• Insects in green spaces

    This guide from the Royal Entomological Society gives you an overview of the different types of insects, with advice on how you might create a place for them to live in a green space near you. RES_A5 Insects_web artworkDownload…

    • 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
    • Book

  • Mini Documentary – Large Red Damselfly

    A brilliant short documentary on the Large Red Damselfly by Jamie (Eagle Eyed Girl), age 7 at the time of recording. Fantastic learning resource for those who want to know more about damselflies.

    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Video

  • The OM System Tips and Guide to Macro Photography

    “Insects in their natural habitat, spiderweb dew, petals on a flower — there’s a wonder-filled world in your backyard, your garden and the woods and fields near your home. Capture that world with macro photography.” Do you like taking pictures of insects? OM SYSTEM…

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

  • Bioblitz Toolkit 2023 – Pollinator Week

    The NAPPC Pollinator Communications Task Force has created a new toolkit to help you participate and record observations during a Bioblitz on iNaturalist. Join the project Download the toolkit at: Bioblitz Toolkit 2023…

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

  • Insect morphology infographics

    The BioLinks team at the Field Studies Council has created some informative and accessible infographics highlighting different insect group’s key features. Find all the infographics on the ‘Bee, beetle, or bug? An introduction to insect morphology‘ blogpost on the Field Studies Council website. This project was supported National…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Stoneflies
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Factsheet

  • 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