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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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UK Spiders

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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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