NEWSLETTER28

February2003

hasbeen replaced. The mapshowing the new compartmentnumbers, for our recordsfrom Notesfrom the Secretary. 2003,is at the end of thissection. 44 copiesof thismap may be obtainedfrom NeilPilcher at Firstof all,Welcome back to ourChairman, the TrustOffice. (See below.) RayMorris. We havebeen without a Chairman sinceRay's resignation in December2000, Newsletter27 washalf the sizeof ourusua coastingalong like a car withoutan engine! editionand FrankClark used the AGMto appealto membersfor copy.Anything The AGMon SthDecember 2002 gave us an interestingrelating to the invertebratefauna of opportunityto lookback and surveyour work Leicestershire& Rutland would be gratefully overthe pastyear. Our Treasurer,Stuart received. Poole,reported that we had a healthybank balanceand there was therefore,again. no Thanksto RonFollows for the LESOccasionat needfor an increasein the subscription.This PublicationA Checklistof the Mothsof Rutland hasremained at 15 sincethe Societvstarted in Water',which represents another step forward 1988. in the understandingof ourcounty fauna, and at an importantRAMSAR site. Hopefully, every DerekLott reported on the progressof removal yearwe willhear of newrecords added io this of insectcollections from the NewWalk Checklist.However, as evermore people use Museumin Leicesterto the Leicestershire the internet,the resultsof futuresurveys will Storeat Barrowon Soar. The bulkof the occuron the LeicestershireMoth Recorders lnsectcollection would be transferredto Groupweb site,as wellas in futureNews- Barrow,and the otherlnvertebrate groups, e.g. letters. Molluscs,Spiders and the'spirit collections (!) willbe retainedby the City.(Presumably the Thanksalso to MaggieFrankum for the spiritcollection includes genies and other publicationof ournext LESOP,No. 20, which spiritsthat are amenableto beingshut into is enclosedhere with your newsletter. bottles.However, I expectthat their abilities to Hopefully this will inspire some of youto get grantthree wishes have all beenused up!) crackingon the beesthis season. Derekis planningto usethe collectionsto stimulatethe involvementof peoplein two We hopeto includean updatedmembership ways.First, to organiseldentification listwith our AutumnNewsletter, together with Workshops,and secondly, to involveinterested yourcurrent interests, so pleasesend your volunteersin the organisationand updatingof Secretarydetails of the groupsof ,or thecollections. (See Derek's piece in this otherInvertebrates, which you arecurrently Newsletter). workingwith.

The FebruaryNewsletter No. 26 containeda Notethat the Datefor the nextAGM hasbeen goodnumber of interestingand useful articles, fixedfor Tuesday2nd December,2003, at includingone relatingto NarboroughBog, one HollyHayes, usual time. Our nextcommittee of ourstudy sites. This included a mapof the meetingwill be on Thursday13th March, so if compartmentsfor recordingfrom the reserve thereis anytopic which you wish to have whichwas obtainedfrom the then warden, Ron discussed.olease let one of the committee Woodcock. KNOW. I havesince heard from Neil Pilcher, the Senior ReservesOfficer for the LRWT,that this map John Kramer LEICESTERSHIRE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

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Secretary: JohnKramer 31 Ash TreeRoad, Oadby, LeicesterLE2 sTE Telephone:0116 271 6499 Email:jk @ chezejog.demon.co. uk

Treasurer: StuartPoole 18 CroftDrive, Wigston, LeicesterLElB 1HD Telephone:01 16 288 0236 ! CommitteeMembers: Dave Budworlh 121Wood Lane, FieldWork 2003 Newhall,Swadlincote Derbys.DEl 1 OLX 'a Telephone:01283 21 51 88 Ourchosen Le ::::='=- =-- = -: :-: ,', Email:[email protected] Trustsites lor re::':' - .'. -

Maggie& Roy Frankum -:5J37r 3 ChapelLane, Knighton, LaundeBigl',':::I- S- LeicesterLE2 3WF LaundePark\,',::r :- =-:,37) - qKq?CtlA\ Telephone:01 1 6 270 5833 Inrrnhhnrnrrn- -I = "::-^.''--'" Nlarhnrnrrnh Q^- i: -i:3:9). DerekLott HollyHayes Environmental 's 'o ResourcesCentre, Whenannlvi^...'"::'- collectsnecimens 2.16 BirstallRoad, Birstall, fromthese Le c=s:=-s- 'e andRutland Trust's LeicesterLE4 4DG reserves,pleass -::a :^atthe Trusthas nolv Telephone:01 16 267 1950 ':ag- ' Email:dlott@ leics.gov.uk movedto the centBrocks Hill EnvironmentCe':'e. WashbrookLane, Oadby, LESOccasional Publications Editor: Leicester,LE2 5J-. Jenny Harris is the Senior RayMorris ConservationOli cer. 142Hinckley Road, Barwell, !' LeJcS.LEg 8DN Mapsof the Reser'",esmay also be requested. Telephone:01 455 8421 45 Pleasemake some records from at leastone of Email:ray.morris @ ntlworld.com thestudy sites.

Nev,rsletterEditor: FrankClark John Kramer 4 MainStreet, Houghtonon lhe Hill. LeicesterLE7 9GD Telephone:0116 243 2725 [email protected] or ClrFlea@ ad.mrn Newsfrom HollyHayes- the insectcollections Next Copy Deadline: Thingsare now moving ol :Fecc leciionsfront. Ttsc frr-nrrs lichor ;^d t..^--..-o r:nllor.tinnS 22August 2003 togeiherv;iln basrc re;e'erce coiiections of florr,er-g p,a::sa^c \:ieb:aies havebeen at thenev,, County Councris Collections ResourcesCentre at Barrowfor sometime. Nowit isthe turn of theinsects. Butterflies and Mysterybubble-wrap coccoons The LeicestershireLepidoptera collection foundat the Attenborough togetherwith the genitaliaslide collection have Arboretum alreadybeen moved. The BritishCollection will followshortly. Discussions are being held with On August16th 2002 Gareth Burton from the the LeicestershireLepidoptera Recording AttenboroughArboretum found some Schemeto arrangefor accessto these mysteriouscocoons under logs at the collectionsand to planthe involvementof Arboretumand took them in to Jan Dawsonat volunteersin maintarningand developing the theNew Walk Museum. They were made of a collections.Re-ordering the Leicestershire thintranslucent papery material, ovoid in shape collectioninto modern taxonomic order and andabout 3mm wide by 1Smmlong. Jan incorporatingthe backlog of voucher descrrbedthe materialas ratherlike dried cnenimonq rvill nrnh:hirt loatttro "''"''hinhlrr *:mr "Ji9 whippedegg white, with the uniformlylarge tho lict nf nrinritioc bubblespressed up againsteach other. Fortunately,on September2nd, Gareth was Other lnsects ableto bringsome more material together with a newly-emergedfemale adult. This has been Plansfor movingother 's orders have identified as the FungusGnat (Keroplatinae) beenagreed. In general,all Leicestershire calledKeroplatus testaceus. materialand the bulk of theremaining British b materialwillmove to Barrow.Where possible In the RES Handbookon the Mycetophilidae a Britishreference collection will be retainedat (VoliX, Part3) it saysthat the adultsmay be NewWalk Museum. Foreign material and foundaround rotting logs, and that the pupa mostnon-insect invertebrates will also remain developsin distinctdry cocoons. The larvae at NewWalk Museum. Leicestershire molluscs liveunder a flatmucilaginous net on the arethe exceptionto thisrule and they have undersideof logs,usually with polyporaceous alreadybeen moved to Barrow. fungi.Gareth describes the net as resembling the slimetrail of a snail.The larvae,described 'somewhat In a recentconsultation exercise with natural as luminous',move rapidly up and historysocieties and recorders,collections and downthe netand feed partly on fungusand the librarywere identified as keyresources for partlyon otherinvertebrates. They are not a recording.The newstore at Barrowgives us rarespecies and Garethhas found numerous theopportunity to haveaccess to the cocoonson manyoccasions in the Arboretum. collectionsto supportprivate study and The adultshave been recorded flying from recordingand to be usedin identification Juneto October. WOTKSNODS. John Kramer Therewill be opportunitiesto volunteerto work on theseinsect collections once thev are movedto Barrow. BrownArgus in west VC55

The Librarv A letter from Ken Orpe of Derbyshire EntomologicalSociety has cometo lightwhich AIiinsect journals previously housed at New may be of interestto LES memberswho work WalkMuseum have been moved to Holly the westof the county. Hayes.The listof titlesincludes most of the "Herein Derbyshirewe hadour first record of popularentomologicaljournals such as the "Southern"Brown Argus at DrakelowPower EntomologistsMonthly Magazine and the StationNR in the southof the countyin August EntomologistsRecord. lf youwish to consult 2000. RoyFrost, who alsowitnessed the thesejournals or havea browse,please '1 record,later back-tracked into Leicestershire to contactDarwyn Sumner on 0.1 6 267 1950ext. see if therewas any evidenceof further 24. Pleasealso contact Darwyn you if are colonies.He strucklucky by recordinga interestedin helpingout in publishinga list of solitaryindividual on the 20thAugust 2000 at journalsor lookingafter the insectlibrary. AcresfordSand Pit, close to the Derbyshire border.lt mightwell be worthyour Derek Lott members checkingthe site,and adjacentsuitable habitats,in May2001 to see howfar this specieshas spread into western lni^^^+^'^hi.^ LgIUEJLYIJI IIIU. " v lnYC44the Brown Argus is essentially considereda speciesof the eastso it willbe interestingto keepan eye openfor this Owenin herScarptoft garden. (Owen 1991) butterflyin the morewesterly part of the county in 2003- weatherpermitting! The MalaiseTrap The trapis bestdescribed as a small,oblong Ray Morris tentmade f rom a finenylon mesh. lt hastwo shortend ivalls but no wallson thesides, hor..everrthas a centralwall. Insteadof the ^^. --c ntr?< n? j a'-.-. ' eenTre nf the tent as is "'" the lorma case'," :: a ie.:. tnepeak is set above oneenc, lrsec:s i; -g -:o inecentral wall nioYeJo'."arcs a-c e"a''.-a .' ::o:he collectingreceptac e. To co ec: ^sectssuch as Coleopteraand Hemip:e'a. :.',.' '..^cio drop to theground when they hrt ine ce'::a, ,'.all, a collectingtray or pitfall traps cor:a ^ r: a suitablepreservative (e.9. ethylene glycol(antifreeze)) can be placedunder the centralwall. The trapis set up withfour corner posts about 120cmlong. To controlthe tensionin the material,it assists Blown Argus if the guycord goes f rom a tentcorner to an offsetpost and then down to a peg in the ground. CharnwoodCaddis The collectingbottles are insertedat the outer sideof thepeak. anc the unit is f ixed onto its ;is Greenwood,M.T., Bickerton, M.A. & Petts, ownpole and corlro'ec ar' o',',iE'i),s: one G.E.(2001) Assessing adult Trichoptera willsuit however i,,',o a'e 2a-.'.e'. ^ communitiesof smallstreams: a casestudy Collectingcan 0e cc-= ,',= : a :--o;. or,if 'J ^: from Forest.Leicestershire. required.dry by 3 a. = . a'-- s:'p or liquid Charnwood UK. -:::ed Aquatic Conservation:Marine and Freshwater (inthis case, a ga-zes:- : : to prevent -:, Ecosystems.1 1 : 93-'107. the insectsgetting ,',e : :-: : r::e.

The paperdetails adult caddis flies caught Malaisetraps may ce 3,'-' 's.r '':r' f."larris usingMalaise traps at foursites on theWood HouseNets, 54 Ric--:-. =z'- :.:--e. Brookin CharnwoodForest (SK 506168) from Queen'sPark. Bour--.-:- =-: ?li al a cost Mayto November1990.Sixty-one species from of aroundi91. 15families were collected, including the endangeredRed Data Bookspecies Tinodes pallidulusMcLachlan. Signif icant differences in communityparameters was found among sites, ffikff manyspecies apparently having local E catchmentareas. The influenceof artificial habitatswas clearlydemonstrated. The dataillustrate the potentialof usingadult caddisfliesin conservationassessment of small streams.

FrankClark (Editor) MalaiseTrap

Malaisetrap Reference Owen,J. 1991 The Ecologyof a Garden:The The MalaiseTrap is usedfor thecollection of firstfifteen years. Cambridge University Press flyinginsects, particularly Hymenoptera and tsBN0 52134335 6. Diptera.lt doesnot requireany light source or suctionmethod and so is idealwhen FrankClark comparisonsare to be madeover time, the trap (Editor) passivelysampling flying insects moving throughan area.As wellas thestudy in the abovepaper this method has been used with E greatsuccess over many years by Dr Jennifer MOTHHIGHLIGHTS 2OO2 consequencemany species "new" to VC55 wererecorded. Some retrospective work identifiedearlier records of "new"additions to Withthe kindoermission of the ownersof the give Leicestershire& Rutland Group web site, the countylist. The following a thisarticle brings to the attentionof LES representationonly of someof the species "firsts" readerssome of the highlightsof the 2002 addedto the VC55list as in 2002. lt is genitalia mothingyear. Fulldetails of datesand likely,as workand intensive recorderscan be foundon the web site examinationof specimenscontinues, that the "firsts" grow. togetherwith many photographs and catch listof will lists.Critical species, such as the Autumnal - (Markf andmany micros, have been confirmed April Acleris cristana ield);Antispila (Whetstone) throughgenitalia examination. This short metalella reviewdoes not includethe resultsof the - (Charnwood NationalMoth Trap Night at RutlandWater - May internana (Whetstone); thiswill be reportedmore fully at a laterstage. Lodge);Argyresthia trifasciata Coleophora albicosta (Whetstone). Macros June - Pseudatemelia flavifrontella (Ketton March- PalePinion (Whetstone). Quarry);Elachista subocella (BloodyOaks Quarry); germmana (Hambleton April- PalePinion (Whetstone, Eyebrook Wood);Anarsia spartiella (LuffenhamHeath Reservoir);Early Tooth-stripe (Narborough L]U'. Bog);White-marked (Skeffington Wood); July- Philedonegerningana (Charnwood (Pickworth Wood,Rutland Chocolate-tip Great Lodge); Caloptila rufipennella (Whetstone); Water);Lead-coloured Drab (Loddington Dichroram ph a g ueneeana (Whetstone) ; Reddish);Frosted Green (Hambleton Wood); Acompsia cinerella(Bloody Quarry); Emperor(Asfordby, Rutland Water). Eulamprotesatrella (CloudWood); Morophaga choragella(Clipsham Quarry). May- PalePinion (LaundePark Wood); Alder Kitten(Charnwood Lodge); Pearly Underwing August- Agonopterix subpropinquella (Markfield); Wave (Ketton Grass Quarry); (WardleyWood); Loxostege sticticalis (CharnwoodLodge). GlaucousShears (RutlandWater, a migrantpyralid); Psoricopteragibbosella (CharnwoodLodge), June- Forester(Brown's Hill Netted Quarry); bifractella(Groby Rifle Range). Pug (Barrowden,Belmesthorpe); Bordered Straw(Whitwick); Six-belted Clearwing Ray Morris (KettonQuarry); Beautiful Snout (Charnwood Lodge). Hedgerowsand carabidbeetles July- Blackneck(Markfield); Eggar (Whetstone). Thisstudy investigated the influenceof a U hedgerowon the carabidcommunity in the August- PlainPug (Evington);Scallop Shell adjacentfield of grass,and whether or notthe (Barrowden);Hummingbird Hawk (Markfield); hedgerowwas usedas a refuge from which the White-lineDart (Loughborough); Gem carabidcommunity went out to forage.The (Markfield);Heath Rustic (Markfield,Priors studywas carriedout on a singlefield within Coppice). the Co-operativeWholesale Agriculture farm at LittleStretton (Grid ref . SK 663011) that was September- Oak Lutestring(Eyebrook undertheir integrated management system. Reservoir).Bordered Straw (Markfield); Pitfalltrapping (28 traps) was carried out overa Dusky-lemonSallow (Wigston); Shaded Pug 20-weekperiod between 14 July and 23 (BloodyOaks Quarry). '1999 November witha trapplngperiod of 7 '1 days(see f igure for traplayout). October- Grey Shoulder-knot(Markfield).

November- AutumnalTawny Pinion (Wigston).

Micros Withoutdoubt 2002 was the yearthat micro recordingtook a leapforward! Many species ..D werephotographed and confirmed by out-of countyexperts and identifications often backed up by expertgenitalia preparations. As a Pterostichusniger 5 Figurel.Survey plot layout fromthe coast,and the surveyfield was a

Nore:All disuncesout into the field aremersuled fron lhe row (l) in the hedgerow.(llot drarvnlo scalc) medium-heavyclay loam. It wasconcluded that the hedgerowdid have t COt,UMNS B c D an effecton the carabidcommunity but during a a a a 1 711.01 the surveyperiod it was not usedas a refuge.

Table 1. Summary of the data collected bet*'een 1.1July and 23 November 1999.

'lm '7m TOTALS SPECIES oao a 6 li0m 4gonum dorsale 69 4gonum ntuelleri I 4maru aenae 1 a 5 20ll;n Anurra apricaria 2 Antaro lucida 7 a { l0.aln Anrtra plebeja 3 a a a O 3 50m a a a a 2 251n -- B adister bipustulrtt u s I l unilrHrdle SAIIPLI\G RO\T'S Bembidion lantpros 7 Benfiidion obhrcunt 51 B. quinquestriatunt 8 a PirldlTrap Bradvcellus verbosci I Trappingyielded 1819 individuals comprising 31 differentspecies of Carabidae(see table 1) Calatltusfttscipes 8 with5 speciesdominating (81% of the catch). D ent etrius atfi cup il I us ) The catchwas dominatedby relativelyfew '10 speciesand for 20 speciesthere were or Harpalus ntfipes 32 of each. 7 species fewerspecimens Only Leistusferrugineus 4 appearin all 7 rowsof the studyarea and only 3 of thesespecies were caught in all28 traps. Leistusfulviburbis 4 Thismay be the resultof the typeof trapused, Leistusspilibarbis 3 Southwood(1978) suggests that this type of trapis morelikely to catchthe largerspecies. Loricera pilicorris 91 Certainlythis is not borneout by the results, Nebria brevicollis 31-l thetwo specieswith the largestnumbers, P. ! l{ebria salilru 6 melanarius(532) and T. quadristriafus(313) areat oppositeends of the sizescale, (12.0 - Notioplilus biguftatus 2l - 18.0mm and3.5 4.0 mm respectively)for the Notiophilus palusttis 2 speciesthat were caught during this survey. Of the 31 speciescaught, several are knownto Pterosticltuscupreus be of agriculturalimportance. The following PterosticIrusnrudidus 222 areall predatorsof aphidsand are therefore goodbiocontrol agents, and were found within Ptero sticlt u s m ela rta rius 532 the study area: Amara dorsale,A. plebeja Pterosticltusniger 47 (Gyllenhal),B. lampros,B. obtusum,D. atricapillus,L. pilicornis and N. brevicollis. Pterostic h us stre ruttrs 8 Someothers, such as H. rufipes,are knownto Synuchusnivalis 10 eatseeds and f ruit (Briggs 1965)^ Trechus nicros 4 The mostsurprising find in thecatch during the 20 weeksof thissurvey was the presenceof Tr ec hu s quadristriuttrs 313 Amara/ucrda (Duftschmid)which Luff (1998) Trechus secalis 46 showsas Nationallyscarce. He alsostates thatit is mainlya coastalspecies but that it is IOTAL 1819 alsofound on sandygrassland and heaths. v Leicestershireis about as far as onecan oet Site6: Seasonalpool, formerly grazed by J References: norses. Briggs,J. B. 1965:Biology of someground beetles(Col: Carabidae) injurious to strawberries.Bulletin of Entomological Research,56ppTg - 93

Luff, M. L. 1998: ProvisionalAilas of the QroundBeetles (Coteoptera: Carabidae) of Britain.Huntingdon: Institute of Terrestrial Ecology.

Southwood,T. R. E. 1g7g: Ecological Methods.London, Chapman Hall.

Acknowledgement.

Manythanks to DerekLott for confirmingand identifyingthe specimensthat the authoiwas unsureof or was unableto. LoughboroughBig Meadow O MalcolmBrown Site7: Seasonalpool

Site8: Shadedoxbow with seasonal pool. LoughboroughBig Meadow Therehave been more Red DataBook beeiles recordedhere than any other Leicestershire site! Oneof ourchosen Study Sites,Loughborough BigMeadow has been managed as a flood Site9: Riffte. meadowfor manycenturies, and it is subjectto extensivewinter flooding from the RiverSoar. Site10: SummerpoolBrook, The reserveis ownedby the LRWTand was withmarginal Sweet Grass (Gtyceria.) notifiedas an SSS|in 1981.lt isa largesite, 63.5hain total,and therefore takes many visits lnsectsRecorded from the in orderto becomefamiliar with it. The habrrars bank of the RiverSoar 15 includeaquatic types such as seasonalpoots, May 2000 the RiverSoar, and SummerpoolBrook. Tne Craneflies: marginsof the Riverand Brook addadditional TIPULIDAE dimensionsto the unimprovedalluvial meadow. Tipula vernalis Thislatter habitat varies in itsexposure to Tipula varipennis differentamounts of flooding. t Tipula oleracea Tipula laleralis At presentthere are no compartments to use LIMONIIDAE whensubmitting records. However, the Erioconopa trivialis numberedmap below shows a varietvof Dicranomyia chorea differenthabitats, and could be usedas an aid to explorethe reserve.lt is potentially a very Hoverflies: interestingsite which is under-recordedfor mostgroups of insects. SYRPHIDAE Cheiosiaalbitarsis 'Bird Melanostoma Site1: lsland'. mellinum Platycheirusmanicatus Rhingia Site2: Spring-fedftusn. campestris BUTTERFLIES Site3: Shinglebar. Green-veinedWhite (pieris napl Site4: Fiverbank. Orange Lip(Anthocharis cardamines) Brimstone(Gon epte ryx rhamn I Peacock ( lnachis io) Site5: Floatingraft of tallherb fen with SmallTortoisesheil (Agtais u tlicae) sallowsand dead poplars. On privateland, ano so specialpermission would be neededto visit thissite. DAMSELFLY Calopteryxsplendens John Kramer New AIDGAPGuide WheneverPeter's county or rarermoth records pull BritishPlant Galls werementioned we usedto hisleg about ldentificationof gallson plantsand fungi. howhe practicallylived on a naturereserve By Redfern,Shirley & Bloxam. (RutlandWater). t18.00+ p&p Thiswould always bring a smileto hisface and leavethe restof us greenwith envy. A newguide to enablenaturaltsts to identifyall Fromall L.E.S.members with deepest the commonplant galls discovered in the field sympathyto hiswife and familY. in GreatBritain. A truegentleman who willbe sadlymissed.

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NATIONALMOTH NIGHT 2OO3 It is intendedthat each Newsletter will carry shortreviews of sitesthat may be of interestto Thisyear's national recording effort willtake members.On thisoccasion sites relating to placequite soon! The planneddate is Lepidopterahave been considered. Within SaturdayApril 12th but as yet it hasnot been eachsite there is usuallylinks to relatedweb decidedwhich VC55 site will receive the "blitz". pagesthat can be pursued. Targetedspecies are Orange Upperwing (Jodiacroceago) and Sword-grass (Xylena Leicestershireand RutlandMoth Group exsoleta)neither of whichare common in http://www.pintail- Russellnearer VC55!For venue contact Adrian c Io se.free s erve. c o. u Mv c5 5m oth q ro up/ thetime A siteestablished by MarkSkevington and Furtherdetails of localeffort will be publicised Andy McKaywhich reportson the latest soonbut in the meantimemembers may wish sightingsin the county(many by LES to visitthe new Nationalmoth Night website at members)and, most importantly, gives http://www.national m oth n ioht. inf o/ photographicrecords of specieswhich can be purposes. the lastyear It is hooedthat mothers will take the usedfor verification ln opportunityto participateat the samelevel as manynew species have been added to the lastyear when 36 lightswere operated at VC55list (which is alsoavailable on the site) RutlandWater. Thistime you are being someconf irmed through photographs and encouragedto collectother insects that come othersby genitaliaexamination. Mark and to the lightsas wellas thiswould seem to be Andyare to be congratulatedon this superb an excellentopportunity to addto our effortlHighly recommended! knowledgeof the insectfauna of Leicestershire ! witha "multi-insectblitz" at a singlesite on a UK Moths singleoccasion. Even if it'sjust a few h ttp ://www. uk m ot h s.f o r ce9. c o.u llepidoptera www.miqrantmoth.com ThursdayOct 9th MembersEvening. Take lots of slidesduring Specialisesin recordsof knownmigrant thesummer to bringalong. species.Most useful for keepingtrack of what to expect(and when) throughout the year. For ThursdayNov. 13'n Talk instancethe Scillieshad an influxof White- speckin earlyDecember and a Monarch TuesDec 2nd towardsthe end of October.Recommended. AnnualGeneral Meeting and Members Evening NaturalHtstory Museum Dept of Entomotogy As usualcoffee h ttp ://www. n h m.a c. uWe nto m o Ioq v/ and biscuitswill be available from7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. The siteintroduces us to the workingsof the Entomologysection of the NHMin London. John Kramer Quiteacademic in the mainbut with an increasingawareness of the needsof the D amateurentomologist. One projectthey are currentlypursuing is a listingof allhost plants for the knownlepidoptera of the world- some feat!

Nextissue - dragonfliesand spiders! HAPPYBIRTHDAY B.B.F.O. !!

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Wed February l2'h InsectPests Talk by JanDawson Scouryour homes and bring in someof yourown domesticpests ...... but just the invefiebratespleerse !

Thr-rrsMarch 6tl' Lower Plantsas a Habitatfor Insects.Talk by Tony Fletcher.

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Lookingfor adviceor information? The followingare willingto act as an initialpoint of contactfor providingadvice and informationto members.As Vouwillsee, this list is far fromcomplete - lf youthink yqqqan help, please let Coleoptera DerekLott, Holly Hayes, 2.16 Birstall Road, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4DG Teleohone:01 16 267 1950 Email:dlott@ leics.qov.uk Diptera JohnKramer, 31 Ash Tree Road,Oadby, Leicester LE2 5TE Teleohone:0116 271 6499 Email:[email protected] Hymentoptera(Bees) MaggieFrankum, 3 ChapelLane, Knighton, Leicester LE2 3WF Teleohone:01 1 6 270 5833 .15 Lepidoptera AdrianRussell, St. Swithin'sRoad, Leicester LE5 2GE Teleohone:01 16 24'1 5101 Email:[email protected] BiologicalRecording DarwynSumner, Holly Hayes, 216 BirstallRoad, Birstall, Leicester LE4 4DG (andother orders) Telephone:01 16 267 1950 Email:dsumner@ leics.qov.uk

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