Blog: Insects

Tom Marshall

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Three flying ants flying low above the grass

Fascinating flying ants

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…

Black Sexton Beetle Ian Wykes

Catching a ride on an Uber beetle

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.…

Cockchafer Ian Wykes

Bumping into May Bugs

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.

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