AJC Arthropoda

While I'm yet to catch up with the Wasp Spider, Argiope bruennichi , I have long puzzled over the stabilimentum, a structure produced th...

Although the weather has returned to "normal" the effects of the spring-summer drought linger with insect numbers down on what sho...

I'm not very good at rearing larval insects, and on the few occasions that I have I've wound up with parasitoid wasps rather than wh...

Palmer, P., Cann, A., Sexton, T., Fox, B., & Pitt-Miller, S. (2025) Spiders of the Rutland Water Lagoons: An Exploratory Survey. ISBN 97...

click for larger view (answer at bottom of page) Guess the mystery objects!  Actually, there is a point to this. One of the best aspects of ...

A shorter journal this month. There has been a lot going on but not too much entomology to write about yet. Buy one, get one free A German h...

I bought my present compound microscope (an Apex Practitioner) for £100 nearly 10 years ago. It's been amazingly good for the price, but...

click for full size image I've written so much about the importance of diffusion in macro photography and microscopy that I almost feel...

This week I have taken delivery of several parcels, including one from Germany. This one had a hitchhiker, a Long-tailed Silverfish, Ctenole...