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26-04-2008, 08:25 AM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
Mine is a solitary Bee Fly which haunts the Forget me nots, too quick for a photo (too quick for me  ) I captured a little on video
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26-04-2008, 09:18 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SW London
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I was at work yesterday but managed to snap a Rove Beetle (c.9mm) on a wall:  |
26-04-2008, 11:26 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Suffolk
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I have just seen two Scarlet Lilly Beetles, look out lillies !! |
26-04-2008, 02:09 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I spotted a rather nice peacock butterfly yesterday morning  |
26-04-2008, 02:53 PM
|  | Dame Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: North Kent
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
Ok-I'm showing off now!
Today we've seen-
Brimstone, male and female
Large White
Peacock
Red Admiral
Dingy Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Bee-fly
Several mining bee species
Several bumble bee species
Scorpion Fly
2 species of Pyrausta moth
Several hoverfly species.
and a Common Wasp Queen.
Phew! Great stuff!
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26-04-2008, 07:36 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: S. Devon
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
Seen in my garden (and photographed). First Speckled Wood butterfly this year; several Melanostomas flying around; a very small cricket type creature, mostly dark brown with a full length pale top stripe. I will search my books later but may have to return to this forum to ask for an ID. |
26-04-2008, 08:49 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
I've been to Fowlmere + Paxton Pits today + seen the following:
7 species butterfly:
Peacock
Comma
Green-veined White
Orange Tip
Brimstone (loads!)
Speckled Wood
Holly Blue
Also Large Red Damselfly, Dark Bush-cricket nymph, Tortoise Beetle, Cassida sp + 7-spot Ladybird. |
26-04-2008, 08:56 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Barnsley
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
A local earth bank produced a male Priocnemis perturbator (Spider-hunting wasp). This enabled me to positively confirm the closely related but rarer P.susterai (2nd Yorks record) which I found at the same spot 2 years ago.
All my previous perturbator had been females. So, a great day! |
26-04-2008, 10:50 PM
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
While watering some lupins in the greenhouse I saw lots of aphids  Then on closer inspection of the pots I saw sucked dry aphids on the bottom of the pot. Then looking even closer found a very tiny spider you cant beat natural control..So mine is my tiny spider. Haven't a clue what it is and too small for my camera to get an id. |
27-04-2008, 10:09 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Berkshire
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| | | Re: Insect of the Day
Mrs Fish, you beat me to it. I was going to start this thread with a beautiful moth that was looking though my kitchen window. 
I believe it is a Purple Thorn - Selenia tetralunaria - but I may be wrong. It is beautiful, whatever it is.
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