Category: Insect

Green-veined white butterflies are a type of white butterflies. To find out about them bellow. What it eats and what eats it Their caterpillars eat garlic mustard, cuckoo flowers, hedge mustard and many more. When they are adults they eat nectar from flowers. Birds, spiders and others eat Green-veined white butterflies. Lifecycle  When they are…

A buff-tailed bumblebee is a bee, scientifically know as the Bombus terrestris. Is a Bee, normally seen around late march to August. where does it live? The Buff-tailed bumblebee is mostly found in the U.K, Their found all over gardens, parks, woods, and farmland. what does it look like? The Buff-tailed bumblebee is big and furry…

Hello today we will be talking about a small species of butterfly the small tortoiseshell  We will be learning about: Appearance Their wings are a bright orange  colour with black and white stripes, black patches and some yellow patches. Their bodies are slightly fuzzy. Where do they live They live all across the uk in places…

What does a peacock look like? The peacock has a pattern of eyes to scare away predators. It is most recognised by those eyes. What they eat  they eat caterpillars and adult ones sip nectar from flowers like buddleia thistles and dandelions. Life cycle Their eggs are small and a pale green colour mostly looking like green…

Speckled wood butterflies are really interesting colours and patterns on their wings and are found across the UK and Ireland. In shady woodlands and grassy clearings, we also found one in the woods. What they eat The speckled wood butterfly caterpillars get different grasses like couch grass and Yorkshire fog. The caterpillars also eat things…

Hawthorn shield bugs, what are they? What do they do? Find out below! the one on the left is one found in Banton Description Hawthorn shield bugs is a bug and is a invertebrate. They are green with black dots. They are about 13-17 mm big. They are the most common and biggest shield bug…

Orange tip butterflies are named after the appearance of the male butterflies, because of there breathtaking orange wingtips.  Their coat colour The males have a white body with bright orange wingtips and they have a small black dot on there wings, the females have the black dot on there wingtip too but the females have…

General Violet ground beetles can normally be found in gardens, wetland, freshwater, woods, farms and meadows underneath rocks, leaves and logs although they favour woodlands better. They usually are seen from March to October and can often be found resting during the day. These beetles are black with a metallic purple shine, most noticeable around the…

We quite often find earwigs in our playground, under rocks or logs. We have also found them in Dow’s wood. About The Earwig The Common earwig is nocturnal, scavenging on dead plant and animal matter at night and retreating to hide under stones or in rotten logs during the daytime.These insects are known for their…