2012 11:15 am
Hi Brian, this is a teneral male Azure Damselfly [Coenagrion puella]. You can just see the blue colouration just starting to appear on the segments nearest the...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Jun 7, 2012 11:51 am
Thanks Gordon, I'm sure thats what it is. I remember wondering about the 'fluttery' flight. Brian ... From: "gordonjarvis@..."...
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Brian Price
bripriuk
Jun 20, 2012 7:37 am
Hi The usual help required for these, photographed at Rye Meads RSPB reserve in Hertfordshire. Pic 1: http://www.secalis.co.uk/notefiles/D1206_A021.jpg Pic 2:...
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colin_naughtymoose
colin_naught...
Aug 18, 2012 8:10 am
Hi. This week, at Stanford Wharf/Stanford Warren, in Essex, I saw a small (3-5mm) black bug. It had an inverted white/cream 'v' at the front/top of its body,...
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Philippe Moniotte
pgmoni
Aug 18, 2012 8:22 am
Hi Colin, It's a True Bug, family miridae, Liocoris tripustulatus Philippe ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Townsend, Chris
christophert...
Nov 29, 2012 1:37 pm
Hi Folks Any idea on which caterpillar and what the 'parasites' might be ??...guessing lasiocampid with ticks/mites pic at following link , if not attached ...
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Matt Smith
matsmith60
Nov 29, 2012 5:51 pm
link not working for me. ________________________________ From: "Townsend, Chris" <chris.townsend@...> To: british_insects@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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Chris Townsend
christophert...
Nov 29, 2012 9:14 pm
oops try this http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/album/1488297618/pic/33636450/view?picmode=&mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=1&count=20&dir=asc ...
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Andrew Stagg
staggandrew
Nov 30, 2012 11:05 am
Looks like little red mites to me - I have seen them before but typically on adult meadow brown butterflies. Andrew From: british_insects@yahoogroups.com...
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Steve Covey
od0man
Nov 30, 2012 4:58 pm
 I'd have said mites too. The larva looks like an early instar Fox Moth. See here: http://www.ukleps.org/CommNamesAlphabetical.html Cheers, Steve [VC7/8] ...
