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Ruby tiger moth

By Richard Jones on 22/05/2013 10:45:30

quickly rush to the spot armed with a Petri dish.A paint kettle has been upended over the bug of weird redness in question. Carefully lifting it off, I am met with a ruby tiger moth — lovely.Ruby tiger moth (Phragmatobia fuliginosa) is a common insect


Cockchafers

By Richard Jones on 05/06/2013 09:59:46

beetles), but it is as the May bug (or this year June bug) that its seasonal mass appearance is celebrated.The stunning picture above is by Paul Quigley, who found ten cockchafers in his Cheshire moth trap one morning. I haven’t seen one for several years


Wildlife and the Chelsea Flower Show

By Kate Bradbury on 24/05/2013 11:40:09

feat for so late in the spring. To me, they represented the needs of both humans and wildlife - the blossom for bees, the fruit for us and the birds, and the bark and leaves for a myriad of moths and beetles as well as the species that eat them.If all


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