Stinkbugs again? Not so...

That's topical Stera, as our daughter came over on Wednesday evening for a 'socially distant' visit and we sat 2 metres apart in the front garden. She noticed the Lavender and Rosemary were full of Cuckoo spit and remembered taking some to school as a 'show and tell' nature item. We both it fascinating ... then and now!

Yuck lol :D … and after all that they get zapped !

That info. has cheered up my day, thanks for sharing. We have froth all over our lavender too - shan't look at it in the same way ever again!

Liked the humour in your blog, Sue! Very interesting too, I did wonder myself where and how it was produced! Never thought to do some research! :-)

Loved this blog Stera. I remember telling the girls that if they made bubbles in the bath I would put them out in the garden with the frog hoppers. They were 9 and 4 at the time. They then spent the following couple of days looking for them.

Lol Sbg. I hope they didn't make the bubbles the same way as the froghoppers?? Though come to think of it distant memories...lol.

Glad you all enjoyed it! Hywel I would never zap them!! I'm not very good at killing things. Sometimes I look at something little, like a very small fly, and think goodness it has a stomach, little eyes, little intestines, tiny feet - even tiny things are small miracles. (Except slugs and leeches...)

The idea of reading Bugs Britannica over breakfast appealed, so I looked it up! Is it as informative as it suggests, or just another common bug book - I fancy something with a bit more depth? Children love all the yucky stuff and then turn into right prudes when it comes to bodily functions, before turning back to normal - or what passes for normal these days.

I wouldn't call it a common bug book at all- its £35 for a start, and I reckon its value for money. It manages to combine facts with readability and superb photos. Its not a book for identifying insects though. Just flicking through it at random I opened it at a half page closeup of a horse fly, showing its huge green eyes and what the book calls "biting gear".Another random page has a full page photo of a cockchafer face on and it makes you thankful they aren't any bigger... I would say at a guess that there is about two thirds very informative text to one third photos. Its a companion volume to Flora Britannica and Birds Britannica (all past prezzies, lucky me!) Not really a book for most children though unless they are exceptional!
Go on,treat yourself!

And that cheers me up in turn! "There are more things in our gardens Horatio than are dreamed of in our philosophy" (with apologies to Shakespeare...)
Few things are a cheering as making somebody laugh...