bee nestbox possitioning
Fri, 3 Aug 2007 06:43:07 +0100
Hello,
What is the best possition for a bee nestbox with small tubes in it, in the
sun facing South or in the shade facing north?
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Best wishes, Tony Pearce
Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
email, pearcet@swallowfarm.fsnet.co.uk
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Midge parasites
Wed, 1 Aug 2007 21:47:36 +0100
An angling friend who takes great pics of insects favoured by trout has
taken one of a midge which appears to be infested with some sort of
parasite. Anyone able to provide any information about these please?
The midge in these pics is about 11mm overall.
http://www.bwllfa.co.uk/pics/midge.htm
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Dee Estuary Wales/England biting insects
Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:48:06 +0100
I heard talk today of a survey of a (fly?) or other biting insect
which is supposed to be rare, which occurs, sometimes in
discomforting numbers, in the estuary of the Dee?
Anyone heard of what the insect is, and point to some text
for a description?
2 people I know were bitten several times, although as far ...
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Insect id.
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:05:22 +0100
I'd be grateful for some help in identifying this insect.
http://www.runaid.co.uk/insect
I'm assuming it's of the Order Orthoptera but I cannot match its colour
to anything in my reference books.
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Insect id.
Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:05:22 +0100
I'd be grateful for some help in identifying this insect.
http://www.runaid.co.uk/insect
I'm assuming it's of the Order Orthoptera but I cannot match its colour
to anything in my reference books.
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Flowers of Iberian Peninsula
Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:27:41 +0100
Can anybody recommend a good, modern field guide to the flowers of the
Iberian peninsula?
I've just returned from holiday in the Sierra Aracena, NW of Seville -
the wild flowers where spectacular but most aren't in NW Europe or
Alpine guides I already have.
I do have a copy of "Flowers of the Mediterranean", ...
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Stick insects for free
Sun, 01 Jul 2007 22:26:21 +0100
Hi everybody!
My stick insects population is overgrown and I need to give away some in
order to keep the colony healthy.
Before I start to cull some of them is there anybody who would like to
have some as pets? They are lovely creepy crawly creatures and it is
very easy to care after them.
The species is Car ...
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Midges galore
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:04:46 +0100
Saturday midday I was walking along the "Wandle Way" in Merton (SW London)
when there was a light shower with weak sunshine. Almost at once every gap
in tree cover along the river bank was filled by clouds of tiny, pale,
flying things.
They did not seem to be hostile, but one had to be very careful not to
swall ...
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Odonata IDs please
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:01:07 +0100
Could people kindly confirm or provide identifications for my various
pictures of dragonflies, demoiselle flies and damselflies at
http://www.stewart.hinsley.me.uk/Images/Odonata/Odonata.php
(Note: the images have been trimmed, reduced and compressed, but there's
still the best part of 2Mb worth.)
The d ...
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FA Collecting & preserving natural history specimens 1876
Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:22:25 -0000
Notes on Collecting & Preserving Natural History Objects by J E Taylor
& Others. 1876,waer to extremities,some damp damage to exterior of
back board,otherwise a good solid copy.215 pages
Really most unusual manual on the preservation and collection of
natural history specimens of all categories:- Bones/Birds eggs ...
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