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On the first day of the first week of term and on 1st October eight brave souls launched into live...
insects
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Growing human populations and the nature of our existing agricultural systems means that meeting demand for food will continue to...
Long-term insect surveillance initiatives, such as the Rothamsted Insect Survey and the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, allow ongoing assessments of...
Our annual nature fair and celebration of UK natural history and biodiversity is back. Explore UK wildlife, meet experts who...
Creepy crawlies, bugs, pests, call them what you like but this half-term we will be celebrating the wonderful world of...
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Seven-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) The seven-spot ladybird is one of Britain's most common beetles, easily recognisable by its distinctive markings....
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© Charles Harvey Seven-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) One of the most distinctive and, arguably, the most popular insects in the...
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Andrew Purcell Earlier this month, researchers from New Zealand announced that they had observed wasps lifting up ants and carrying...
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Andrew Purcell Ever since French entomologists August Magnan and André Sainte-Lague famously declared that bee flight was aerodynamically impossible, a...
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Andrew Purcell Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui) Almost a third of butterflies in Europe are in decline and one in ten...
