pestival

The large Termite Mound which has sprung up along the South Bank is part of the Pestival celebration of insects which runs through this weekend.

I happened to be passing it whilst it was being created and thought the combination of bars, construction workers and little crowds of onlookers was itself quite a spectacle. Now, of course, it is suited to far more artistic views.

And the related exhibits include all manner of bug and particularly the dwindling bee.

Some of the creatures get to that uncomfortably large size that turns them from cute into eversoslightlyscary. I haven't quite worked out the turning point, but maybe its whether or not all the legs could be contained within an upturned coffee mug?

I always think of September as spider month, because it seems to be the time when they decide they've had enough outdoors and start to patrol the carpets again.