This is our choice of top bug songs – is your favourite here? We’ve only picked serious(ish) pop songs, so no Old Women Swallowing Flies, or Incey Winceys. That would be too easy… 10 Wham! – Wake Me Up Before You Go-go (Jitterbug) Sorry – a bad pun, but it’s really catchy and we couldn’t resist! […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
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Best Buggy Christmas Gifts
10 Brilliant Gifts for Kids under £10 You’d better watch out because here is what’s in our letter for Santa! We’ve been good, really, really good! 1) Wind Up Bee Torch £2.95 Very cute and no batteries needed as the more you wind the brighted it gets and the longer it lasts! A sweet buggy treat kids […]
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Big, big bugs!
Dominic vs Goliath Our favourite time of the week – Dom’s Wild Things on Channel 5! We’re all lined up on the sofa, ready to go. This week our intrepid hero is looking for a Goliathus or Goliath beetle. These are some of the largest beetles in the world (it depends very much on whether you’re counting length, width, […]
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Army ants
and killer spiders! It’s Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan on Channel 5 again! Even before he’s spotted a single army ant, he’s tackling a Brazilian Wandering Spider Phoneutria fera – the most venomous spider in the world whose deadly bite can cause fatal erections in men! Dom, we’re just in awe! Anyway, army ants… Dom’s finally […]
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Holy insecthouses!
Doing the graveyard shift We were looking around our village church this morning after the Remembrance Day parade and we saw something fantastic in the churchyard. Instead of tidying up all the autumn leaves and fallen branches, the church wardens have put aside a few piles of logs, twigs, pine cones and leaves to act as insecthouses! It’s such a simple idea but […]
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Bugs & Hobbits
Merry from Lord of the Rings tackles monster critters! On Friday evenings, Channel 5 is showing Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan. In tonight’s episode, he’s hunting Scolopendra gigantea – the Amazonian giant yellow-leg centipede. These things are enormous – they can reach up to 12″ long or 30cm. And there’s one on the screen just now eating a whole […]
Adventures
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre
What To Know Before Visiting Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre Ever since Henry went to the Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre (located near Newbury, Berkshire) on a school trip he has been nagging me to take him back for a repeat visit. I would love to say it was because he wanted to see and learn more about minibeasts […]
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The Lobster Pot
Marine Invertebrates at The Lobster Pot Landlocked? Landlubbers? You can still learn about marine mini-beasts at your local fishmonger! We’ve looked a crafty cuttlefish in the eye and tickled a squid’s tentacles. We’re into so much more than butterflies, bees and spiders here at insecthouse.co.uk. There are thousands of species of marine invertebrates which are every bit as cool and sometimes […]
