I am delighted to be told to leave my insect hotel alone! Anything for an easy life is what I prefer, where appropriate. But I am sorry to say I am not really able to collect specimens, especially as most are in the air when I see them.
But please feel free to drop in to collect what you can, but let me know first when you want to arrive.
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This forum has now been more or less replaced by the Club's Facebook page at 
The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more
The weblog below is for naturalists to use to report interesting sightings, ask questions, report on field meetings and generally post pictures and any information or questions generally relevant in some way to the wildlife and geology of Essex. You will need to register and be logged-on to post to the forum, and you need to upload pictures first, for use in posts. Find out more