Country diary: Everybody loves to hate the stinging nettle – don’t they?

The Guardian17 jun 2026Macro
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Published on 17 June 2026, the entry notes the painful tingling from a nettle sting on a bare calf along a combe footpath and details the presence of aphids, a red soldier beetle preying on them, spiders with webs, and nettle pollen beetles swarming the flowers; it also identifies nettle pollen as a contributor to hay fever, matching the observer’s smarting eyes and sneezing.