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The female black-and-yellow mud dauber is a master of anim
Structured, social and remarkably sophisticated, a bustling woodland ant community is home to engineers, farmers, nurses and warriors
DOMINIC COUZENS ON THE...
Bee venom and beauty might make strange bedfellows, but, as Jane Wheatley discovers, they are a combination fit for a Queen
THERE’S nothing better in midsummer than going into the garden and listening to the buzzing of bees going about their business – especially if you are taking the chance to sit and relax! Similarly, it
YOU’LL KNOW ALL ABOUT IT IF you get stung by a bullet ant (Paraponera clavata), a species named after the fact that the pain from its venom feels as if it has been inflicted by a gunshot. Some insect
A warm early autumn is great for invertebrates, says James Lowen
