I Am Fascinated By Minibeasts

Today I have just been looking through our home videos as I was trying to get some more details for a story that I wrote earlier today
And I came across a video, of our daughters playing at a working out on their bed, they were trying...

Does anyone know what this minibeast is, and what all those yellow eggs belong to?  I found them on my Sorrel plant.

In the Summer I love to watch them and lose myself in their little world.

I've never seen them before this year. While I'm interested in discovering a creature that is new to me, I don't want to share living space with them. I've noticed a few of these little guys in the house I'm at over the past month. They...

We have some mini beasts where we live, some spiders, lizards and insects, and I have a basic philosophy, that is it can’t hurt us then we won’t hurt it, and over the years I have tried to teach my daughters this as well, we once...

I was on holiday in Pembrokeshire relaxing in the sand-dunes when I suddenly noticed this pair of beetles.  One was burrowing in the sand while the other one was doing a kind of frantic circular dance nearby.  Didn't take long for...

I spotted this beautiful insect sitting on a dandelion, and was struck by its lovely metallic green colour and the bulging shape of its legs.  Unfortunately I can't find it in my insect book.  I wonder what it is?

I went to  visit a butterfly farm last week.  It was amazing, as soon as I walked through the door I was in their world.  Hundreds of glasswing butterflies were flying around me, as well as many other species.  I love the...

I loved this cute ladybird I 'spotted' with the white face.

I find ants some of the most fascinating minibeasts of all. Just their communication system is amazing. They have a hierarchy too, and are ageist, sending out the oldest members of the community to the most dangerous places to collect...

Here are some beetles I discovered in the Peak District.  Aren't they fascinating?

 

I found this little spider on my broad bean plants.  I wonder what  sort it is?