CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

A couple of weeks ago I posted some pictures of a drinker moth caterpillar , together with the larvae and pupae of the parasitic insect tha...

A few days ago my youngest son and his partner called to say he'd found a drinker moth caterpillar but by the time I went to collect ...

This is Tachina grossa , one of the largest and possibly the ugliest fly in Britain. It's as large as a bumblebee and spends its days ...

Hogweed umbels attract all manner of insect visitors, including this very striking fly Tachina fera, which has a gruesome life history. It...