I know: this has apparently little to do with going car-free (except maybe fewer bugs getting squashed on the windscreen...), but there have been a lot of interesting bugs in my garden recently. One flew into the conservatory the other day and I got quite excited at the prospect of it being a Red Mason Bee, these being the trendy ones to have (doncha know?). However, it wasn't a Red Mason Bee, or indeed any kind of bee. It was a Syrphus ribesii, or a hoverfly. Luckily these are also on the bug 'Wall of Cool'. (See - knew I'd get a car reference in there somewhere!)
Good grief, I sound like some kind of Jeremy Clarkson-Ross Geller hybrid!
The Mouse has been less enthusiastic about anything creepy and crawlie. In fact, she's been near hysterical on the topic. However, we found a way around this: we've named them all. No, not in any kind of entomological fashion; we've just given them all first names. 'Oh, that bug? That's just Harry the Hoverfly... Bessie the Bee,' etc. You get the idea! On the downside, any that now meet a natural death are almost mourned.
If you are interested in the biodiversity of your own backyard, the Natural England website is very good.
Good grief, I sound like some kind of Jeremy Clarkson-Ross Geller hybrid!
The Mouse has been less enthusiastic about anything creepy and crawlie. In fact, she's been near hysterical on the topic. However, we found a way around this: we've named them all. No, not in any kind of entomological fashion; we've just given them all first names. 'Oh, that bug? That's just Harry the Hoverfly... Bessie the Bee,' etc. You get the idea! On the downside, any that now meet a natural death are almost mourned.
If you are interested in the biodiversity of your own backyard, the Natural England website is very good.
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