41 original observations

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41 entries

General · Traps

Garden Spider

The other day while sitting in the front room I noticed something on the window… As it is in the beginning of February and therefore mid winter and we had just came out of a very cold snap, …

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Macro

Bug With A Face Mask

This one is a particular favorite of mine. Ever since I looked close up after taking the picture I then noticed patterns on it back that resembled a face mask….

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General

UK Spiders

Everybody will have some experiences with spiders, that is because they are so numerous.

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News

Harlequin Ladybird

Apparently quite a few of our native species of ladybird are being effected by a none native species called the Harlequin.

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Featured

Insect Hunters Kit

What if you are about to go on an expedition you will need to have your special kit at the ready to capture and then identify your catch.

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General

What’s Your Favourite Insect?

We all have had a Favorite insect, while we were growing up. My top 20 are these:- Puss moth caterpillar Ants of all types Frog hopper / Leaf hoppers Zebra spider Humming Bird Hawk Moth Lady…

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Camouflage

Rhododendron Leaf Hopper

I was staying over a family friends for a couple of days and as they have a rather big garden (the size of a small park!) I thought I would take the opportunity to explore and see what I cou…

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General

A Solitary Bee

While growing up in the south-east of London, I would often play in the alley way that ran along the back of our road, so people could put there cars away in there garages.

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Camouflage

Spiny Stick Insects

While I was growing up I used to enjoy going to my local park. This park was quite interesting because it had a golf course and also a nature centre. The nature centre was housed in a large…

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Featured

Spot The Bug

Now can you see that little bug in the rose? (click on the picture for a closer view), I was just taking a picture of the rose and then on further inspection noticed this little green bug. …

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Featured · Defences

The Cuckoo Spit

All about the Cuckoo Spit Well we couldn’t have the namesake of the site missing from our content could we?

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General

Hawk Moths

Some Hawk Moths of the UK I think the Hawk Moths species (Sphingidae family) is a really an interesting bunch.

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General

Black Ants

Black ants nests in my Garden I remember while growing up I had a particular interest in watching ants. I knew the location of nearly every ants nest in my garden. And my garden was quite bi…

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Mimic’s · Defences

False Widow In Disguise

Poisonous False widow spider Everybody has heard about the black widow spider, and its the stuff of nightmares as this spider can kill. So I was quite surprised to hear that there’s is a col…

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General

Dragonfly, Not Always

Dragonfly at rest I was in a taking pictures type of mood and while staying with some family with a rather large garden. I decided to see what I could find so went for a wander…

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General

Wasps’ Nest In The Roof

Wasps nest just starting I noticed a few months ago the start of a wasps nest in the corner of the roof of my home. There had been one there before a couple of years back, and it didn’t re…

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Featured

A New Skin – Popular Hawk Moth

The ever changing Popular Hawk Moth cycle We all know that our human skin renews itself by constantly flaking off and this mechanism reveals newer skin underneath, it quite a gradual process…

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General

Marbles On Oak Trees | Gall Wasp

Marbles On Oak Tree’s | Gall Wasp. Gall Wasp I remember seeing round marble size balls on oak tree’s as a child and liked to pick them, but didn’t really know what they were!

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Defences

Puss Moth Caterpillar, Ouch!

Finding the Puss moth caterpillar Now I have to say that I have been trying to find a Puss moth caterpillar for quite while now. I know that you can find them on certain types of tree, and I…

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General

Giant Slug In My Workshop

Giant slug ahoy Now if you are a keen gardener you will at some time or another have had to protect your precious crops from the common garden slug.

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Camouflage · Defences

Poo On A Leaf

Poo On A Leaf :- Parasitic Wasp. We all know what bird droppings looks like and most people would have been lucky enough to have had a bird poo drop on there head from on high…

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Defences · Featured

Bombardier Beetle

Bombardier Beetle. It’s All In The Name Bombardier beetle defense Now I haven’t actually seen one of these little beetles up close and it’s probably just aswell…

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General

Anyone For Cricket?

Anyone For Cricket | Bush cricket. Ooooowwwwwww look at this funny thing on the window….its got long dangly things at the front….Do you think it can bite?…

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General

Lion The Size Of An Ant

The Ant-lion is a predatory insect that uses an ingenious way to catch it prey…. It digs a little conical pit in some dry sand or soil and then waits buried at the bottom, with only mandible…

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Camouflage

Silver Surfer

While growing up this little creature gained almost mystical properties to my still developing mind.

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Mimic’s

Buzzzzzzzz | Mimic Insect

It could be a Mimic insect Now if you are one of these people that don’t like wasps or bee’s, then just hearing a buzzing sound can be enough to send you into a blind panic. Your not going …

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Featured

Pink Grasshopper

Surly Pink Grasshoppers don’t exist Most people have experienced the magic of catching grasshoppers while growing up.

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Mimic’s

Scorpion In My Dining Room

Scorpion must have come out of a banana I was sitting at my PC and I noticed something crawling on my wall. I looked closely and it closely resembled a Scorpion….

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