Skip to content

The Friends of Charles Darwin

  • Home
  • Contents
  • Join
  • Newsletter
  • Blog
  • Articles
  • Reviews

Writing tagged: ‘insects’

Darwin stamps

Newsletter No. 9: ‘Time flies’

Stolen notebooks · DNA barcoding · butterflies · Mary Anning · flowers · cool videos · insects · snakes · mammalian evolution · book reviews

Published 12-Feb-2021
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: alice roberts, bicentennial oak, charles darwin, dna, flowers, insects, janet browne, mammals, stephen jay gould
Friends of Charles Darwin newsletter logo

Newsletter No. 4: ‘Giant leaps’

Apollo 11 · Origin of Species · Richard Owen · Charles Lyell · sloths · lice · deaf moths · pregnant lizards · puppy eyes · palaeoanthropology · book reviews · heads on spikes!

Published 20-Jul-2019
Filed under: Newsletters Tags: anthropology, charles lyell, dogs, expression of emotions, insects, origin of species, richard owen, sloths, space
Insectivorous Plants

Book review: ‘Insectivorous Plants’ by Charles Darwin

Darwin at his most Darwinian.

Published 07-Jun-2019
Filed under: Reviews Genres: By Darwin, Evolution, Nature/Ecology Tags: charles darwin, insectivorous plants, insects, plants, reviews
‘A Buzz in the Meadow’ by Dave Goulson

Book review: ‘A Buzz in the Meadow’ by Dave Goulson

A fantastic sequel to a fantastic prequel.

Published 13-Nov-2014
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Nature/Ecology, Science Tags: books, insects, reviews
‘A Sting in the Tale’ by Dave Goulson

Book review: ‘A Sting in the Tale’ by Dave Goulson

Fascinating book about bumblebees.

Published 25-Apr-2014
Filed under: Reviews Genres: Nature/Ecology, Science Tags: books, insects, reviews
Stephens Illustrations of British Entomology
Stephens Illustrations of British Entomology At the University of Cambridge Zoological Museum. Opened at a page showing one of the young Charles Darwin's finds.

15-Jun-1829: Darwin’s delight

On 15th June 1829, the young Charles Darwin was cited in Stephens’ ‘Illustrations of British Insects’.

Published 15-Jun-2009
Filed under: Articles Tags: anniversaries, beetles, darwin correspondence, entomology, insects

Parr for the course

Darwin's beetle collection photo by Martin Parr.

Published 03-Nov-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: beetles, charles darwin, insects, photographs

Britain's commonest butterfly spotted in my garden!

Photo of Meadow Brown butterfly [Maniola jurtina].

Published 26-Jul-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: butterflies, insects

Spotted in my garden yesterday

Female Orange-tip Butterfly.

Published 19-May-2008
Filed under: Blog Tags: butterflies, insects, photographs

The return of the peppered moth

Radio programme describing the re-verification of Kettlewell's peppered moth experiments.

Published 19-Oct-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: insects, peppered moths, podcasts

Mimic

A caterpillar which looks like a twig.

Published 13-Oct-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: camouflage, catterpillars, insects, mimicry, peppered moths, pupae

Sexual arms race

Between male and female diving beetles.

Published 25-Jun-2007
Filed under: Blog Tags: beetles, insects, sexual selection

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 Older posts

LATEST NEWSLETTER

Friends of Charles Darwin newsletter logo Newsletter No. 16: ‘Pilgrimages and plans’ A bumper Christmas edition of Darwin-related goodies.

RECENT ARTICLES

Alfred Russel Wallace Modesty and candour: the Darwin-Wallace friendship To mark the 200th anniversary of Wallace’s birth, an article exploring the friendship between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.
‘Darwin in Conversation’ exhibition, Cambridge Cambridge Darwin pilgrimage A trip to see a treasure-trove of Darwinalia.

RECENT BLOG POSTS

Charles Darwin, 1840. A long-desired plan A slightly improved website, and a change in emphasis on how the Friends of Charles Darwin publish stuff online…
RSS icon Friends of Charles Darwin RSS feed has moved… For technical/usability reasons, the canonical URL (web address) for the main Friends of Charles Darwin RSS feed has changed.

RECENT FAQs

Monkey facepalm If humans evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys? A simple answer, and a more detailed answer…
Left Power! Was Darwin left-handed? There are a lot of people on the internet who claim Charles Darwin was left-handed…

RECENT REVIEWS

BUY MY BOOK

‘On the Moor’ by Richard Carter

On the Moor: Science, History and Nature on a Country Walk
“…wonderfully droll, witty and entertaining… At their best Carter’s moorland walks and his meandering intellectual talk are part of a single, deeply coherent enterprise: a restless inquiry into the meaning of place and the nature of self.”
—Mark Cocker, author and naturalist
Amazon: UK | .com | etc.

  • Sign up for the Friends of Charles Darwin newsletter
  • Friends of Charles Darwin RSS feed
  • Richard Carter FCD on Mastodon
  • Friends of Charles Darwin on Facebook
  • @friendsofdarwin on Twitter
  • Contact form
  • Buy Richard Carter FCD a coffee
  • Richard Carter’s personal website
  • Richard Carter’s book: On the Moor
The Friends of Charles Darwin

There is grandeur in this view of life…