Ticks are not insects, but tiny blood sucking parasites which live in woodland and grassy areas, closely related to spiders.
If you find your dog shaking its head violently from side to side, and pawing its ear, this could mean that it has a grass seed in its ear which, if not removed, can cause…
La SPA (Société Protectrice des Animaux) was created in 1845 by Doctor Etienne Pariset. Touched by the poor treatment of many cart and carriage horses on the streets of Paris, the society was at first devoted to the welfare of horses. It grew quickly, thanks to support from several renowned French ‘intellectuals’ such as Victor Hugo and Guy de Maupassant.
These are in fact caterpillar nests, constructed by the pine processionary caterpillar (chenille processionnaire) larva, who live in large ‘tents’ and march out at night in single file (hence the name) to feed on the pine needles.
in February, the farm celebrates its 15th anniversary, and to commemorate that event, we are producing a limited edition of 150 CDs, featuring 15 professionally recorded classical
Here in the P-O, we live amongst the vines but some grapes and raisins are believed to have a high toxicity for dogs, and can cause kidney failure. The most common early symptom of grape…
Snakes can sense the vibrations when we are approaching but they can’t hear us.
LOOKS CAN BE DECEPTIVE Beware the Oleander shrub, popular in the P-O for its evergreen qualities and delicate flowers and planted in quantity to jazz up roadsides, and gardens. This deceptively pretty, low-maintenance plant…
The mosquito (meaning “little fly” in Spanish) has been around for more than 30 million years, giving it plenty of time to hone its “biting” skills to a fine point (if you’ll pardon the pun!!)
Phlebotomus actually comes from the Greek phleps, phlebos meaning ‘vein’ referring to the blood sucking habit of sand flies The ‘Phlebotomus’ or ‘sandfly’ is a small, hairy species of mosquito, straw coloured or brown, whose…