It is often difficult to appreciate how beautiful many insects are because of their small size. Intricate patterns, colours and textures are...

Plant galls are fascinating structures, what I find most interesting is their huge diversity of shapes, colours and textures. It is often ...

The Dolichopodidae are a large family of flies with over 7000 species described wordwide. They are commonly known as Longlegged flies, unsur...

Stinging nettles, Urtica dioica are very interesting but often very annoying plants, they seem to grow best along side paths just where the...

Insects do not have ears on their heads as mammals do, but the detection of vibrations and sound reception is very important to insects. By ...

Cat fleas are not the prettiest of insect, but they are a nice red colour when full of blood! I caught this flea from my cat Alfie, I then a...

This is a crop of the image in the previous post showing a little more detail of the hamuli.

This is the forewing of a common wasp, Vespula vulgaris . The hamuli can be seen at the bottom right of the image; see the previous post for...