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11-09-2005, 10:03 AM
|  | Active Member | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Salisbury, UK
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| | | Ladybird Survey
Does the Cambridge ladybird survey still occur? I bought a booklet in 1987 and kept records for a few years. At that time I had been fascinated to see dozens of ladybirds in the bark of a Cupressus horizontalis shrub in my garden. For the past 3 or 4 years, the ladybirds seem to be very few in number, although I haven't been keeping diligent records.
Was reading Monty Don's column in last weeks Weekend magazine (Daily Mail). He says growing umbelliferae such as dill and feenel are attractive to ladybirds. Think I may try this.  |
12-09-2005, 08:49 AM
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| | The survey has been expanded - look at www.ladybird-survey.org and www.harlequin-survey.org for the Harlequin Ladybird survey. There is a picture of a Harlequin Ladybird in the insects Gallery.
henrya |
04-10-2005, 08:00 AM
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| | | ladybird surveys
There are several local ladybird surveys as well as the national one: I co-ordinate surveys for London and Essex ( www.ladybird-survey.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ ). People may find it easire to use their local survey - we certainly exchange all records with the national survey so no one will lose out!
Can I ask everyone to keep and report sightings of all ladybirds? We want to see what the invasive species Harmonia axyridis is doing (there are masses of them active now in London)*but* we also want to know the affect they're having on native species. To do this we need as many records as possible, now and in the future.
Best wishes, Paul |
04-10-2005, 12:08 PM
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| | | extracted from the Bedforsdhire Natural History Society's email forum:
Whether you are a BNHS member or not. All are welcome to the BNHS Meeting at Elstow Sports & Social Club, Wilstead Road, Elstow TL051469 at 7.45pm on Thursday 13 October 2005 where Peter Brown, the UK Ladybird Project Officer at Monks Wood will be talking on "Native Ladybirds and the Harlequin Project".
Entry is FREE and all are very welcome
As part of next years 60th BNHS celebrations we may well conduct a Ladybird survey covering Bedfordshire. So this is a good time to get some basics under our belts
Any one from this forum would be more than welcome to attend | | |
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