As its name suggests, the birch shieldbug can be found feeding on silver birch, and sometimes hazel, in mixed woodland. Adults hibernate over winter, emerging in spring to lay their eggs.

Considered to be an early sign of spring, the song of the cuckoo sounds the same as its name: ‘cuck-oo’. It can be heard in woodlands and grasslands. Cuckoos famously lay their eggs in the nests…

With yellow-and-black bands, the giant horntail looks like a large wasp, but is harmless to us. The female uses her long, stinger-like ovipositor to lay eggs in pine trees, where the larvae then…

Mae’r ystlum hirglust yn driw i’w enw yn sicr: mae ei glustiau bron mor hir â’i gorff! Cadwch lygad amdano’n bwydo ar hyd gwrychoedd, mewn gerddi ac mewn coetiroedd.