At about three centimetres long, the great diving beetle (Dytiscus marginalis) is one of the UK's largest beetles. Although it is aquatic, it sometimes leaves the water and flies off to settle in a ...

Our collective actions and aims in the Wild Bunch are to work together to increase biodiversity in all its forms, flora and ...

They eat the insects they catch whilst still flying around. Amazing right? Pond habitats contain so much life. We're lucky to have so many of them here in the UK. Ponds can be found in back ...

Adding emergent plants will allow insects that start life in the water - such as dragonflies - to exit the ... Pond plants should ideally be bought from a supplier of UK native pond plants - these can ...

Invasive species prefers honeybees but study finds ‘highly flexible predators’ will prey on all insects abundant near ... its spread being halted in the UK. Research looking at the guts ...

Dragonflies and Damselflies lay eggs, larvae beneficial for pest control around your pond. Water Striders help control ...

Another important thing, he points out, is not to put fish in the pond. It may look nice but it is bad for biodiversity because fish are voracious eaters of the larger insects that are often the ...

Asian hornets could pose a bigger threat than we realised, as they have been found to love snacking on hundreds of other insects including ... It was first seen in the UK in 2016, and there ...