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Buglife Legal matters Protected species 

Buglife case heard, but not decided

6th December, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments insects, invertebrates, planning

The invertebrate charity Buglife is moving to new offices in Peterborough, whilst in the midst of a legal tussle that

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Buglife Legal matters 

Buglife rides forth yet again

17th November, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments insects, invertebrates, planning

It really does seem to be like the butterfly that stamped. If you’ve been following the story of small charity

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Buglife Protected species 

The butterfly that stamped… Buglife sees off Royal Mail at West Thurrock?

15th April, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment insects, invertebrates, planning

The most ironic marketing gaffe ever, and then an apparent u-turn by Royal Mail: did plucky little conservation charity Buglife

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Protected species Wildlife & countryside news 

Endangered fly rediscovered on unusual ‘crabitat’

12th April, 2008 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments crabs, flies, invertebrates

In 1966, 21 specimens of a new type of fly were collected from an unusual habitat in the Caribbean by

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Wildlife & countryside news 

Invasion of the giant hornets… or is it?

1st June, 200726th October, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 51 Comments hornets, insects, invertebrates, massive animals, wasps

There’s a buzz going about… and it’s created by a load of hornets. Regular readers will know about the Asian

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Check out this massive wasp

9th May, 200726th October, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 98 Comments hornets, insects, invertebrates, massive animals, wasps

We heard you wanted to see a picture of a simply gigantic wasp. So here it is. The Asian Giant

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Wildlife & countryside news 

Deep underground, something stirs… the ants awaken

5th April, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment ants, forest, invertebrates

A few weeks ago The Ranger was visiting Parkhurst Forest to inspect the excellent squirrel hide there when he came

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Wildlife & countryside news 

The Ranger eats Mopane worms – but avoids weasel coffee

11th March, 2007 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment food, invertebrates, weird, wtf

Mmm! A party invitation arrived recently at Ranger Towers, inviting The Ranger and his companion to an evening meal… of

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Isle of Wight Spiders 

Giant cave spiders found down malodorous hole

16th December, 200614th November, 2021 Matthew Chatfield 21 Comments invertebrates, massive animals, spiders

A photo story for your entertainment. On a training day this week, The Ranger and his colleagues discovered a small

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Spiders 

Scientist: spitting worms have really weird sex

25th July, 20061st March, 2018 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment invertebrates, sex, worms

Years ago The Ranger was being trained to be a zoologist. No, it’s nothing to do with zoos. The students

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