Wildlife Corner

Well, the EnCon guys sent the moose on a long vacation to the Adirondack Mountains where he will have a better chance of finding a mate. I guess you might say it was like it says in the song: He was looking for love in all the wrong places.

Hello,I'm MSc. students at School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University. This online questionnaire survey is a part of my dissertation research about The development of buildings-integrated nest box for starling. The survey will take no longer than 15 minutes of your time. Your...

i've only ever seen the one Dragonfly in the flesh but i must agree they are pretty amazing! we have a forest across from our house which if you go in a ways you'll come across a river, as a kid i remember suddenly coming face to face with a beautiful Dragonfly...i was mesmerised to say the...

Send some invitations out, Ziggy, for a Moth Ball.

I know, had a fight with one, it was my sandwich and I wasn't going to let him take it off me

Finally saw 1 on my Cosmos yesterday, and a Black and Red one down by the Marina. But 2 in a 5 mile radius is sorrowfull. (there may have been more, but whilst at the Marina I looked and looked then looked again).

I picked up a module once that had blown up a corner and there was a huge slug in it laying, I gave them all a generous helping of salt and left it in the sun to wither.

RJ.....Rhus is also known as Sumach.

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on re-doing a wildlife garden for a school. It's a fairly good sized are and so far I have got rid of all the thick weeds and raked the ground. Will I need to turn the earth before planting seeds? Also is it too late in the year to be planting grass/wildflower...

Lots of insects pollinate flowers. Bees are only one of quite a few.

That took a while

We had exactly the same bees nest in our shed - they had taken up residence in some stacked lounger cushions - shredded them to bits . We had to move them and we put the whole cushion under a compost bin with the front off. Activity has been a lot less this last couple of weeks - some flying...

I have 'Purple Tiger' and can confirm it's not that. Woo, there is a climber called 'Oh Wow' that looks like it. 'Purple Tiger'

I don't think they can kill the varroa mite without harming the bees a little. but I'm sure I've heard that the varroa mite can only kill honey bees because the mite is unable to get inside bumble bees.

Brilliant, thanks, good to know what I'm dealing with at least.Will go shopping for some pyrethrum tomorrow.Anyone had any experience with these nematodes? Are they effective? Need re-applying each year?

Well I could be a fan of Carling. Just saying, haha.

Added it my next year wish list as well , looks lovely

Lucky you...Provado is still available in the UK! Or you could try the 'bio' route with nematodes, but they need very particular conditions to work effectively.

I also have 3 under ground nests one which has been dug up but the bees and are still using it, so i will be watching this thread for info, thank you silu for post it