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Insects

July 2024

  • Tony Juniper

    Where are all the butterflies this summer? Their absence is telling us something important

    Tony Juniper
  • Jagged ambush bug

    Climate crisis has impact on insects’ colours and sex lives, study finds

  • Orange hawkweed is found on roadsides and hedgebanks.

    Country diary
    The orange hawkweed is a fiery, foxy presence in the garden

  • A peacock butterfly

    As British butterflies head north, scientists ask public to help track migration

  • Singapore has approved 16 insects to eat as food: here’s everything you need to know

  • Watchdog investigates Defra over authorisation of bee-killing pesticide

  • The Audio Long Read
    Where the wild things are: the untapped potential of our gardens, parks and balconies – podcast

  • 59 summer problems solved – from sunburn and sweating to wasps and wedgies

  • Country diary
    Country diary: Itching and scratching after a day of hay-baling

  • Weatherwatch: Buckwheat, miracle crop for a future of extreme heat

  • Wimbledon gardeners reuse coffee grounds in sustainability bid

  • Specieswatch
    Specieswatch: Jersey tiger moth heads north as climate heats up

  • Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows

  • ‘Not just for fuddy-duddies’: interest in moths booming as species struggle

June 2024

  • Common frog’s head poking out of a pond.

    Britain embraces pond life as aquatic garden plant sales boom

  • Daniela Liverani in a garden

    Experience
    Experience: a leech lived up my nose for a month

  • A silverfish

    Country diary
    Country diary: A kitchen ‘pest’ that predates dinosaurs

  • Meadow grass flowers © Maria Nunzia @Varvera

    Country diary
    Country diary: The grass is up – and so is the pollen count

  • Build a hedgehog highway! 33 ways to welcome more wildlife into your garden

  • Brief letters
    All cabbage whites great and small – oh lord, gardeners hate them all

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