The popular naturalist, author and TV presenter reveals a secret world of overlooked wildlife
ROUND THE DOORSTEP OF A SPIDER’S lair – a doily of silken trip wires emanating out from a dark recess in the craggy bark of a veteran oak tree – are the husks of unfortunate dinner guests, a wrecking yard of bug bits. But one spider’s trash is another beetle’s treasure: none is more daring than the tiny, better known as the cobweb beetle, if it’s known at all.