There are insect-related events online, throughout the UK, and beyond.

Find out about an Insect Week event taking place near you or online in June 2024.

We include all different types of activities relating to insects: from bug hunts, tours, talks, workshops, to creative activities, exhibitions and performances.

 

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  • Tiny Giants Exhibit at London Zoo

    London, London
    Saturday 1st June 2024, 10:00 to Sunday 30th March 2025, 17:00

    From minibeasts to coral reefs, enter the world of Tiny Giants, and journey through the habitats of the planet’s smallest but mightiest animals. Shining a spotlight on the planet’s smallest superheroes: from underwater corals and the aquatic wildlife they support, to industrious leafcutter ants, spiders and beetles – we’re celebrating…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Webspinners
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Exhibition

  • entoLIVE webinar – Sow Wild! and Insect Identification

    Tuesday 1st October 2024, 13:00 to 14:00

    Sow Wild! and Insect Identification Free webinar investigating the success of ‘mini meadows’ and testing the ability of citizen scientists to sample and identify insects. Habitat loss and fragmentation are considered the foremost threats in pollinator decline, and in England and Wales, 97% of wildflower meadows were lost by 1984.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Video

  • entoLIVE webinar – Biodiversity Net Gain: What Could BNG Mean For Pollinators?

    Monday 28th October 2024, 13:00 to 14:00

    Biodiversity Net Gain: What Could BNG Mean For Pollinators? Join Dr Jeff Ollerton for an exploration of what Biodiversity Net Gain could mean for pollinators in England. Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) promises to transform the way that we approach nature conservation in the UK. At the moment the focus of…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Adults
    • Talk
    • Video