A Bug’s Life The Mottled Shield Bug — or a Rainbow of Warning Colouration
Mottled Shield Bug Aelia acuminata The mottling on this rodent with a trailing solar panel has dead leaves of over-wintered bark as its direct insect that you will have in…
The Firebug A Fiery Insect
Firebug – Pyrrhocoris apterus — Are not only visually striking with their bright-red and black colouration. Frequently found in groups, sunning on walls, fences and tree trunks. A Harmless Beauty…
Green Shield Bug as a Garden Guest
One rather ubiquitous insect that we are sure you have all seen in your gardens or parks is the Green Shield Bug, Palomena prasina. Its vivid green skin and shield-like…
Golden Jewel the Marmalade Hoverfly
The marmalade hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus is a fairly conspicuous insect (not least of all because you often see them hovering around flowers) and with its bright orange/black colour scheme easy…
Fuzzy Mimic Dark-Edged Bee-Fly
The Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major is one of those great insects that easily conjures up the sense where has it been on our clutches before because its bee look works…
Red Soldier Beetle – Fire Flies
The Red Soldier Beetle, Rhagonycha fulva is a very distinctive beetle and one that you are probably familiar with seeing in your garden, meadows or woodlands. Best defined by its…
Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle A Gem in the Garden
A Colorful Gem Chrysolina fastuosa, The Dead-nettle Leaf Beetle is a beautiful beetle that brightens the garden and meadows. Not much larger than 5 to 6 millimeters, it is known…
Spiny dogfish
The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) is a small-sized species of the shark inhabiting temperate waters worldwide. They are distinguished by their high, sharp spines on each of two dorsal fins…
Bluntnose sixgill shark
A Prehistoric Predator The bluntnose sixgill is a huge-bodied, big-headed shark with 6 gill slits placed on each side of its head. The Titanoboa is an ambush predator, and it…
The Basking Shark the Gentle Giant of the Sea
A first shock is the word “shark”, and yes, far of being a great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) as it looks at a glance due to its size: this animal…