Tag: diary
Nation diary: mesmerised by the courting ritual of the semaphore flies...
Perhaps it is the sunlight on the water that lures semaphore flies into the small aquarium at the end of the garden, the arena...
Nation diary: flying ant day is right here, there and in...
I awoke to the loud screeching of the laughing and herring gulls, interrupted by the cries of the Mediterranean seagulls. ...
Nation diary: rose chafers are good, bejewelled marvels | Bugs
YesYou'd think it would be a metaphor to compare a garden insect to a hippopotamus. But obviously you haven't seen the rose beetles...
Nation diary: a nest busy with housekeeping ants | Bugs
HWhen I was standing so close to the wood ant nest on one of the warm days of last spring, some aggressive defenders climbed...
Nation diary: the caddisfly larvae are rising, creatively camouflaged | Bugs
T.The vegetation at the bottom of my pond stirred and three small lumps sprouted from my legs and began to creep up the side....