CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Yesterday I posted some pictures of the ichneumon wasp called Orthopelma mediator that parasitises Diplolepis rosae , the gall wasp that ca...

Somewhere in our garden - or close by - there must be a nest of these tree wasps Vespula sylvestris because they are all over the garde...

Still bearing the fruit of last spring's blossom, this blackthorn Prunus spinosa twig with its tight little clusters of buds will be c...