Insects in the news

A biodiversity crisis indicated by UK moths in decline

The frog and the mosquito

Ants teach each other a lesson

Could the decline in British sparrows be because of a lack of spiders (spiders are not insects, but you knew that)? Why the scarcity of spiders?

... and a story of termites being spread around in garden mulch (more a rumour than news, but interesting).

Our new website

Our website is live at last.

Its just over a week before we leave for France. The contents of the flat are gradually disappearing into boxes - all due to the heroic efforts of Regine. I've packed a box and a half so far - Regine has packed nearly 70!

Next week we pick up two large vans from Calais, bring them back to London and fill them up. We will have two friends and a couple of 'man with van' people (only without their van).

The Countdown Begins

We have arranged our bank loans, our London flat is sold (we exchanged contracts yesterday) and I have handed in my notice at work. There are five weeks before we move.

We are moving from a flat in London (West Hampstead, Camden) to a farm house in the Limousin, France.

We will be running "La Cité des Insectes", a museum of insects. We will also invite groups (with or without teacher) to share this beautiful part of the world. We hope to bring groups wishing to participate in creative activities (performance, music, art, sculpture), as well as people interested in walking and learning more about the coutryside and some of the local wildlife.

Eating Insects

I recently noticed a few web sites selling edible insects. Is it a passing fad, or a trend which will become mainstream?

I used to be a vegetarian, and still eat very little meat, so the thought of eating an insect is not much stranger than eating any meat. After all we eat shrimps - not that far removed from insects (external skeleton, lots of legs).

First Post

Just to see how it looks.