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....
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 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...
Go Wild Bioblitz & Nature Fun Day Sunday 9th June 2019 11-00- 15.00 Wrexham Glyndwr University Northop Campus If you live in the Wrexham or NE Wales and have an interest in nature and wildlife do come along for family fun activities, recording of plants and...
Bombus terrestris queen egg laying in her nest In the wild many new queen bumblebees fill their crop with nectar, mate and then hibernate over the winter months. A few may stay around to establish a nest depending upon species and location. See BWARS Winter Bumblebees...
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