Our collection of educational resources relating to insects and entomology from the Royal Entomological Society, Insect Week partners and other sources.

Download our free Royal Entomological Society learning resources for children and young people aged 5–14, designed for use in schools, clubs or at home. We hope these resources will inspire curiosity and spark a lifelong interest in insect science!

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  • American Museum of Natural History Zoology activites

    Activities from the American Museum of Natural History.

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Beetles
    • Butterflies and moths
    • 0-5 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Activities sheet
    • Book
    • Factsheet

  • Ento-Club Comic Book

    Meet Natasha, the travelling entomologist! She loves insects, and would like to share her wisdom with you!…

    • Ants, bees, wasps and sawflies
    • Butterflies and moths
    • Cockroaches and termites
    • True bugs
    • 0-5 Years
    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • 6-10 Years
    • Book

  • Insects in green spaces

    This guide from the Royal Entomological Society gives you an overview of the different types of insects, with advice on how you might create a place for them to live in a green space near you. RES_A5 Insects_web artworkDownload…

    • 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
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Book

  • Life in the Undergrowth book

    David Attenborough reveals a secret universe it is teeming with life and is all around us, yet we never see it. It is the world of the very small, and it is a world of sex, drugs and violence.

    • Adults
    • Book

  • RES Student Essays

    Read popular science writing all about insects…

    • 11-13 Years
    • 14-18 Years
    • Adults
    • Book