Insects & Invertebrates

Common blue butterfly in Weymouth, Dorset, UK. © Verity Hill

Insects & Invertebrates

How can butterflies and moths smell?

Garden cross spider. © Klaus Vartzbed/Getty

Spider research shows that invertebrate decline is a tangled web

Caterpillar. © Wayne Kliewer

New invertebrate photography competition launched

Garden cross spider on its web, UK. © Olivier Roland/EyeEm/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Why do spiders eat their own webs?

Painted lady butterfly. Getty

British wildlife in July

Brown hairstreak butterfly at Alners Gorse, Dorset, UK. © Megan Shersby

Insects & Invertebrates

What’s the insect equivalent of blood?

Pristine male purple emperor displaying all four wings, at Fermyn Woods. © Matthew Oates/Neil Hulme

Insects & Invertebrates

Purple emperor butterfly guide: how to identify, what they eat, and when and where to see them

Female glow worm. © Ian Redding/Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Do street lights interfere with glow-worms?

The Beatles (l to r) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison show off their MBE medals after their investiture at Buckingham Palace. © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis/Getty

New beetle species named after The Beatles

Bee pollinating lavender Getty

Wildlife Gardening

How to identify and attract pollinators to your garden

Thrift near Porthleven In Cornwall, UK. © Education Images/Universal Images/Getty

British wildlife in June

ockchafer (melolontha melolontha) ©Getty

Insects & Invertebrates

Cockchafer guide: how to identify and where to see

Wasp beetle on a dandelion. © Minh Hoang Cong/500px/Getty

Identify Wildlife

How to identify longhorn beetles

Male stag beetle in hand. © Aimi MacInnes

Insects & Invertebrates

Stag beetle guide: how to identify, and how to help them in your garden

Small tortoiseshell butterfly on ivy flowers. © Estuary Pig/Getty

Wildlife Gardening

Best plants to grow for pollinators in your wildlife garden