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Adonis Blues

Andy Horton — Tue, 28 May 2013 13:34:42 GMT

27 May 2013 With the sun came the butterflies on the lower slopes of Mill Hill, covered in a 50% flowering of Horseshoe Vetch,Hippocrepis comosa. After a

Hello

Matt Smith — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:42:45 GMT

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Re: Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

plf_cg — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 14:24:10 GMT

Yes larva is certainly Macrothylacia rubi

Peacock Butterfly

Andy Horton — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 15:40:41 GMT

Hello, 18 February 2013 I was surprised to see my first butterfly of the year. A fine Peacock Butterfly rose from the path* amongst the scrub on Mill Hill and

Re: Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

Alan — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:14:42 GMT

I agree mites, may not even be parasites, could just be hitching a lift. Alan From: Chris Townsend Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 9:14 PM To:

Re: Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

Steve Covey — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:58:10 GMT

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]

Re: Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

Andrew Stagg — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:05:15 GMT

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

Re: Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

Chris Townsend — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 21:14:49 GMT

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

Re: Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

Matt Smith — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:51:18 GMT

link not working for me. ________________________________ From: "Townsend, Chris" To: british_insects@yahoogroups.com Sent:

Caterpillar and parasites on New Forest Heath

Townsend, Chris — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:37:23 GMT

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

Re: A picture for id

Philippe Moniotte — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:22:59 GMT

Hi Colin, It's a True Bug, family miridae, Liocoris tripustulatus Philippe ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

A picture for id

colin_naughtymoose — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:10:18 GMT

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,

Three for ID

Brian Price — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:37:06 GMT

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:

Re: Damselfly for ID

Brian Price — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:51:21 GMT

Thanks Gordon, I'm sure thats what it is. I remember wondering about the 'fluttery' flight. Brian ... From: "gordonjarvis@..."

Re: Damselfly for ID

Steve Covey — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:15:24 GMT

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