said she was inspired to write about Ms Cheesman after reading a newspaper article about her collection of 42,000 insects. The middle of five children, Ms Cheesman was born in Westwell in 1881 and ...

Glow-worms belong to the family Lampyridae. The beetles in this group are commonly known as fireflies or lightning bugs. There are over 2,000 lampyrid species currently known to science. Generally, ...

Pete Cooper from Bristol did. He heard about the national decline in glow worms and decided to start breeding them in his bedroom. He has now been inundated with requests from landowners to ...

I would recommend that you try worm castings, a euphemism for worm excrement, to prevent insect predations on your plants. There is a large body of evidence that, properly applied in dry or liquid ...

Science Photo Library Evelyn Cheesman became the first keeper of insects at London Zoo in 1917 ... and began her love of nature by hunting glow worms in her garden. Ms Lonsdale said: "She often ...