CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Hoverflies, without stings, are well known for mimicking the colours and patterns of stinging wasps so the standard issue markings...

Several bloggers have recently posted images of this gaudy little froghopper  Cercopis vulnerata , which reminded me that it's a long ti...

A red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius busy collecting nectar from the chive flowers .... .... and a little further down the fl...

I found this unusually colourful female cranefly Nephrotoma crocata busy laying eggs in the flower borders in Durham University Botanic ...