During a recent holiday in Gran Canaria I was fortunate to encounter a robber fly (Promachus latitarsatus). Initially it was sat motionless on a rock before lau...
The Potter Wasp Odynerus spinipes is an impressive creature. A long abdomen with yellow lined abdominal plates all of an equal size save for the second which is...
Buglife is the only organisation in Europe devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates. We're actively working to save Britain’s rarest little animals, e...
Humans have also played a role in the migration of bumblebees, particularly Buff-tailed Bumblebees. Plants such as tomatoes need pollinators and many farmers bu...
On one of the warmer mid-spring days invigorating the Norfolk Broads this year, a decidedly hairy bee emerges. She is a Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris....
Ellie Mayhew
A metallic black creature slowly ambles across the ground, resembling a small, plump olive. Its domed, iridescent carapace gleams blue in the su...
Palomena prasina nymph
Pattering over the veined surface of a bramble leaf comes a mottled green creature. Her back, flat and shield-shaped, is dotted with...
1. Ruby-tailed Wasp
This dazzling gem of an insect conjures up the image of an exotic species, perhaps living in the depths of some tropical forest far away fr...
