Dan Asaw
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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...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20212 min
Day out at the AMC
First Published: February 21, 2017 8:09 pm Museums are ace, but few people really understand how accessible they really are, we all queue...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20211 min
Staph and Carabid Larvae
Whilst grubbing around for all manner of invertebrates, any natralist is bound to come across one of these blighters... Most naturalists...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20212 min
Pyrochroa larvae
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...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20214 min
Patmore heath HIP, July 2019
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...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20211 min
Bruchidae
http://claude.schott.free.fr/Bruchidae/Fiches/Bruchlist.html Some snazzy images of Bruchidus and chums
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20211 min
Cryptocephalus pusillus forms
Originally posted: Jan 30th 2020 Social media has revolutionised biological recording, withings a day, a simple question can be fielded...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20211 min
UK Cassidine resources
Ordinally posted: June 2, 2019 Cassidines are RAD! Affectionately known as tortoise beetles due to their shape, and the way they tuck in...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20211 min
Figwort Weevils
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...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20212 min
British Panorpa Identification
Originally posted: Time after Time, us amateur entomologists come across groups that no-one bothers with, I'm not talking about the...
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Dan Asaw
Jan 1, 20213 min
Colney Heath H.I.P Day
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...
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Dan Asaw
Dec 30, 20202 min
2018 Vane Trap Surprises
Initially I started vane trapping in Sherrardspark wood to find something different to expand my beetle knowledge and make some records....
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Dan Asaw
Dec 30, 20204 min
Customising Vane traps
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...
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Dan Asaw
Dec 30, 20205 min
Intro to Vane trapping
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...
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Dan Asaw
Jul 28, 20202 min
Moth trap intruders: Harpalus rufipes tips
Of the beetle intruders Harpalus rufipes is up there with Bradycellus verbascii and Aphodius rufipes in frequency, they appear in droves...
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Dan Asaw
Jul 28, 20201 min
Mothtrap intruders: The Green Lacewing
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...
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Dan Asaw
Jul 28, 20201 min
The Bogey weevil
Several years ago I wrote my first draft for the weevil guide, and despite actively searching for it I have never found Curculio nucum,...
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Dan Asaw
Jun 15, 20204 min
How Curculiar
If you happen to knock some trees about you will eventually find one of these guys… Curculio glandium source: Udo Schmidt These are the...
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