CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

  We found this larva of a pale tussock moth crawling along the parapet of Prebends bridge, across the river Wear, in Durham. Everything abo...

  We've been composting garden and kitchen vegetable waste in 'Dalek' bins like this for decades, but this year was the first ti...

  The two commonest craneflies - Tipula oleracea and T. paludosa - are dull-coloured insects but this female orange-sided comb-horn Ctenop...