Jean Michel notice yesterday that our boxwood hedge was looking miserable then today, he took a closer look at the three boxwood bushes in the front garden and discovered a cute little caterpillar. It turns out that the Box Tree Moth, a native to easter Asia, arrived in France with a bang in 2007 from Germany and …
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Gendarmes on My Letterbox – Gendarmes sur ma boîte aux lettres
When I first saw my letterbox covered with these beasties I thought they were ladybirds but of course they’re not. In French they’re called gendarmes. My dictionary gives firebug as an equivalent. Its Latin name is Pyrrhocoris apterus. Lorsque j’ai vu ces petites bestioles sur ma boîte aux lettres je pensais que c’étaient des coccinelles mais …
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