2012 is the Year of the Bug. Well, actually, the last 300 million years have been the year of the bug too.
The Bugman
Shieldbugs
Shieldbugs are lovely — why else would we give them such a heroic heraldic name?
Ants – the ultimate social insects. British Wildlife Collection
Crawling into a bookshop near you. All myths about pants and pantries are dispelled. It contains one limerick.
A way with worms
My fave rhyme is limerick brevity, Five lines and a twist in th'extremity. The words quite a mash-up, Dr Seuss/ Ogden Nash-up — Gravitas with a smidgeon of levity.
WASP
Dylan Thomas wondered deeply about the worth of wasps. Although we are not told which authors wrote them, among the 'useful' presents he recieved were 'books that told me everything about the wasp, except why. This is the why.
Beetles — in the Collins New Naturalist series
I like beetles, I like them very much indeed, so I wrote a book about them.
Call of nature: the secret life of dung
A key selling point is the fact that the spine of the book is adorned with an elephant's bottom. Publication: February 2017.
House guests, house pests
A natural history of animals in the home. Click here for details of how to get the now scarce hardback.
The paperbacks were released into the wild in February 2016
How to be a curious entomologist
A series of introductory 'how to' workshops/ seminars. Click here for follow-up information.
Mosquito
Published August 2012. How an irritating but trivial gnat became imbued with dark menace well beyond its diminutive size.
Gardeners’ World
Garden Wildlife blog, mostly creepy crawlies, but also the occasional bluetit, fox or bat. Don't mention cats though.
BBC Wildlife Magazine
Richard Jones
Bugman Jones 