How to be a curious Entomologist – Or free bug training!

A one day introductory course offering the opportunity to learn the simple techniques of finding a wide variety of insects, collecting, examining, selecting sample specimens to be killed and preserved for future reference and identification. You will learn the simple techniques of finding a wide variety of insects, collecting, examining, selecting sample specimens to be … Continue reading How to be a curious Entomologist – Or free bug training!

Any bug will do

While working at Hilly Fields pulling creeping thistle last week the Nature's Gym volunteers came across a number of bugs, including a meadow brown and cabbage white and numerous grasshoppers and crickets.  At the midday tea break one got a little closer to the tea than most.  It seemed as though it was a tea drinker, but … Continue reading Any bug will do