• Find Out Friday – Celebrating Insect Week

    Edinburgh, Midlothian
    Friday 26th June 2026, 13:30 to 16:00

    Drop in to the Museum of Scotland to get up close with our special entomology collection.

    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Interactive stand

  • Summer Family Fun at National Museums Scotland

    Edinburgh, Midlothian
    Monday 6th July 2026, 10:00 to Friday 10th July 2026, 16:00

    We're still celebrating Insect Week with two days of free drop in activities for families at the National Museum of Scotland…

    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Interactive stand
    • Open day
    • Workshop

  • Insect Week at the Bug Parc

    Lenwade
    Wednesday 24th June 2026, 10:00 to Sunday 28th June 2026, 17:00

    Explore 15 different bug zones housed in three tropical houses showing over 200 different live minibeasts. Dry on rainy days and air conditioned on hot days!…

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

  • Edinburgh Zoo Insect Week

    Edinburgh
    Monday 22nd June 2026, 10:00 to Sunday 28th June 2026, 18:00

    We are buzzing to announce Insect Week at Edinburgh Zoo. Join the ranger team for a week of hotly ANT-icipated activities, talks and tours celebrating the importance of insects around the world.

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

  • Botanics Lates: Bugs at Night

    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Friday 19th June 2026, 19:00 to 22:00

    Discover: Bugs at Night Join entomologists from the National Museum of Scotland and the Royal Entomological Society to discover the diversity of insects active at night, from moths seeking out flowers to busy beetles in our soil, as we celebrate Insect Week 2026. Come meet some insect experts, learn about how they…

    • Adults
    • Exhibition
    • Interactive stand

  • Insect Week Celebration at Granton Castle Walled Garden

    Edinburgh
    Sunday 28th June 2026, 10:00 to 12:00 CEST

    22-28 June is Insect Week, and we are celebrating in the garden as part of our Citizen Science project in collaboration with the National Museums Collection Centre.

    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Interactive stand
    • Open day

  • Insect Week at National Museum Cardiff

    Cardiff, Wales
    Tuesday 23rd June 2026, 10:00 to Sunday 28th June 2026, 16:00

    Celebrate insects at National Museum Cardiff.

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

  • DISCOVER THE WORLD OF INSECTS

    Bristol, Avon
    Tuesday 23rd June 2026, 12:00 to 18:00

    Step into the fascinating world of insects. Get up close to a variety of incredible insects and discover the hidden lives of some of nature's most successful animals.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Stick-insects
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Exhibition
    • Interactive stand

  • Discover moths at RHS Wisley

    Wisley Lane, Surrey
    Thursday 25th June 2026, 10:00 to 10:45

    Join us for a moth morning at RHS Garden Wisley. RHS entomologists Dr Hayley Jones and Josie Stuart will share the moths from the light trap and teach you how to identify common garden moths.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Interactive stand

  • Bug workshop

    Dublin
    Monday 22nd June 2026, 11:00 to 13:00

    A special interactive workshop on insects for primary school children…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Mantises
    • Stick-insects
    • True bugs
    • 6-10 Years
    • Interactive stand
    • Talk
    • Tour
    • Walk
    • Workshop