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Country diary 1919: the destructive long-horned beetle

16 September 1919 The larvae can live in dead wood for over 20 years, before coming out of their burrows as beetles The curious beetle with the very long antenna, four times the length of its body, which was found in a garden at Walkden, is one of the long-horned or longicorn beetles, Acanthocinus ardilis.

Honeytrap review true-crime, urban-realist melodrama

Jessica Sula is outstanding in a story based on the 2009 case of a teenage girl who lures a lovestruck admirer in a brutal trap set by gang members A quietly excellent lead performance from Jessica Sula (a graduate of TVs Skins) carries this raw, powerful movie from feature newcomer Rebecca Johnson comparable to

Insect collapse: We are destroying our life support systems | Insects

Scientist Brad Lister returned to Puerto Rican rainforest after 35 years to find 98% of ground insects had vanished We knew that something was amiss in the first couple days, said Brad Lister. We were driving into the forest and at the same time both Andres and I said: Where are all the birds? There

My husband is perpetually grumpy and Im desperate for some light relief. What can I do?

Bitterness can be a mood-setter, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith, but you can separate your emotional experience from his My husband, who is in his mid 70s, is perpetually grumpy and negative. He rarely smiles and always sees the worst side of people and places, including our family and home environment. This permanent negativity and

Oasis's greatest songs ranked! | Oasis

Why did they waste their best tracks on B-sides? Were Noels lyrics really that bad? Its time to reappraise the Mancunian legends A stand-alone single that was reportedly removed from Dont Believe the Truth to cut down on the number of Noel Gallagher-sung tracks, Lord Dont Slow Me Down offered fruitful, grimy repurposing of