CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

With the winter being generally mild, there have been small swarms of winter gnats Trichocera sp. in the garden throughout, with their lar...

These tiny flies that seem to be laying eggs in the water-filled shell and decaying remains of a garden snail (one at 11...

I haven't managed to identify the species that this fly belongs to yet, but it does have beautiful eyes....... ...

Drone fly larvae, commonly known as rat-railed maggots, possess one of the most amazing pieces of equipment found in any insect larva. They...

This ungainly looking fly with a long, straight proboscis is Empis tessellata , seen here feeding on hogweed nectar. That isn't its onl...