60 Shades of Brown

So I figured I would start to collate a list of resources so its all in one place, this is a fluid list and I will add to it as deemed...

First Published: February 21, 2017 8:09 pm Museums are ace, but few people really understand how accessible they really are, we all queue...

Whilst grubbing around for all manner of invertebrates, any natralist is bound to come across one of these blighters... Most naturalists...

I find these under bark all year round, and although I quickly learned they are the unmistakable larvae of one of 3 UK Pyrochroa spp. I...

First Posted 29 July 2019 It's been a busy few months for me, I've managed to pack and move house and job hop a couple of times, finally...

http://claude.schott.free.fr/Bruchidae/Fiches/Bruchlist.html Some snazzy images of Bruchidus and chums

Originally posted: Jan 30th 2020 Social media has revolutionised biological recording, withings a day, a simple question can be fielded...

Ordinally posted: June 2, 2019 Cassidines are RAD! Affectionately known as tortoise beetles due to their shape, and the way they tuck in...

This group of very obviously marked weevils are from the genus Cionus, they are an easy group to identify to genus but after that I often...

Originally posted: Time after Time, us amateur entomologists come across groups that no-one bothers with, I'm not talking about the...

Originally posted April 28, 2019 1:00 pm SO yesterday marked the first HIP meeting of the year, for the less informed H.I.P stands for...

Initially I started vane trapping in Sherrardspark wood to find something different to expand my beetle knowledge and make some records....

Ok, so you have your vane trap ready to go, and you are chomping at the bit to see what you can find. But what about that collection...

For the last few years I have spent the majority of my spare time on a quest. A quest to find and identify our UK beetle fauna. It...

Of the beetle intruders Harpalus rufipes is up there with Bradycellus verbascii and Aphodius rufipes in frequency, they appear in droves...

Elaine Wright slung this up on the mothtrap intruders facebook page. I am no means a lacewing fanatic, but this is a fairly simple way to...

Several years ago I wrote my first draft for the weevil guide, and despite actively searching for it I have never found Curculio nucum,...

If you happen to knock some trees about you will eventually find one of these guys… Curculio glandium source: Udo Schmidt These are the...