Aug 26, 2015
Want to know more about neonicotinoids? See Prof. Dave Goulson’s presentation “Bees, Pesticides and Politics: the impact of neonicotinoids on UK bumblebees “. Topics covered are many different species of wild and honey bees, the importance of...
Aug 22, 2015
What do mosquitoes eat? If you have a wildlife garden pond, its likely you have mosquitoes with larvae swimming in it or adults flying over it. They were one of the first inhabitants of my new wildlife pond. There are so many predators in my pond that they certainly...
Aug 19, 2015
Red tailed bumblebees and other 3 bumblebee species mating You don’t often get to see bumblebees mating. Here I was lucky to be in the right places at the right times to film: B. lapidarius, B. hypnorum, B. terrestris? and B. pratorum. I had some strange looks...
Aug 18, 2015
Attending the Royal Entomological Insect Festival York July 15 I must say that it was one of the most well organised and engaging of the many such festivals I have attended. The organisers and volunteers were so helpful and friendly. It turned out to be the busiest...
Aug 2, 2015
Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa) hunting, catching and eating prey in wildlife garden Oh the joys of wildlife gardening! Bees, birds, hedgehogs, frogs, newts, butterflies, wasps, moths, dragon and damselflies! I was just looking at some wildflowers and caught this...
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