Wild About Britain - Insects and Invertebrates http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums Insect identification and info invertebrates from ladybirds and dragonflies to beetles and spiders en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:04:42 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/images/misc/rss.jpg Wild About Britain - Insects and Invertebrates http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums can anyone identify please??? http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63194-can-anyone-identify.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:43:04 GMT Hi everyone Could anyone identify this little critter for me please? I keep finding them on the walls in my bedroom. Should i be worried about them? I also found lots of little cacoon types thing on my towels, They were about 1cm and a rusty colour and i only found them on my orange... Hi everyone

Could anyone identify this little critter for me please? I keep finding them on the walls in my bedroom.
Should i be worried about them?

I also found lots of little cacoon types thing on my towels, They were about 1cm and a rusty colour and i only found them on my orange towel

Thanks in advance for any info ]]> Insects and Invertebrates spiderbait http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63194-can-anyone-identify.html Close-up video of millipede http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63170-close-up-video-millipede.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:50:44 GMT Another addition to my wildlife video collection on Youtube - a remarkable close-up look at a tiny millipede outside my house as it crawls along the slabs - YouTube - A tiny millipede

View the rest of my wildife footage at YouTube - onlineWOF's Channel

Cheers
Gordon ]]> Insects and Invertebrates onlineWOF http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63170-close-up-video-millipede.html <![CDATA[[ID] Leafhopper, please!]]> http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63149-leafhopper.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:48:06 GMT Hi all, I saw this - several of them in fact - on *Whitebeam* I believe. _18/11/2009_ Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/508/thumbs/DSCF8890.JPG (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php/photo/117774) *_Which Cicadellid bug?_* It was good to see these... Hi all,

I saw this - several of them in fact - on Whitebeam I believe.

18/11/2009

Which Cicadellid bug?

It was good to see these as active as they were. I'm sure they'll be a first for me - it does look pretty distinctive, though it does look similar to Ribautiana spp.

Any help appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Take care,

Jason :cool: ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Jason Green http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63149-leafhopper.html Books on Bees - which one to get? http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63146-books-bees-one-get.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:27:09 GMT Hi.

I've got a birthday in December and with Christmas as well I'm already being asked what I want as a present.

Since getting into bees I've really fancied a good reference book on bees (worldwide or just UK) - not just bumbles or social bees... but everything. Does such a book exist? It doesn't have to be just an ID book, I'm really looking for something that tells me all sorts of things - nesting behaviour, flowers they like, loads of great photos, etc etc.

I've already got Bees of Surrey (which is excellent) but I'd be really interested to hear what your favourite bee books are.

Cheers

Jane ]]> Insects and Invertebrates tigger http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63146-books-bees-one-get.html Side view of white-necked barkfly http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63144-side-view-white-necked-barkfly.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:09:26 GMT Stony Stratford, Bucks.

This afternoon I managed to get a side-on shot of the barkfly I posted about 10 days ago (Jason G. had requested side view), see: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/fo...d-barkfly.html

Well I can't guarantee it's exactly the same individual :), only that it was on the fence right next to the gate where I photographed the last one. I also have a dorsal shot of this second individual which is pretty much indistinguishable from the first one and I have no doubts about it being the same species. For convenience I've also shown the previous image below:

7th November


18th November


Bruce:) ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Bruce Williams http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63144-side-view-white-necked-barkfly.html Insect Reference Sheets http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63143-insect-reference-sheets.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:59:07 GMT I don't know if anyone can help me, earlier this year i was working for a forest keeper and he had managed to get hold of some plasticised folding sheets containing accurate pictures of Butterflies, he also had others for wild flowers, fungi (I think) and maybe birds but really can't remember, he also couldn't remember where he aquired those from so i was wondering if anyone here had come across anything similar, as i would love to have those for quick reference purposes.

Ian ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Beekeeper http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63143-insect-reference-sheets.html Kidney-spot ladybird for confirmation of id http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63135-kidney-spot-ladybird-confirmation.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:52:47 GMT Stony Stratford, Bucks. On old wooden fence below ash, willow and sycamore. quite a difficult subject photographically so am keen to get another opportunity. Would appreciate confirmation of id before I upload to the gallery. Image:... Stony Stratford, Bucks. On old wooden fence below ash, willow and sycamore.

quite a difficult subject photographically so am keen to get another opportunity.

Would appreciate confirmation of id before I upload to the Gallery.





Bruce:) ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Bruce Williams http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63135-kidney-spot-ladybird-confirmation.html Woodlouse mystery Armadillidium depressum http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63130-woodlouse-mystery-armadillidium-depressum.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:14:24 GMT Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/511/thumbs/Louse-Woodlouse-Villette-30.jpg (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php?photo=117751) Spotted these two beneath a piece of loose bark on a Maple tree in Burgundy late last month. They seem to have a different...

Spotted these two beneath a piece of loose bark on a Maple tree in Burgundy late last month.
They seem to have a different pattern of marking from those that I see in my garden .

Can anyone offer some suggestions regarding identification please. I have stabbed at the Latin name. ]]> Insects and Invertebrates brianholland http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63130-woodlouse-mystery-armadillidium-depressum.html Barkflies http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63106-barkflies.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:44:50 GMT I've been doing a bit of barkfly hunting today. :)

First one I think is Ectopsocus briggsi?



I think this second one is a nymph with its stubby little wings.



While photographing the 2nd barkly I spotted the tiniest barkfly I have seen, less than 1mm in length. Am I right in thinking that the tiny eyes in comparison with its head and lack of wings make this Liposcelididae?




Thanks for the help.
Daniel ]]> Insects and Invertebrates coopder http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63106-barkflies.html Insect ID Please http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63099-insect.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:19:51 GMT Hello All :), Have not been able to find this in my usual identification books so thought I’d try here. It was found on a springtime coastal walk and from what I remember, it was about the size of a common wasp. Image:... Hello All :),

Have not been able to find this in my usual identification books so thought I’d try here.

It was found on a springtime coastal walk and from what I remember, it was about the size of a common wasp.





Any help appreciated,

Sienna

P.S. For future reference what would be the best type of object to put next to an insect to show some scale? Assuming it stays still for long enough :D ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Sienna http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63099-insect.html Mystery Bee late October http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63095-mystery-bee-late-october.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:16:26 GMT Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/82/thumbs/Bee-Mystery-Villette-28_10.jpg (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php?photo=117690) This busy chap was avidly working on a lobelia shrub but while I can eliminate what it is not identifying it escapes me. Can...

This busy chap was avidly working on a lobelia shrub but while I can eliminate what it is not identifying it escapes me.

Can anyone please jhelp?

Thank you,

Brian. ]]> Insects and Invertebrates brianholland http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63095-mystery-bee-late-october.html Psyllids http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63082-psyllids.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:41:01 GMT Hi,

Three Psyllids taken recently. Problems with Image Library upload, one lot didn't go then when I reloaded they went into the 'identifed insects' where I hadn't put them. ;)

I don't have much of a clue on any of them, I searched around for the orange one with no luck.

The orange one, which happened to be dead inside. It got wafted away on the breeze when I took it outside or I would have had a specimen!:rolleyes:

Janet :)

]]> Insects and Invertebrates JRsbugs http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63082-psyllids.html <![CDATA[[ID] Two leafhoppers, please!]]> http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63079-two-leafhoppers.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:35:59 GMT Hi all, Two hoppers here, please... _2009_ Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/508/thumbs/Crataegi.JPG (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php/photo/117643) Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/508/thumbs/Makarovi-nymph_poss.JPG ... Hi all,

Two hoppers here, please...

2009

Maybe Edwardsiana crataegi and nymph Aphrodes makarovi? I've seen one in the same area...
...website images... hence size

Thanks for looking!

Take care,

Jason :cool: ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Jason Green http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63079-two-leafhoppers.html life http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63077-life.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:12:41 GMT just started on bbc1 a program on insects with david attenborough just started on bbc1 a program on insects with david attenborough ]]> Insects and Invertebrates dunlin http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63077-life.html Unidentified ladybird http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63075-unidentified-ladybird.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:43:39 GMT Stockgrove Country Park, Beds. On fence near Scots Pine. Help with identification appreciated as always. Image: http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/data/82/thumbs/DSC_9781_w.jpg (http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/archive/showphoto.php/photo/117642) Bruce:) Stockgrove Country Park, Beds. On fence near Scots Pine.

Help with identification appreciated as always.



Bruce:) ]]> Insects and Invertebrates Bruce Williams http://www.wildaboutbritain.co.uk/forums/insects-and-invertebrates/63075-unidentified-ladybird.html