Natural Science Forum / Biology / Entomology / May 2007

Bonjour,
Connaissez-vous cette larve ???
http://cjoint.com/?fDwBy4YRKm
http://cjoint.com/?fDwIiON8QB

What moth is this that I came across in the Turks & Caicos in May?
http://donwiss.com/pictures/Provo-2007/h0011.htm
Thanks, Don <www.donwiss.com/pictures/carib> (e-mail link at page bottoms).

Hello, sorry, I'm not an entomologist by trade (I'm a lowly engineer!),
so please excuse me if this question sounds trite.
This... bug was spotted outside a home in Savannah, Georgia, and we have
had no luck being able to identify it (through internet searches).  Some

There's a formula to calculate when they are going to come out and
about??
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An eight year old domestic cat belonging to our next door neighbor
died today of what appeared to be poisoning, perhaps having eaten
rat poison.  However none of the local community seem to have
set out any such poisons.  It occured to me that the poor cat might

Found in May on the island of Salt Cay in the Turks & Caicos:
http://donwiss.com/pictures/Salt-Cay-2007/h0011.htm
Thanks, Don <www.donwiss.com> (e-mail link at home page bottom).

I have an identification question also. Please see the photo and
caption here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ghb624/498605761/
thanks much!

I'm hoping someone here can answer this question.  Long story short,
last July we had a serious wasp infestation in my kids' sandbox
(dozens of bluish wasps had dug dozens of holes in the sandbox and
taken up residence during our three week vacation).  Now, I'm not

what is this?
http://www.nord-com.net/kokosnuss/insekt001.jpg
greetings from germany
heiko

I am experimenting with a "natural" 29-gallon freshwater aquarium and
I was wondering if anyone could suggest anything at all about insects
for the tank.
The basics: Live plants, a natural substrate (well, sort of.  It's

I have these spiders living in my pool skimmers.  Odd.  Could they be
this specie?
Argyroneta aquatica
Pix are at:

I too found this article excellent and glad it was posted. We here in southeast Michigan have not been having droughts but we have a huge problem with habitat destruction and isolated patches of habitat. I wish we had detailed, rigourous observations going back 35 years here. I ...

Sitting on my patio in sunny west London and find myself surrounded by lots
of these:
http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/temp/Bug3.jpg
http://www.purpleville.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/temp/Bug4.jpg