There are insect-related events online, throughout the UK, and beyond.

Find out about an Insect Week event taking place near you or online in June 2023.

We include all different types of activities relating to insects: from bug hunts, tours, talks, workshops, to creative activities, exhibitions and performances.

 

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  • Dragonfly Walk

    Bishop's Stortford, Herts
    Wednesday 26th June 2024, 13:30 to 16:15

    A pleasant wander along the banks of the River Stort Navigation to find and record dragonflies and damselflies.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Walk

  • Insect Quiz for Insect Week!

    Friday 28th June 2024, 10:00 to 10:30

    Celebrate Insect Week and STEM with this free 30-minute quiz for 7-11 year olds.

    • 6-10 Years
    • Other

  • National Museums Scotland Collection Centre Tour 1

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    Friday 28th June 2024, 11:00 to 00:15

    Discover our entomology collections at a behind the scenes tour of our state-of-the-art collections and research centre in Granton, Edinburgh.

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Angel insects
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Ice crawlers and heelwalkers
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mantises
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stick-insects
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners

  • National Museums Scotland Collection Centre Tour 2

    Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
    Friday 28th June 2024, 14:00 to 15:15

    Discover our entomology collections at a behind the scenes tour of our state-of-the-art collections and research centre in Granton, Edinburgh.

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Angel insects
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Ice crawlers and heelwalkers
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mantises
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stick-insects
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Tour

  • Public Moth Night

    Bury Green, Little Hadham
    Friday 28th June 2024, 21:15 to 01:15

    An evening where several moth traps will be run in Millennium Wood, Bury Green, East Herts.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording

  • Insects: who are they, where to find and what do they do?

    Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 10:00 to 16:00

    This event will take place in a public park of a tropical metropolis and aims to call the attention of the public about the importance of insects and the importance of them as ecosystem services providers in the whole ecosystem.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Competition
    • Exhibition
    • Interactive stand
    • Talk
    • Walk

  • London Fields BioBlitz 2024

    London
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 10:00 to 15:00

    First annual BioBlitz event in London Fields, Hackney.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Interactive stand

  • Marvelous Moths

    Edinburgh , Scoland, UK
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 10:30 to 15:00

    Celebrate Insect Week 2024 with family friendly activities at the National Museum of Scotland. Inspired by the work of Scottish entomologist and moth collector Alice Blanche Balfour, we’re celebrating the moths and women of entomology (the study of insects). Put your entomology skills to the test and discover more about…

    • Butterflies and moths
    • Interactive stand

  • The Insect Circus

    ABINGDON, England
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 11:00 to 11:45

    String Theatre invites the audience to Puppet Theatre Barge to forget reality and become immersed in the strange and beautiful world of the Insect Circus.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Performance

  • The Insect Circus

    ABINGDON, England
    Saturday 29th June 2024, 14:00 to 14:45

    String Theatre invites the audience to Puppet Theatre Barge to forget reality and become immersed in the strange and beautiful world of the Insect Circus.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Performance