• 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

  • 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

  • Battle for the Butterflies and Bumblebees – FarmED Lunchtime Talk

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Tuesday 24th June 2025, 11:45 to Thursday 24th April 2025, 14:00

    When was the last time your windscreen was splattered with insects? Our insects are in decline, so what can we do to help them? Join Alex, our resident entomologist, for a look at why our beloved bugs are declining and how we can help them.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk

  • 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

  • Insectafest

    Hednesford
    Saturday 28th June 2025, 12:00 to Wednesday 4th June 2025, 16:00

    A range of activities and stands for all ages focusing on insects…

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Exhibition
    • Interactive stand
    • Workshop

  • Bees: A Story of Survival

    Liverpool
    Sunday 5th May 2024 to Sunday 28th September 2025

    Immerse yourself at Liverpool's World Museum in an exhibition that brings together art and science to explore one of nature’s most incredible creatures - the bee.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Exhibition

  • Explore the Royal Parks with Help Nature Thrive bug trails

    Saturday 1st June 2024 to Thursday 1st August 2024

    The Royal Parks are great places to connect with nature. These self-led walks in the central Royal Parks will help you discover more about our conservation initiatives and introduce you to some of the parks smallest inhabitants – the invertebrates. The…

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

  • Hilltop Live – Free daily talks with RHS

    Wisley, Woking
    Monday 24th June 2024, 10:30 to Saturday 29th June 2024, 12:00

    Hilltop Live is a series of free daily talks, demonstrations and interactive sessions that take place in our magnificent RHS Hilltop building. Get expert gardening advice, see how-to demonstrations to try at home and learn about fascinating scientific discoveries, plus much more. Join RHS entomologists at RHS Hilltop in…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk

  • Dragonfly Field Recorder Day

    Wednesday 10th July 2024, 10:00 to 16:00

    Dragonfly Field Recorder Day Join Linda Pryke to record the dragonflies and damselflies of Tolworth Court Farm. No experience is required, just a passion for insects. Join like-minded people with an interest in recording wildlife observations for a day identifying and recording dragonflies and damselflies in an informal environment. Naturalists…

    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Biological recording