Queen B. hypnorum with lover AND escort!
Queen Bombus hypnorum with lover AND escort in my wildlife garden I heard a very heavy deep sounding bumblebee buzzing sound near me and lo and behold it was a queen Bombus hypnorum with a male who was mating with her and on her back was another male. I have never...
Prof Dave Goulson’s Lecture ‘Averting the Insect Apocalypse’ Lacey Lecture Llandudno
Prof Dave Goulson giving the North Wales Wildlife Trust's Lacey Lecture I was very fortunate enough to attend a lecture by Prof Dave Goulsons 'Averting the Insect Apocalypse' on behalf of the North Wales Wildlife Trust's, annual Lacy Lecture last night, followed by...
What killed the Humming-bird Hawk-moth?
Why did the Humming-bird Hawk-moth die? After I filmed the moth I thought I would add a little more to the article and did some research. Read on to find out what killed the moth and several others. You may be shocked! Humming-bird Hawk-moth feeding upon lavender I...
Parasitoid wasp oviposits inside hoverfly larva film
Life and death struggle for the unfortunate hoverfly larva Having a little time to go looking amongst the wildlife meadow brings rewards. I have never seen this before, and the action caught my attention. A parasitoid wasp is attempting then succeeding in using its...
16 species of solitary bee using Nurturing Nature Observation Nest Box
Cavity nesting solitary bees found using the nest box Although it is used by cavity-nesting bees to nest inside, rest during the day or sleep overnight, even furrow-nesting bees, e.g. Halictus rubicundus have used the box to rest inside. Several species of solitary...
Hedgehog Highways Help Hedgehogs! Really!
Hedgehog highways can really help hedgehogs By making a hedgehog highway and asking your neighbours to do the same, hedgehogs can freely roam from one garden to the next much more easily than having to exit through the same hole and walk around possibly into the road...
Hairy Shieldbugs mating in my wildlife garden
Hairy Shieldsbugs (Dolycoris baccarumon) on mountain knapweed seed heads There were about 20+ Hairy Shieldbugs crawling all over the seed heads of my perennial cornflowers Centaurea montana or mountain knapweeds as I call them, which had gone mostly to seed mid-June....
Yellow face bee delicately eating pollen from flower anthers for her nest
Tiny yellow face bee delicately eats pollen from Echium anthers This tiny solitary bee, like all bees, works hard. However, in this case, I believe it is a very labour intensive method to collect pollen and nectar. The bubble blowing bees Nectar contains water. These...
Nature Fun Day Saturday 8th June 2019 at Nantclwyd y Dre (1435)
Nature Fun Day Saturday 8th June 2019 10-00- 17.00 At Nantclwyd y Dre (1435) If you live in Ruthin or NE Wales and if like me you have an interest in history, nature and wildlife do come along for family fun activities, from birds, bugs, bats to woodlands and...
A bumblebee nest box through time by Nurturing Nature
A Bumblebee nest box through time 2011-2019 I got the idea from the BBC 2 TV programme "A house through time" presented by David Olusoga, a Professor of Public History. A house in Liverpool, my old home city, in one house, 62 Faulkner Street, told the story of the...