Chrysopa

walwyn Sat, 10/29/2011 - 22:03

A genus of green lacewings in the family Neuroptera. The larvae are predatory feeding mainly on aphids, and are used as biological pest controls.

 

 

Chancel Windows - All Saints, Brixworth

walwyn Thu, 10/27/2011 - 23:57

 

The two windows in the north wall of the chancel in the Saxon church of All Saints, Brixworth are by Burlison & Grylls, dated 1913 and 1915, they are from the first quarter of the 20th century.

 

 

Effigy of John de Verdun - Brixworth, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 10/25/2011 - 19:55

This thirteenth century effigy of a Knight dressed in chain mail and surcoat, is thought to be John de Verdun (d1274) a close supporter of King Henry III. The effigy is sculpted from Barnack Rag stone, and can be found in the Saxon church of All Saints Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

 

Warwick - Last Judgment after Michelangelo

walwyn Fri, 10/21/2011 - 20:13

This "Doom" painting in St Mary's Warwick, is copy (1678), by Richard Bird, of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The left hand side of the work has been restored but the right hand side left unrestored at present.

 

Two Mitred Abbots - Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Thu, 10/20/2011 - 22:25

 

 

These two mitred abbots are from about 1327-1330, and can seen in the tracery of the east window of St Nicholas, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.

 

 

 

Exorista

walwyn Wed, 10/19/2011 - 19:55

Exorista is a genus of Tachinidae flies, some of the members of which are parasites of Symphyta and Lepidoptera larvae.

 

 

Stratiomyidae

walwyn Tue, 10/18/2011 - 20:44

 

The Stratiomyidae are a family of flies that contains some 450 genera and 1,500 species that are commonly called the 'soldier flies'.

 

 

Psilidae

walwyn Sun, 10/16/2011 - 13:58

 

A family of diptera, commonly called Rust Flies, that contains 4 genera and 38 species.

 

Xyphosia

walwyn Sun, 10/16/2011 - 00:36

 

 

 

A genus of "fruit flies" in the family Tephritidae.

 

 

Eysarcoris

walwyn Sat, 10/15/2011 - 20:07

 

A genus of Hemiteran bugs in the family Pentatomidae.

 

 

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