• Bug vs Insect

    DONCASTER, South Yorkshire
    Thursday 22nd June 2023, 15:30 to 17:00

    Explore the wold of the meadow bugs and insects found in this beautiful habitat surrounding the visitor centre at Potteric Carr.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Scorpionflies
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Biological recording
    • Other

  • AES & BENHS Joint Bug Club Event

    READING
    Saturday 24th June 2023, 10:00 to 16:30

    A meeting at the Wokingham HQ of the British Entomological & Natural History Society arranged for the AES Bug Club…

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Open day
    • Walk
    • Workshop

  • British Dragonfly Society

    Activities, posters, creative ideas and identification guides for Key Stage 1, 2 and 3 about dragonflies & damselflies. Find the resources on the British Dragonfly Society website.

    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet
    • Website

  • RES Student Essays

    Read popular science writing all about insects…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Book

  • STEM Learning resources

    Activities for primary and secondary aged pupils which can be used to support Insect Week 2022.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Lesson Plan

  • Bugs Matter survey

    We need lots of people to take part in Bugs Matter this summer.

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet

  • NHM Fly Finder

    Join the NHM fly-spotting team this summer and improve our understanding of how some of these species, important as pollinators, are faring in the UK.

    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Activities sheet
    • Factsheet

  • Incredible Insects challenge badge

    A challenge badge for 4-18 year old budding entomologists and engaging for those who aren’t usually insect admirers!’…

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet

  • RES British Insects poster

    A poster covering all the groups or taxonomic orders of insects in the Britain.

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • 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
    • 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
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • Young Verrall Lecture 2022

    Watch Professor Camille Parmesan giving Young Verrall Lecture 2022…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Video