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Tag: Sturmia

Some West Malaysian tachinids

ChrisRPosted onApril 3, 2010April 3, 2010

Many years ago Professor Donald Quicke gave me some malaise trap samples from a project he was running in the Cameron Highlands of West Malaysia.…

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Sturmia bella update

ChrisRPosted onMay 21, 2009May 23, 2009

Just received an update from Dr Owen Lewis, the manager of the Sturmia bella project, a project set up to investigate the role of Sturmia…

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The Sturmia bella controversy

ChrisRPosted onApril 5, 2009August 23, 2025

sturmia-bella-female-warburg-reserve-oxon-20050723-045This article just provides my take on the controversy raging amongst British lepidopterists over the significance of the appearance of the parasitoid Sturmia bella in the decline of the Small Tortoishell (Aglais urticae, Nymphalidae) in England.

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