11-13 Years Archives - Insect Week

Big Bug Day at Foxearth Meadows

Sudbury

Saturday 28th June 2025, 10:30 to 15:00

Free family event celebrating Insect Week, with activities for all ages. Join in bug hunts, see moths up close, shake a bush.
- 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
- 11-13 Years
- 14-18 Years
- 6-10 Years
- Adults
- Open day
- Tour
- Walk
Natures hidden heroes – the importance of insects (KS2/7-11 webinar)

Thursday 26th June 2025, 14:00 to 14:30

Celebrate Insect Week with STEM Ambassadors from Royal Entomological Society and National Education Nature Park!…
- 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
- 11-13 Years
- 6-10 Years
- Other
- Talk
Bug Club day at Dinton Pastures

Hurst, Berkshire

Saturday 28th June 2025, 10:00 to 16:00

The AES Bug Club will visit the BENHS rooms to look at moths caught the previous night, explore the BENHS library and collections and look for insects in the country park.
- Butterflies and moths
- 11-13 Years
- 14-18 Years
- 6-10 Years
- Biological recording
- Open day
- Talk
- Tour
Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Tuesday 26th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
- Bristletails
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies or sedge flies
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Earwigs
- Fleas
- Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
- Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
- Mayflies or upwing flies
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Snakeflies
- Stoneflies
- Thrips
- True bugs
- True flies
- Twisted wing flies
- Webspinners
- 0-5 Years
- 11-13 Years
- Tour
- Walk
Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Wednesday 20th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
- Bristletails
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies or sedge flies
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Earwigs
- Fleas
- Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
- Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
- Mayflies or upwing flies
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Snakeflies
- Stoneflies
- Thrips
- True bugs
- True flies
- Twisted wing flies
- Webspinners
- 0-5 Years
- 11-13 Years
- Tour
- Walk
Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Wednesday 13th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
- Bristletails
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies or sedge flies
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Earwigs
- Fleas
- Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
- Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
- Mayflies or upwing flies
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Snakeflies
- Stoneflies
- Thrips
- True bugs
- True flies
- Twisted wing flies
- Webspinners
- 0-5 Years
- 11-13 Years
- Tour
- Walk
Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Thursday 7th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
- Bristletails
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies or sedge flies
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Fleas
- Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
- Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
- Mayflies or upwing flies
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Snakeflies
- Stoneflies
- Thrips
- True bugs
- True flies
- Twisted wing flies
- Webspinners
- 0-5 Years
- 11-13 Years
- Tour
- Walk
Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Thursday 31st July 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…
- Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
- Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
- Beetles
- Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
- Bristletails
- Butterflies and moths
- Caddisflies or sedge flies
- Dragonflies and damselflies
- Earwigs
- Fleas
- Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
- Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
- Mayflies or upwing flies
- Scorpionflies
- Silverfish and firebrats
- Snakeflies
- Stoneflies
- Thrips
- True bugs
- True flies
- Twisted wing flies
- Webspinners
- 0-5 Years
- 11-13 Years
- Tour
- Walk
- Workshop
Butterfly I.D for beginners

Gravesend

Saturday 31st May 2025, 10:00 to 12:00

Walk around the Silverhand Estate, admiring the views whilst identifying butterflies with Jenny Price.
- Butterflies and moths
- 11-13 Years
- 14-18 Years
- 6-10 Years
- Adults
- Talk
- Tour
- Walk
Morning with Moths

Gravesend, Kent

Sunday 29th June 2025, 09:30 to Saturday 29th March 2025, 11:30

A morning dedicated to moths at Silverhand Estate. The Estate is home to a ride range of species. Hosted by David Shenton…
- Butterflies and moths
- 11-13 Years
- 14-18 Years
- 6-10 Years
- Adults
- Talk
- Tour
- Walk