Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / October 2005

Lest week I saw this nice "larva" :
http://www.jarunee.org/images/018.jpg
does anyone knows which butterfly is it ?
Thanks

hi i found this spider in the
house:http://img484.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn63056jc.jpg
and i would like to know if anyone knows if it is dangerous/poisonous
Thanks Panos

Could someone please ID this moth that was found at my workplace in
Cornwall, UK in July by the pictures at:
http://www.burnsville.freeserve.co.uk/moth.htm
Cheers

Can anyone please identify this cricket (?)
(http://homepage.mac.com/patrick.goes/PhotoAlbum3.html), seen last
september near Beaumes-de-Venise, Vaucluse, France
Thanks !

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/672644
The total length of the bug is about 4mm. It is crawling towards the left in
the photo. I usually find them in groups of 2 to 5 inside dry powdery food
like milk powder, mash potatoe powder in a kitchen cabinet. I also found

I messed up the photo on this one:
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~park1424/sect.jpg
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~park1424/sect0.jpg
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~park1424/sect1.jpg

I assume its in larval stage. It does have 6 legs.
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~park1424/3.jpg
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~park1424/4.jpg
http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~park1424/5.jpg

Recently found this attached to a wooden roof truss in my attic and I assume
is some sort of nest. It's about 50cm in diameter, very light and appears to
be constructed of one sphere inside another with a hole underneath. Hope
that makes sense to somebody.

Can anybody tell what the tiny creature smack in the middle of this photo
is?
http://www.warrensarle.com/misc/Parasite.jpg
It was taken a few days ago in Cary, North Carolina, USA. An uncropped photo

Driving over Kebler Pass heading east out of Crested Butte, Colorado,
three friends and I saw what appeared to be migrating spiders heading
over the dirt road in the middle of the night. There were hundreds of
them, and while we didn't venture out of the car for a close

I know of some Box Elder trees that are standing dead.  I have
researched their btu value and while it is low, the trees are free.
They are located some 30 miles from me.
My question deals with the box elder bugs.  Is it possible to infest my

it is aprox 1" & has just apeared on my arm, please tell me it isn't.
I am in the UK.
Thanks,
Richard.

I took this picture of a beetle I found in my bathroom sink this
morning, it is covered with many tiny bugs (could be spiders, could be
beetle spawn, that's why I'm asking here...) that I assume were
consuming it?

It was night on Cape Cod MA recently. We were walking under a large
tree and heard clusters of three rapid and short low-frequency
"chirps,"
each followed by a space of a few seconds. There was a definite

I'm in the process of moving and just found a couple of fairly large
(about 1" diameter) black spiders underneath some pieces of furniture
that have not been disturbed in over 4 years.
The first one got smashed before I had a chance to see it, but we