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County Press articles Hedges and hedgelaying Isle of Wight 

If you plant it, they will come

22nd September, 2020 Cat James 0 Comments invertebrates, isle of wight, iwcp

We can all pinpoint a moment when our lives would never be the same again. Perhaps the birth of a

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County Press articles Isle of Wight 

Is there life on Mars? Who cares?

14th August, 201915th August, 2019 Cat James 0 Comments beach, evolution, insects, invertebrates, isle of wight, iwcp

One sunny Sunday in 1969 I was participating in a leapfrog competition when my mother popped out of the house

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Legal matters Spiders 

Spiders by post – that’s got to be cruel, hasn’t it?

8th September, 2013 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments invertebrates, law, leicester, post, spiders, tarantula, weird

In a bizarre news item, the BBC reports: A man has admitted sending a rare venomous spider in a package

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The Ranger's surfing highlights 

Chrysis inaequidens, the jewelled cuckoo wasp

4th June, 201326th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment bees, hymeroptera, insects, invertebrates, parasites, wasps

Look at this gorgeous North American solitary wasp (click the image for a bigger version if you like). Now wonder

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Nice legs! The world’s leggiest animal is rediscovered.

15th November, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments invertebrates, massive animals, millipedes

Last seen in 1928, the colobognath millipede Illacme plenipes is thought to have more legs than any other animal on earth

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Buglife Protected species Spiders 

Is Eresus the cutest spider on earth? Send me to find out.

23rd June, 201210th January, 2017 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments buglife, eresus, invertebrates, spiders

The worlds’s cutest spider. It’s a hard-fought contest, with the jumping spiders invariably on the podium. But I’ve got a

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Birds The Ranger's surfing highlights 

Why are there no really big insects any more? Blame birds.

9th June, 201214th February, 2018 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments birds, dragonflies, fossils, insects, invertebrates, massive animals

It’s no secret that 300 million years ago, the largest insects were a lot bigger than they are now. The largest

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The Wasp Piñata

11th September, 20111st April, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments hymenopterans, invertebrates, wasps

Wasps! Urgh! What are they good for? Absolutely nothing! Well, you’d think so by the amount of cursing they get

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Videos Wildlife & countryside news 

Check out this massive fly

7th June, 200925th August, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 62 Comments flies, invertebrates, massive animals

This weekend I discovered that the biggest fly in the UK was much bigger than I’d previously thought. Yes, we

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Buglife Legal matters 

Buglife squished

1st February, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments insects, invertebrates, planning

If you’ve been following the story of small charity Buglife on this blog you will recall its legal challenge intended

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