Celebrate hoverflies with insect expert Vicki Hird

Sara Booth-Card, ecologist, peatlands and Action For Insects campaigner at The Wildlife Trusts, looks out for the telltale signs of flying ant days and shares her love for the underground world of…

A closer look at one of the UK’s most popular beetles.

Insect expert Ben Keywood from Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust takes a closer look at craneflies.

My family has a small terraced garden in Warwickshire, From March to September I spent a lot of time in my back garden due to the COVID 19 pandemic and I started to notice that there were lots of…

Readers of last week's blog will know that the first time I put the moth trap out this year resulted in few moths, but did give me the excuse to look in more detail at the humble May Bug.…

One animal that definitely won’t be keeping to any social distancing policy and you are very likely to bump into (literally) at this time of the year is the may bug or cockchafer.

Getting up close to wildlife in your local patch