• Dung Beetles with Sally-Ann Spence

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Wednesday 23rd July 2025, 09:45 to 16:00

    Join us for a informative workshop to learn what dung beetles do for us and what we can do for them. Animal dung and dung beetles are often overlooked. But what would happen if we lost these insects and the ecosystem functions they perform?…

    • Beetles
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Tour
    • Workshop

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Species ID Skills Virtual Symposium

    Thursday 20th June 2024, 10:00 to 13:00

    Species ID Skills Virtual Symposium Join for a knowledge-sharing event about developing species ID skills for professional and non-professional audiences. Species identification skills are essential for taxonomists, museum collection managers, biological recorders, conservationists and ecologists. The ability to accurately determine plants, animals and fungi to species level ranges from relatively…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Video

  • entoLive webinar – Bees and Beyond: Ecosystem Services at a Garden Scale

    Thursday 5th September 2024, 13:00 to 14:00

    Bees and Beyond: Ecosystem Services at a Garden Scale Free webinar with Dr Linda Birkin exploring the importance of gardens for the wider environment in which they are nestled. Gardening success and invertebrate activity are deeply intertwined, for better or worse! Demonstrating that the beneficial side of this relationship vastly…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Video

  • entoLIVE webinar – Tiny Midges, Devastating Diseases

    Monday 16th December 2024, 13:00 to 14:00

    Tiny Midges, Devastating Diseases Join Dr Marion England to hear about her research into the impact of diseases spread by biting midges on livestock. Some biting midges are able to transmit viruses that cause diseases in animals, particularly livestock. This talk will describe the ecology of these midges and how…

    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Video