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This article examines the differences between White Featherlegs (Platycnemis latipes) and Orange Featherlegs (Platycnemis acutipennis) with close up photos.
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02 Dec 2015
On a still, warm morning at the end of September I was walking along the bank of the river Tech near the Spanish border.
Normally that particular stretch is deserted, but on this occasion I saw a tent pitched near a gap in the bankside vegetation. It turned out that a fisherman was camped there; he was with his wife and small son - they may possibly have been there all night as night fishing for carp is popular.
As I arrived he had a fish on his line and was bringing it in to the river b…
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30 Sep 2015
Someone said to me the other day that it was a shame such beautiful creatures only live for a day - which set me thinking. While some insects are as short-lived as this, butterflies are not, so I have written this article on their lifespan.
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