BBC Wildlife Magazine

COLD AS ICE

The popular naturalist, author and TV presenter reveals a secret world of overlooked wildlife

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N STREAMS AND PONDS, DITCHES AND dykes, life beneath the surface goes on, even during the coldest of winters. These watery environments are nurseries to creeping and crawling larvae, nymphs and naiads. They are the juvenile stages of more familiar winged manifestations: the insects that enliven the air space of spring and summer

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