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This year, due to the relatively mild weather, combined with a moderate amount of rain, in the UK we seem to have an abundance of creepy crawlies, eight legged beasties and things that go flutter in the night. Arachnophobics please switch off now.

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I enjoyed the antics of a small white butterfly the other day, but then I wondered if it could have been a moth. I had to look further and now know it was a butterfly and how to know next time.

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The African island of Madagascar is home to a wide variety of wildlife. Here are some of the more beautifully exotic, and strange, animals that inhabit the island.

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My choices for the top 10 most unique caterpillars in appearance.

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Some more info.

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Colors of intense metallic iridescence and amazing abilities of acrobatic flight, hummingbirds are the rarely seen gems of the bird kingdom. A delight for any garden or backyard, invite them over for a drink some time.

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Sometimes confused as being either a Chameleon or Gecko, the Green Anole is neither. It is a small reptile native to America and found mostly in the southeastern states, and throughout the world. Other local populations of Anoles in the U.S. are either escaped pets, intentional transplants or (more likely) have hatched from soil brought in regionally from abroad for landscaping and horticultural workings. Imported plants & bushes with their roots bound in burlap sackcloth may have contained Anole eggs which subsequently hatched and seeded the indigenous population, now flourishing entirely on its own.

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Harbingers of summer and eliminator of pests, the beautiful dragonfly has arrived.

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Insects that put the “master” in disguises.

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Some of the prettiest caterpillars you’ve ever seen.