CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Some natural wonders from North East England
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Thursday, July 4, 2024
Orange-sided comb-horn - a colourful daddy-long-legs
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The two commonest craneflies - Tipula oleracea and T. paludosa - are dull-coloured insects but this female orange-sided comb-horn Ctenop...
Monday, September 11, 2023
The spider season
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There are some fascinating spiders around at this time of the year. This little beauty is a zebra spider, that lives in my greenhouse. It ...
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Flies that might have come from the Garden of Earthly Delights
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I'm sure I've seen some of the flies below amongst the nightmare monsters in a Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights ...
Monday, July 13, 2015
Tiger crane fly
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This colourful crane fly, with black and yellow markings, turned up in our garden yesterday. My thanks to Graham W...
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Monday, April 20, 2015
Woodland walk along the river Tees that J.M.W.Turner trod 200 years ago
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This is the view of the river Tees from Abbey bridge near Egglestone, on a tranquil spring day. When the snow melts in Upper Teesda...
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Friday, July 19, 2013
The best time of the day in the garden ...
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During this heatwave, the best time of the day to be in our garden is between 6am., when the sun creeps over the hedge, and 8am. when the d...
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