Choneiulus palmatus male - detail of cheek and body setae
Contents: Annual Field Meeting and AGM 2017; Look out for Lamyctes africanus; A new site for Metatrichoniscoides leydigii; Porcellio laevis from Surrey; ‘Border Collies’ and other colour variations in Porcellio scaber; Cylindroiulus appeninorum on the Isle of White; Some thoughts on centipede data from John Lewis; Book review – historical interest; Centipede hunting with cats; Upcoming events of interest.
Thursday 30th March to Sunday 2nd April 2017
The 2017 meeting will be based in Morecambe providing opportunities to record in areas such as the Forest of Bowland, the Lake District, the northern Pennines and around Morecambe Bay.
All BMIG members are invited to attend the AGM to be held at 8pm on Friday 1st April 2016. The venue will be Juniper Hall Field Studies Centre, Surrey.
The present committee welcomes nominations for vacant officer roles from any BMIG member. Please contact the chairman to discuss any of these roles. Nominations can be made from the floor at the AGM.
The full notice can be downloaded here as a pdf.
An up to date review of the conservation status of centipedes, millipedes and woodlice has been published by Natural England.
Contents: Editorial; Annual Field Meeting and AGM 2016; Linlithgow field meeting 2015; Some highlights from Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; 50 years of the Biological Records Centre; Bioblitz in South Devon; Crapedosoma rawlinsii in Cornwall and a further record of Haplophilus souletinus; Haplopodoiulus spathifer in Birmingham; More on north-eastern Landhoppers Arcitalitrus dorrieni; Article reviews.