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First Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year

Andy Horton — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:18:18 GMT

Hello, 2 July 2009 The brilliant sky blue of the first Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year rose from the lower slopes of Mill Hill, Old Shoreham just before

Re: ID Help please

Philippe Moniotte — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:46:19 GMT

Considering that even specialists are usually reluctant to give ID from photos with most tipulidae, ... I should say it has some probability of being

ID Help please

bensonbirdman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:07:53 GMT

Can someone help me ID the insect photo in the album "bensonbirdman" please. Tom

Sawflies

Gordon Jarvis — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:49:28 GMT

Hi I have uploaded three photos into Gordon Photos: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/british_insects/photos/album/2008021749/pic/list I know sawflies are

Re: Small Bees on Musk Thistle

SARAH PATTON — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:07:12 GMT

Perhaps you missed the message asking you for the two possibilities for this species? Sarah ... From: Andy Horton Subject: Re:

Re: Small Bees on Musk Thistle

Andy Horton — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:43:55 GMT

Hello Stuart, Thanks for the reply. Sorry there is an error. The correct link is http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Bees2009.htm#21June These html alternatives are a

Re: Small Bees on Musk Thistle

Stuart — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:04:35 GMT

... First link is broken. Second link shows a blurred bee. I can't give you any tips on this ID, but I can give you a few on using your camera. The diagonal

Re: Small Bees on Musk Thistle

SARAH PATTON — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:59:28 GMT

As there is a 50% chance of you being right, which two genera are you thinking of? Sarah ... From: Andy Horton Subject:

Small Bees on Musk Thistle

Andy Horton — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:46:39 GMT

Hello, Small Bees on Musk Thistle An interesting observation of frequent (12-50) small bees on Musk Thistle on the chalk downs of Mill Hill. I do not know what

Re: Various unidentified insects...

Nicholas Montegriffo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:24:15 GMT

Hi Bernard, I have just heard back from David Baldock who wrote the excellent book on the grasshoppers of Surrey, that the grasshopper nymph is indeed Mottled

Re: Various unidentified insects...

Nicholas Montegriffo — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:24:13 GMT

Hi Bernard, Many thanks for taking the time to look at these photos. I think you're spot on with both the beetles: I can just make out the hairs on the

Butterflies and other Flying Insects on the Adur Downs

Andy Horton — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:06:38 GMT

Hello, 14 June 2009 Privet was flowering in profusion and intruding on the lower slopes of Mill Hill in a damaging way (damaging to the long term prospects of

New file uploaded to british_insects

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:23:43 GMT

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Re: Various unidentified insects...

Nicholas Montegriffo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:52:46 GMT

Hi Bernard, Sorry about the delay getting back to you: I sent a reply yesterday and it seems to have disappeared into the ether, so apologies to anybody who

Re: ID - A gorgeous insect with amber-coloured legs and long antenna

walwyn — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:52:05 GMT

... It does look remarkable like one I photographed last year which Steve Lane just id for me as Stenocorus meridianus: