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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Welsh Clearwing Moth Walk

    Cannock
    Thursday 26th June 2025, 13:30 to 15:30

    Learn all about a rare moth.

    • Butterflies and moths
    • Adults
    • Walk

  • Insect Walk and Discovery

    Hednesford
    Friday 27th June 2025, 13:30 to 15:30

    An interactive insect discovery walk on Cannock Chase Special Area of Conservation (SAC).

    • Adults
    • Walk

  • Bugging Out: Macro Photography Meet-up

    LONDON, London
    Saturday 28th June 2025, 10:00 to 16:00

    Join us for an immersive day of macro photography at Cody Dock, where we’ll explore the hidden world of invertebrates through our lenses!…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Booklice, barklice and parasitic lice
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Caddisflies or sedge flies
    • Dragonflies and damselflies
    • Earwigs
    • Grasshoppers, crickets and bush-crickets
    • Mayflies or upwing flies
    • True bugs
    • True flies
    • Adults
    • Biological recording
    • Walk
    • Workshop

  • 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

  • Insectafest

    Hednesford
    Saturday 28th June 2025, 12:00 to Wednesday 4th June 2025, 16:00

    A range of activities and stands for all ages focusing on insects…

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

  • 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