Antipredatory defenses are maintained when benefit exceeds cost. A weak predation pressure may lead insular lizards to tameness. Podarcis lilfordi exhibits a high degree of insular tameness, which may explain its extinction from the main island of Menorca when humans introduced predators. There are three species of lizards in Menorca: the native P. lilfordi, only on the surrounding islets, and ...

The European Rhogogaster s. str. species are revised, and several nominal taxa from Asia discussed. The taxonomic identity of the type species Tenthredo viridis Linnaeus, 1758 is different from that assumed in the past. Tenthredo dryas Benson, 1943 is syn. nov. of R. viridis. The name Rhogogaster scalaris (Klug, 1817), species revocata, is to be applied to Rhogogaster viridis auct. New subjecti...

The phenology of fungal fruiting has changed in the UK over last 70 years, but whether associated mycophagous insects are able to exploit 'out season' fruit bodies is unknown. This study focused on baits can be used as a proxy examine changes insect communities. Using Agaricus bisporus bait, mushrooms were placed into two separate woodlands monthly from November 2020 July 2021. Megaselia rufipe...