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A superfluidity of cicadas
If you read my title carefully you probably thought I had made a mistake but no, it was deliberate – an attempt to capture this effect: I mentioned recently that our cicada season has started. We don’t have very many … Continue reading
Mother love
Mother love is something we take for granted among ourselves but it is not universal in the animal kingdom, and nor is it easy to predict which kinds of animals will look after their young and which won’t. Most mammals, from … Continue reading
What’s around – mid September
Still no rain to speak of, in spite of indications to the contrary, so there is little change in the insect life except a continued dwindling of numbers. The garden is presently dominated by wasps and flies – hover-flies are … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, butterfly, fly, Hemiptera, hover-fly, moth, orb-weaver, seasonal change, wasp
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Miridae? What are they?
After two years of wandering around my garden with a camera I don’t expect to find too many new species but last week I came across my first member of a whole new family: Miridae. What are they? Hemiptera, or … Continue reading