![WAGTAIL](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653b7a2ad29f5c16a3d5a208/1717852957449-FMLW7LA7ZPGUS0B3K9L7/wagtail.png)
![WATERFLIES](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653b7a2ad29f5c16a3d5a208/1712476740577-TK8D0HHTX4WN76ANJO35/waterflies.png)
WATERFLIES
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, WATERFLIES: Ah, how the poor world is pestered with such waterflies, diminutives of nature. Shakespeare intends this as an insult but Waterflies such as the Mayflies have complex & fascinating life cycles.
![POLECAT/FITCHEW](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/653b7a2ad29f5c16a3d5a208/1708698346114-S22JJSADGOAQOMFD538B/Polecat.png)
POLECAT/FITCHEW
Shakespeare Species Quote of the Day, POLECAT or FITCHEW: ‘Tis such another fitchew - marry, a perfumed one! Polecat was used as an insult in Elizabethan England and the Polecat was almost exterminated in Britain by the early 20th Century.