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

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

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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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Thursday 31st July 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

    Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • Tour
    • Walk
    • Workshop

  • Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Thursday 7th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

    Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • Tour
    • Walk

  • Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Wednesday 13th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

    Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • Tour
    • Walk

  • Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Wednesday 20th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

    Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • Tour
    • Walk

  • Minibeast Safari @ FarmED

    Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire
    Tuesday 26th August 2025, 10:45 to 12:00

    Join us during the holidays for a fun-filled bug hunt around the farm!…

    • Alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies
    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Bristletails
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Fleas
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Lacewings, antlions and mantidflies
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • Scorpionflies
    • Silverfish and firebrats
    • Snakeflies
    • Stoneflies
    • Thrips
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Twisted wing flies
    • Webspinners
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • Tour
    • Walk