Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / September 2006

This buterflay in Italy  ?? do you know the name ?
http://i9.tinypic.com/4d34z9i.jpg
ciao Fabio

I have a bee problem at my house. The nest is under some folaige so i
am not able to check out how large it is. I'm guessing it is a very
large nest as there are hundreds of bees flying around swarming near it
during the daytime.

Dear Fellow Leppers,
With regards to global warming, I think it's a no-brainer at this point.
First we have a well-respected and well-tested model of how the earth is
kept warm. This model was developed independently of a particular

[Deutsch:]
Hallo!
Kennt jemand die Art dieses Insekts ?
Handelt es sich um eine Hornisse, Wespe ?

Discovered this caterpillar on heritage birch tree in Pennsylvania,
USA.
Similar in color and shape to hornworm only much larger -- aproximately
3 inches in length and one inch in diameter.

Hope someone here can help.
We've just seen an insect feeding on Verbena bonariensis in our back
garden. The insect looked to me like a scaled-down hummingbird. I think
it was around 4cm long, with a proboscis about the same length. It was

I was wondering if anyone here could help me identify this spider?  It
has taken up residence between the chains of our swingset.
http://picasaweb.google.com/mtbowen/Spider?authkey=J-EedQy6BJe9-zNJ3krVdj3BsB8
Any help is appreciated.  

Please see
http://home.comcast.net/~ricpicstudios/
Thanks
/Rich

F.Y.I.
some incisive news on ExxonMobil & their cronies
cheers,
Roger

Neil Jones - Confirmed Racist
 See http://groups.google.com/group/soc.culture.jewish/browse_frm/thread/c0dc11906094
f68a/8337c8bc8e7b3243#8337c8bc8e7b3243 on the racist staement made by Neil Jones of the British Butterfly Conservation Society. This is the same person that thinks ...

It's been a long while since I posted anything to this list. . . . A  
friend of mine in St. Petersburg, Florida, is an avid palm enthusiast  
and has an incredible collection that is the envy of such giants as  
Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Coral Gables. Recently, he send me a  

Can you identify this stick structure:
http://www.maani.us/temp/DSC01451_2.jpg
It's about 1.5" long. The photo was taken in Jordan.
Thank you.

There is very little space in my apartment between the kitchen sink
and the adjacent counter, so I can clean the walls of the counter of the
structure supporting the sink there. Water constantly splashes down there.
I've noticed that when the water dries on the side of the sink, it ...

A general question from the UK:
At a train-station I know there's an enclosed bridge where large
numbers of insects (various kind of wasp, hoverflies, moths, etc) get
fatally trapped, particularly in hot weather. I'd like to try and get

Does anybody on the list know the background of this post, or what the
heck it means? Anybody care to explain?
And aren't posters on the list supposed to sign their posts with name
and location?