Right now, as gardens are in full bloom, an unexpected visitor can be found among the flowers: the rose chafer (Cetonia aurata). With its large, metallic-green body and creamy-white streaks along…

At this time of year, the quiet grasslands of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are hiding something remarkable - a moth that looks more like it belongs in a storybook than in the British…

The marmalade hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) is one of the most common and recognisable hoverflies in Britain.

For some people, the slightest glimpse of a spider is enough to inspire shrieks of fear and the fear in being bitten. In reality, very few spiders here are capable of biting a person, and the…

Riverflies may be small, but they're mighty when it comes to spotting problems on our chalk streams. We explore how these fascinating flies help us to protect these sensitive habitats.

The white-clawed crayfish is the UK's only native freshwater crayfish, but sadly it is under threat from a non-native competitor. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has been working…

Discover the different ways that moths and butterflies spend the winter

A trainee ecologist's quest to record Hampshire's 6 fritilllary butterfly species.