It was a Maybug, a cockchafer - the sort of word you put with some trepidation into the Internet for fear of what might come back. But the derivation turned out to be entirely innocent ...

Despite their charming appearance, moles pose a significant challenge for gardening enthusiasts. By digging tunnels, they ...

The Commander of the British Gunboat Cockchafer forced under threat of bombardment the highest military leaders in the Province of Szechwan to walk in full dress uniform behind the coffin of Edwin G.

The definitive record of the English language is planning to include 'billywitch' - a term for a cockchafer beetle, and 'bishy barnabee' - a ladybird, later this year. Professor Peter Trudgill ...

like a crab), a flying beetle called the cockchafer which was known in Norfolk as a kittywitch, a species of sea bird, a female spectre dressed in white or a derivation of the Dutch word kitwijk ...

Also moles can be a good thing; as well as eating earthworms they also enjoy garden pests such as the cockchafer and leatherjacket larvae which live off the roots of grass." I'm writing to ask you ...

We asked readers for their favourite spineless wonders and were not disappointed. There are a few days left for nominations Tunnellers, fliers, crawlers: your nominations for the UK invertebrate ...