The most famous beetles in the UK are probably ladybirds ... You can see them on warm June evenings flying alongside wooded roads or just walking on the pavement, in places like Kew, Richmond, Barnes ...

Engineers admire the dragonfly's flying ability, but have found it impossible to mimic When Storm Ciara swept across the UK in February ... study of bird and insect life. One takes inspiration ...

Find out when and why ants grow wings and swarm. Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, particularly in urban areas, the winged insects you see are almost always the sexually mature queens and ...