Pine caterpillars feed on the needles of pine trees. In large numbers, they can severely weaken the trees, making them more ...

Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a ...

A colder winter has likely put the caterpillars, which are linked to Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome, behind their usual ...

It is not a male anything. This is a female chaffinch, which appears to be suffering from leucism, causing the plumage to ...

As they grow, caterpillars produce large amounts of ... However, out of the approximately 2,500 species of moth in the UK, the vast majority are considered harmless, says the BPCA, and many ...

The Eastern tent caterpillar (ETC) gained notoriety during the early 2000s when its accidental ingestion by pregnant mares was linked to Mare ...

The local wildlife was months ahead of what it was back home. Birds were in full song, some of which will migrate to the UK in the coming weeks. Lizards basked in the sunshine. Insects, including many ...

As you might expect, leek moth is best known as a pest of leeks, but it can also attack chives, garlic, onions and shallots. There are two generations of caterpillars a year in the UK, in spring and ...

“The greatest danger occurs when mature caterpillars leave the trees to pupate and transform into moths ... download the UK entomology publication “Checking Eastern Tent Caterpillar ...

The Death’s Head Hawk-Moth is also known to be a pest, affecting honey production as an adult and attacking valuable crops as a caterpillar. The author leads us into further stories about the use of ...

In her fourth article, bestselling author Manda Scott explores thrutopia, and how ‘small islands of coherence’ – think ...