After a long overwintering period with little activity, BugBlog comes to life thanks to these active earthworms. Using my shoe as a me...

 We rose to quasi tropical temperatures for mid February today, reaching 15.5 oC in this clear sunny day. Many overwintering bugs woke up...

 I ventured out to the garden today despite the wind and occasional shower. Plants are starting to awaken: leaves sprouting, two daffodils...

 I planted a laurustinus ( Viburnum tinus ) bush on a large pot a couple of years ago and placed it opposite the window where we eat, a sh...

I just sent my record of the first butterfly of the year to the fantastic Woodland Trust site nature's calendar , a citizen scie...

Today we woke up to a mild, sunny day and I was pleasantly surprised by the diversity of active bugs about. I made a count of species and wh...

We've had a couple of frosts in the last few days. Despite the die-hards which allow me to post occasionally these days, most insect s...

The fog painted the spider webs hanging from bushes and fences this morning with pearly dew drops. It made evident that at least three spide...

A lovely, still sunny day, I walk to a clump of Mahonia on a corner of an avenue. I have posted about this bug magnet in previous years ( he...

After several weeks of frost and snow, and the coldest December for 120 years , we venture in the devastated garden to get some fresh air....

I went for a walk this afternoon to re-acquaint myself with my clean and repaired camera. After spending almost three weeks camera-less, it ...

We had our first frost yesterday, and it was also a frosty morning today. But coming back home this afternoon, with the light already going ...

The sun appeared shyly behind the clouds after a shower. It is milder than in the last few days today and I wandered out in the garden to tr...

The first bumblebee of the year stumbled across my path today. It was close to a large clump of flowering Mahonia , but on the footpath, so ...