Chris Skinner and Matthew Gudgin begin the podcast watching a very splendid butterfly in the woodland clearing.

They travel through the woodland to rather confusingly look for a gathering of lazy and extremely poisonous moths that are up and about in the daytime.

The pair chance upon a group whirligig beetles circling on the water and dragonflies laying their eggs.

Chris and Matthew answer a variety questions sent in by listeners this week; asking about cockchafers on the lawn, ducklings across the pond and a beautiful recording of a mockingbird in San Diego.

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