24thMay 2022
Five facts about the gruesome beauty of solitary wasps
This article in the Conversation (23 May 2022) shares the amazing life stories of these solitary (and useful) insects.
19thJanuary 2022
Education as if people and planet matter – the wasp lesson
Read this thought provoking and winning essay written by a secondary school teacher from Leeds, in Resurgence & Ecologist online. The Wasp Lesson addresses how and what we teach, and the value of establishing a connection with nature in children and young people. This was shared by the Forest School [...]
30thSeptember 2021
Autumn means more house spiders and sugar hungry wasps
This article in The Conversation (23 September 2021) explains why.
29thJuly 2021
Alien or parasitoid?
This blog post in Scottish pollinators Thick-headed undertakers (20 May 2021) describes the remarkable lifecycle of parasitoid insects, and how we must embrace the gruesome in biodiversity.
