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the European wasps, accidentally transported to the southern hemisphere many years ago, are confused by the lack of clear seasons. Instead of stopping for winter, they continue colony-building for two, three or perhaps even more years, creating huge nests

the beetles scoffing the many hundreds of small lavender bushes that had only recently been planted to decorate the paved walkways around the Shell building there. Entomologists are always a curious sight as they crawl around on all fours, bottom in the air

.Down on the Rye everything is starting to look very autumnal and the leaves are building up into treacherously slippery mounds. The trees still hold some secrets though. In 1767, a 9- or 10-year-old William Blake saw an oak tree full of angels here. The angel oak

'm not sure if I have any pictures of the momentous day itself, but I have plenty of images of insects taken near the house during the build-up.In the early 1990s land was cheap in central Florida, after severe frosts killed thousands of acres of orange groves

on the roof of one of the shop buildings, or over the library itself. Then the air cleared and it was apparent that they had settled on top of a traffic light.Having just stopped off for some milk on my way back from Dulwich Park with the 4-year-old, I

in some nurseries. It also causes a nuisance by congregating in large numbers in buildings. Early arrivers give off an aggregation pheromone recruiting others to join the throng, until sometimes many thousands are knotted together.As can be seen from

. It was a hoverfly. Myathropa florea is a handsome and distinctive fly, both wasp-like in its colours, and honeybee-like in its size, build and vuvuzela buzz.What was it doing in the drain? It was probably egg laying. This is one of the hoverflies

. Architects, it seems, aspire to build tidy well-groomed, low-maintenance houses. And we, presumably, aspire to live in them. Notice how green it all is. Not brown. Green. But this is a wildlife desert. The wild life has been erased.The greenwashing