CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

  We witnessed a titanic battle between an unfortunate bumblebee and a female garden spider  Araneus diadematus  that had spun her web on th...

Today's Guardian Country Diary describes a walk along a stretch of the banks of the river Wear at Wolsingham in Weardale, along a foot...

It's a sure sign that we're on the threshold of autumn when spiders become more conspicuous. The beautifully marked Araneus diadem...

This diadem spider Araneus diadematus laboured to spin its invisible snare but made the mistake of weaving it downwind of a patch of Ros...

There has been a major emergence of craneflies here recently and many - like the one in this photo - have almost instantly fallen victi...