You can't beat a bit of Ozrics

Developers WANT gradual release of new homes, so demand always outstrips supply to keep sales prices high. They use:

1 Land-banking - to prevent competitors building

2 Slow build-out - to keep demand high

Reforms should focus on this dynamic, plus skills shortages, and minimising slow wet trades

Yes

Looks good

Did you see any Calvia decemguttata? I caught up with this last week in the New Forest

I found this once on Guernsey years ago

Thanks Andy. Hoping both these will be written up - nipponicus found NTB by Max Barclay in 2021, the earwig more recent.

if you email the britishbugs website I will send you something

not from those photos. Have you tried keying it out? If it doesn't have a dark base to A1 it might be cymoides

looks good