British Bugs
Thirty-two insects and other small creatures that you could find in Britain this year, without going far from home. Choose a place and one will follow you round it.
Five places to discover
Garden
A ladybird, three kinds of bee, a hoverfly, ants, a snail and a spider.
8 bugs
Meadow
Five butterflies, a hummingbird hawk-moth, a grasshopper and a bush-cricket.
8 bugs
Pond
A dragonfly, a damselfly, a pond skater, whirligig beetles, a diving beetle and mayflies.
6 bugs
Log pile
A stag beetle, a ground beetle, a woodlouse, a centipede, a millipede and an earthworm.
6 bugs
After dark
A glow-worm, moths round the lamp, an elephant hawk-moth and a leopard slug.
4 bugs
Things to do
Small, and all around us
Britain has more than twenty-four thousand kinds of insect. Most people can name about ten. These thirty-two are a good place to start.
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