Blog: Insects

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Yellow brimstone butterfly feeding on purple honesty flower by Wendy Carter

Buttery butterfly

Let’s take a closer look at the most ‘butter’fly of butterflies…

Face of a hornet appearing over a wall by Vaughn Matthews

Humming hornets

They might have a fearsome reputation but hornets are really just gentle giants...

Dark-edged bee-fly hovering at a yellow lesser celandine flower while it feeds by Wendy Carter

Buzzy bee-flies

Take a dive into the fascinating world of Worcestershire's bee-flies...

Black and yellow striped wasp on green ivy by Wendy Carter

Wonderful wasps

Discover why there's more to these black and yellow picnic pests than meets the eye...

Marbled white butterfly (white and grey checked/marbled pattern) sitting on vegetation by Wendy Carter

Beautiful but deadly

Discover the delights and hidden depths of this beautiful butterfly

Common carder bumblebee on verbena flower by Nick Upton/2020VISION

We need action to reverse the decline of insects

Insects are dying out up to 8 times faster than larger animals and 41% of insect species face extinction states a new report commissioned by our Wildlife Trust colleagues in the southwest...

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