Blogs about: Berberis Sawflies
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Guess who's coming to dinner ...
Walking round my garden here in York yesterday, what did I come across but my old friends (and world-first insect discovery), Berberis sawfly larvae (Arge berberidis)! Munching away at my berberis. Fo… more →
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Guess who's coming to dinner ...
wrote 6 months ago: Walking round my garden here in York yesterday, what did I come across but my old friends (and world … more →
Berberis sawflies 2008
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wrote 1 year ago: When I first spotted Berberis sawfly larvae in my garden in October 2006, there was some controversy … more →
Hitting the Headlines!
wrote 2 years ago: My performance of Buzzing! tomorrow at St Nick’s Environmental Centre in York got great public … more →
They're back!
wrote 2 years ago: I saw the first tell-tale signs on 8 July. Nibbled leaves on our berberis bush. I turned over a leaf … more →
Return of the world-first Berberis sawflies?
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wrote 2 years ago: Do you remember my world-first insect discovery last October? The first Berberis sawfly larvae ever … more →
Entering the scientific literature!
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wrote 2 years ago: The Berberis sawfly larvae I spotted in our garden last October (find out more ) have entered the an … more →
History in the Making: The Berberis sawfly larvae story
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wrote 2 years ago: On the day that the Natural History Museum in London has asked to keep my Berberis sawfly larva spec … more →
Intoxicating!
wrote 3 years ago: Plan A (i.e. posting a live berberis sawfly larva to London – see 1st November post) didn’t work, du … more →
First frost: will the Sawfly larvae survive?
wrote 3 years ago: After a very balmy October, we woke to our first frost this morning. I had assumed that the frost wo … more →
Formal ID complete
wrote 3 years ago: The samples of Berberis I sent to the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh (see 1st November post) arri … more →
On the move: Berberis sawfly larva heads for London
wrote 3 years ago: The Natural History Museum in London have asked for a sample ‘never-before-seen-in-Yorkshire’ Berber … more →
A world first for Yorkshire: Berberis sawfly!
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wrote 3 years ago: It’s official! An expert on such matters (from the Royal Horticultural Society in Wisley) conf … more →
