Blog: Insects

Tom Marshall

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An illustration of a large marsh grasshopper gripping a grass seedhead. It is a green grasshopper with wings reaching just short of the abdomen tip, and black and yellow bands on the hind legs

Hop into summer

Get to know grasshoppers with Peter G. Sutton, author of Field Guide to the Grasshoppers and Allies of Great Britain and Ireland

Broadbody chaser female

Pond patrol

Discover some of the special species living in a garden pond, with entomologist Ben Keywood.

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.…

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