In a quiet corner of Cheshire, out of sight and out of time, lies Wybunbury Moss, a remarkable place for many reasons. Walking out onto this site feels like you are stepping into history- a veritable ecological time capsule preserving a wild essence that has been lost from so much of our landscape.
A remarkable evolutionary tangent distinguishes the pot beetle from other leaf beetles. Ross Piper describes the fascinating life history and extraordinary biology of the 21 species of pot beetle found in Britain.