Exhibitionist
Common Froghoppers are highly variable in colour and markings, but most of the ones I see are brown or grey, with just one paler patch about half way along the fore edge of the wing case. For an entirely defenceless, … Continued
Spittlebug
It was R’s birthday today – he’d rather I didn’t tell you which one, obviously – and in the wake of our recent busy family times he requested that the two of us have a quiet day at home, with … Continued
Terminator
In the last couple of days the ladybirds in my garden have looked rather overwhelmed by the thousands of aphids currently massed on the yarrow. Now though, there are some new predators in town, and these ones really are eating … Continued