Creepy-crawlies in the air... dragonflies, wasps, hover flies, bumblebees, gnats, butterflies,                                         midges, house flies, moths, lacewings, dance flies, mosquitoes,

Creepy-crawlies on vegetation... ladybirds, froghoppers, crab spiders, aphids, leaf beetles,                                                shield bugs, crickets, barklice, grasshoppers, stick insects,

Creepy-crawlies on the ground... woodlice, earthworms, millipedes, tiger beetles, scorpions,                                                earwigs, carrion beetles, wolf spiders, slugs, centipedes,

Creepy-Crawly Poetry - Sources

In putting this website together I've used lots of information from various different places including books, nature magazines, TV documentaries, and of course the internet. The following books in particular have been very useful and I would recommend them for anyone who's interested in finding out more about these fascinating little creatures.

1. The Complete Garden Wildlife Book

    by Mark Golley - New Holland

2. Pocket Nature: Insects and Spiders

    by George C. McGavin - Dorling Kindersley

3. Small Woodland Creatures

    by Lars-Henrik Olsen, Jakob Sunesen & Bente

    Vita Pedersen - Oxford University Press

4. Nick Baker's Bug Book

    by Nick Baker - New Holland

5. Garden Creepy-Crawlies

    by Michael Chinery - Whittet Books

6. RSPB Handbook of Garden Wildlife

    by Peter Holden & Geoffrey Abbott - Christopher

    Helm

7. Philip's Guide to Butterflies of Britain & Ireland

    by J.A. Thomas - Philip's

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