by David Hall | Oct 8, 2015 | Uncategorised
Scalloped hazel (Odontopera bidentata) caterpillar Family: Geometridae A truly striking caterpillar, camouflaged against lichen that grows on trees on which it feeds. Caterpillars of this family are often known as ‘loopers’ due to the absence of legs in...
by David Hall | Oct 4, 2015 | Uncategorised
As a continuation of Bath Nats outreach work with Dyrham Park we took our display boards and orchard related specimens for this weekend event. The weather was dry and chilly, but a gazebo was provided that gave us a good base amongst the pear trees and other orchard...
by David Hall | Sep 30, 2015 | Uncategorised
In September last year, during the Bath Nats meeting at Chew Valley Lake, we came across Alder Bolete (Gyrodon lividus), a red data list fungus seldom recorded in the UK. Yesterday (28/9/2015), we took advantage of a lovely, sunny afternoon to amble along the lakeside...
by David Hall | Sep 27, 2015 | Uncategorised
Leader: Alan Feest A party of 18 met at the start of the visit (including a number of new members) and Alan F explained that Englishcombe Parish was lucky in that it had not only three Ancient Woods (Breach, Middle and Vernham Woods) and that Breach Wood was...
by David Hall | Sep 22, 2015 | Uncategorised
Field digger wasp (Mellinus arvensis) with prey © Ian Redding Family: Crabronidae A common digger wasp, typically associated with sandy habitats. This one was amongst several other species of diggers between woodland and pasture, around an old wood pile. The adult...
by David Hall | Sep 12, 2015 | Uncategorised
On Saturday 12 September Richard Pooley came along to The Hop Pole Inn in Limpley Stoke to set a moth trap for the Limpley Stoke Moth Day being organised by the Freshford and Limpley Stoke Environment Working Group (FLEWG). The contents of the trap were examined the...
by David Hall | Sep 9, 2015 | Uncategorised
Metalampra italica 28.008 (BF642a) Female This moth was caught by one of our moth group members, by Paul Wilkins, and is a first record for Somerset (VC6) Gen Det. First recorded in Britain in 2003, originally a native of Italy and spreading northwards. Feeds under...
by David Hall | Sep 5, 2015 | Uncategorised
A party of eleven members met in the layby west of Marshfield and proceeded then on minor roads and footpaths, northwards mainly, to observe birdlife. During the course of the three hours we were out we observed a total of twenty four species of bird. It was pleasing...
by David Hall | Aug 28, 2015 | Uncategorised
Entomophthora muscae (232/365) Family: Entomophthoraceae A hoverfly has become a food source for a fungus. Upon infection, the fungus causes behavioural changes in the host, leading to ascent of a blade of grass before death. This allows the spores to be broadcast...
by David Hall | Aug 20, 2015 | Uncategorised
. The mocha (Cyclophora annularia) Family: Geometridae An attractive moth that feeds on field maple (Acer campestre). This was one of at least three individuals taken at a light trap left overnight in Prior Park Landscape Gardens by the Bath Natural History Society. ....
by David Hall | Aug 19, 2015 | Uncategorised
Twelve members made an early start in the delightful surroundings of Prior Park Gardens adjacent to the lower lake to examine, identify and study the contents of a moth trap left overnight close to the lake and surrounding trees. Before looking at the moth trap we...
by David Hall | Aug 8, 2015 | Uncategorised
Leaders: Alan Barrett and Geoff Hiscocks This was a joint meeting between Bath Nats and the Somerset and Bristol Branch of Butterfly Conservation. On a glorious sunny day, 22 of us (about equal numbers from each group) met in Stockhill car park opposite Priddy...
by David Hall | Jul 29, 2015 | Uncategorised
Micromus variegatusFamily: Hemerobiidae A predatory brown lacewing in woodland near Brown’s Folly, outside Bath, UK. This 8mm long insect is identified by the pattern on the wings. © Ian Redding Lacewing larva (probably Micromus variegatus) Family: HemerobiidaeA...
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