L-stuff – Coffee and Creatures

The Summer Romance of a Leaf-cutter Bee

Wait! Before you spray me for slicing up your roses, there’s something you should know. I know the life of a bee must seem strange

Its other names range from the cool ”fire fish” and “fan dancer” to the decidedly rubbish “turkeyfish”, but the PR’s still bad for almost all

Despite its alternative name “bird of the heavens”, the lightning bird is about as welcome as a billion volts through the brain. In Mpondo, Xhosa,

I admit it: some bugs give me the shivers. Their aggressive silhouettes and multiple legs yank a bovine bellow of dread from the very pit