Hairy Shieldbugs mating in my wildlife garden

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....
A bumblebee nest box through time by Nurturing Nature

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...
What’s inside the cuckoo spit?

What’s inside the cuckoo spit?

What’s actually inside the cuckoo spit? IMPORTANT INFORMATION re Xylella fastidiosa BELOW I was always amazed as a young lad in Liverpool whenever I examined the spit I found, usually on waste ground or in Sefton Park, a few miles from home. What would spit on...
Bombus terrestris queen egg laying and cell making

Bombus terrestris queen egg laying and cell making

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...